Who makes the best 3 point rototiller? I am looking at King Kutter, Woods , Huges and Land Pride. I need a 62" or a 72" Model. Thanks for your help!! Is chain drive or gear drive better? <font color="red"> </font>
It all depends on your budget. The worlds best rototiller is the
"Northwest Rototiller"
It has 14 inch tiller tines and tills in one pass fourteen inches deep,
you can order them with bedding attachments to build raisied beds as you till.
They offer a 2 row strawberry tiller bedder or a standard tiller in that size and much, much larger models with or with out a bed building option.
The northwest folks offer used rebuilt units for sale and the Northwest tilers do come up for sale used.
The Lely folks make and excellent farm implement tiller which I think is still referred to as the" Lely Roterra"
About chain and gear drives; its a matter of preference and pocket book
The gear drives/roller chain drives on the Northwest Tiller are machined withh close tolerance high horse power gear boxes using one multiple V belt belt drive to absorb shock loads.
The design of the gear box and how the power is transmitted
with spur gears offering gear tooth to gear tooth power transmission and a chain drive offering better absorbtion of shock loads where a final drive gear set will direct more power and the oil bath lubrication system for a gear drive has a splash lubrication system where a chain drive has a dust cover and should be oiled occasionally to maintain it as well as washing the chain and sprockets with a presssure washer and degreaser to eliminate any hidden dirt.
I do not remember who has oil bath chain drive rototillers for sale in the marketplace.
About fitting ground in general:
A standard mold board plow fitted with "Weiss Mini Moldboard plow" will plow 14 inches deep and eliminate compaction and allow deeper root growth which increases yield. this was proven the the national corn growing champion Francis Childs in 2001
The mini moldboard allows you to leave more residue on the surface to add to the soils compost residue and there is no compaction of the soil as the plow share is ripping the ground behind the right side tires and eliminating that compaction in furrow.
A small 2 row moldboard plow would benefit a small tiller allowing it to break and level the ground the same day and plant it too if time allows.
my thoughts anyway
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