Steve C
Platinum Member
I have a farm pro 2524. I got a great buy on a used 72" dark horse tiller (66" actual measurement from the tip of the outside tines) 72" overall width. It is a very close copy of a KK tiller. My first thought was that I would need to remove a couple sets of tines to reduce the tilling width, with only 24 hp to play with. Then I thought that perhaps if I reduce my speed and only ask it to do 24 hp worth of work it might just work. My first test run was amazing.
I have an area where someone drove a heavy truck and made huge ruts in one of my fields next to the fence. It is overgrown with 3 foot high pasture grass and has a heavy clay base and we have been having some very dry weather. The clay is rock hard. When you drive a vehicle through this area the ruts knock you right out of your seat. I made 2 passes about 150 foot long each way with my tiller. It completely pulverised the soil about 5 inches deep. The vegitation is gone and the area is now as flat as a pool table. My tractor never even grunted even when it ejected the large potato sized rocks. I then packed the area by making multiple passes moving a large quantity of material with my dirt scoop. It in now like driving down the expressway. I can't wait to use this thing in the garden in the fall. Even going relatively slow it is still 10 times faster than using my 8 hp rear tine walk behind tiller and a lot less work.
I have an area where someone drove a heavy truck and made huge ruts in one of my fields next to the fence. It is overgrown with 3 foot high pasture grass and has a heavy clay base and we have been having some very dry weather. The clay is rock hard. When you drive a vehicle through this area the ruts knock you right out of your seat. I made 2 passes about 150 foot long each way with my tiller. It completely pulverised the soil about 5 inches deep. The vegitation is gone and the area is now as flat as a pool table. My tractor never even grunted even when it ejected the large potato sized rocks. I then packed the area by making multiple passes moving a large quantity of material with my dirt scoop. It in now like driving down the expressway. I can't wait to use this thing in the garden in the fall. Even going relatively slow it is still 10 times faster than using my 8 hp rear tine walk behind tiller and a lot less work.
