Tiller Too much HP for 4' King Kutter Tiller??

[Soundguy]

with an offset you have to make a rolling ring that keeps you moving one row over and a lil overlap ont he headlands.. thus no direction reversal. does add travel time and decrease production.. but keeps one tire on solid ground untill the very last pass wich you can time out and avoid if you do a lil planning

 

[Don87]

with an offset you have to make a rolling ring that keeps you moving one row over and a lil overlap ont he headlands.. thus no direction reversal. does add travel time and decrease production.. but keeps one tire on solid ground untill the very last pass wich you can time out and avoid if you do a lil planning

I planned this time, I purchased a tiller that would cover 'both' tire tracks:thumbsup::thumbsup:

But in all honesty............I have to admit, when I purchased that Cub Cadet................I did it over the phone "sight unseen". I mainly needed the snowblower that year, but purchased everything at the same time, on the phone, and it was delivered the next morning.

 

[Soundguy]

extra goodies aren't bad. any tiller is better than no tiller.

soundguy

 

[Don87]

extra goodies aren't bad. any tiller is better than no tiller.

soundguy

Don't get me wrong..........an offset tiller is better than nothing.

But in no way, shape or form........will I ever advise anyone to ever purchase an offset tiller(unless it's purchased at a steal or free), because they are a total pain in the ARSE, and look bad when working in a yard. In a field, with woods bordering is a different story though.

 

[Soundguy]

yep.. they for sure take extra legwork and planning to work out looking good with no ruts over tilled soil.

soundguy

 

[Don87]

yep.. they for sure take extra legwork and planning to work out looking good with no ruts over tilled soil.

soundguy

In 14 years, I could never come up with a workable plan, for my offset tiller, on a 50 by 50 foot garden area, to make everything work to my satisfaction. Either tire tracks compressing the dirt 30 inches in from the end, or the last 36 inches dug in on a 45 degree angle, making the last row or 2 hard digging with the spade shovel.

 

[SPYDERLK]

i have a John deere 2440 with about 45-50 HP. King Kutter recommends their
4' tiller for any subcompact tractro up to 25 HP. Is my tractor TOO much for the tiller? Is that possible?

Youre going to have to set the slip clutch high enuf that it will start to significantly bog your engine before it slips. Otherwise you will burn the slip clutch up real quick because you wont have a good indication of imminent or ongoing overload. Hopefully the telescoping PTO shaft will be stong enuf that it wont twist ~70HP x 540 rpm torque.
larry

once the clutch slip point is met.. that's all the pto sahft will see.

soundguy

Duh.
larry

 

[Don87]

Youre going to have to set the slip clutch high enuf that it will start to significantly bog your engine before it slips. Otherwise you will burn the slip clutch up real quick because you wont have a good indication of imminent or ongoing overload. Hopefully the telescoping PTO shaft will be stong enuf that it wont twist ~70HP x 540 rpm torque.
larry

I wasn't going to responded to this, but since you double posted it.........I will now.

To take a 25 horse implement, and to set it to slip with 'signifigant bog' on a 50 horsepower tractor........is just asking to tear the implement completely to pieces.

Taking that advice will have pieces scattered over a 100 square yard area at the very minimum and should never, ever be attempted by anyone.

Get the factory manual and set it to factory specs. But don't ever set a 25 horse implement, to operate in this manner on a 50 horse tractor.

EDIT: The best advice to give, is ..........set to factory specs...........and if it slips during operation..........slow down, and/or don't till as deep. And if satisfactory performance can't be achieved, buy a properly sized tiller for the tractor.

 

[jenkinsph]

I should think he will have plenty of power to run the tiller as the 2440 tractor is 60 pto hp, not 45 to 50. The 2440 will handle a 7' tiller with ease and won't know the 4' tiller is back there.

 

[Don87]

I should think he will have plenty of power to run the tiller as the 2440 tractor is 60 pto hp, not 45 to 50. The 2440 will handle a 7' tiller with ease and won't know the 4' tiller is back there.

That ain't the problem.

The problem comes with attatching a 25 horse implement to a 50 or 60 horse tractor.

Same as putting a fully blown alchohol 1,000HP race engine in your ford taurus..........things can, and will explode.

That's the point!

And I'll repeat what I said...........To set up the slipclutch as per SPYDERLK's directions WILL cause catastophic failure of the tiller and possible death.