Tiller Land Pride reverse turning tiller

[bill177]

I have been thinking about the RTR0550 for my CG2300. Size wise it looks like a good match. But, what about the reverse spin of the tiller. Anyone have experience with this tiller? Do they really that much better or as advertised?

 

[johnk]

I have a reverse turn tiller that isn't a 3 pt and it sure does a lot better job than the other. I'm sure a 3 pt on a tractor would have the same effect as the reverse tine gasoline model. Never had the chance to try a 3 pt reverse but it just my opinion it would be much better at ground busting...

 

[radman1]

I think my nomal turning 6' tiller does a great job but reverse tine tiller is suppose to be even better. A normal turning tiller can sometimes push your tractor if the ground is real hard. When it pushes forward, it then takes a larger bite and pushes the tractor even more. On occassion, I have killed my Kubota 3710 (37 hp). Often I will till in 4x4 because of the push which can kill my tractor in 2 wheel drive. This won't happen with a reverse tiller.

 

[Hooked_on_HP]

I think you would need more HP for the same size reverse tiller since you are pulling it into the hard soil where as a regular tiller pushes you forward. I also wonder about rocks being thrown forward and up verses back and down. If you hit some big roots a reverse tiller wont bounce over it it will try to go under it and that could be hard to untangle.
Bill

 

[jbrumberg]

Bill177:

Welcome to TBN ! I would tend to agree with Hooked on HP if one lives in a rocky, heavy clay based soil such as Upstate NY. In those areas that I find my tiller starting to push the tractor I raise the tlller's tilling depth somewhat. I will return to my full tilling depth on the second pass. I always till in 4WD. Jay

 

[hsvhobbit]

I recently bought a Landpride RTR2072 (reverse rotation). Once they're dug into the ground they'll stay there while you pull them along. They sure don't bounce out of the ground.

If I take it slow it'll leave a smooth, fine finish on the ground, move faster and the soil is a little coarser. They definitely bury rocks/debris just as advertised. A couple of times I've hit a rock roughly head sized and what it did was kick it out in front of the tiller. I could tell I'd got ahold of something big so stopped and tossed it aside. Below softball sized it just buries them below the tilled up dirt.

Only other tiller I've ever used was a walk behind and there's NO comparison to the two. With the dry, hot weather, we have soil that's like concrete. A walk behind like to killed me to till 3" deep and took 4 passes to get THAT much. ONE pass with the tractor and I had a 6-7" deep patch of well worked soil.

Supposedly the reverse tillers take a little more HP than the forward ones but take it slow and let the tiller work and it outta be ok.

 

[ronjhall]

I have been thinking about the RTR0550 for my CG2300. Size wise it looks like a good match. But, what about the reverse spin of the tiller. Anyone have experience with this tiller? Do they really that much better or as advertised?

I have a Kubota 52" reverse tine tiller for my B2910. It takes more power to run than a standard rotation tiller. I have to run in 4WD to get tractor to move forward. When a large rock gets caught in tines, It will stall engine even with a slip clutch on the PTO. Make sure you get a slip-clutch. Make sure it is adjusted properly. The reverse tine tiller will take more time to till previously untilled soil. But it will only take one pass even if soil had heavy grass in it.
I like my reverse tine tiller. Would buy another one if this one was to ever wear out.

 

[jeepers94]

I can't find a RTR0550.I have found RTR1050 and RTR1550.I was quoted a price for the 1050 of $1950 setup. This seems a tad high,since I found the 58" for $1800. What prices do the rest of you find?

 

[pilonidal]

With the rocky clay soil here in PA I use my reg. tiller as a cr tiller by going in reverse with the the tractor first. I take the dirt shield off. Works much better lifting and throwing the rocks out. Same as a cr tiller in normal use. Tiller buckes like a mule on first forward pass with out first using it backwards. CR tiller is the way to go, wish I had one.

 

[Neophyte]

Assuming one lifts or removes the dirt shield, is it acceptable to use a regular tiller in reverse? I was thinking about trying this today but I didn't know if it was OK to do.

I was talking to a dealer about CR tillers. FWIW, he said that you should subtract width for a CR tiller. For instance, if the maximum size tiller for your machine is 60", you may only want a 50" CR tiller.

You should be a able to get a LandPride RTR1550 for around $1750 and an RTR1558 for a few hundred more. With that said, I have seen the RTR1558 for around $1750 as well.