Tiller Tiller. Walk behind vs 3ph

[pickeringchris]

So in a couple days I will have my new kioti ck27.
I own a honda frc800 walk behind tiller that is a great machine. I believe it has 12" tine diameter.

So besides the fact that I have to walk my lazy *** behind the Honda is there any advantages of a 3ph tiller? Can I get a deeper till?

Thanks.

Chris

 

[leonz]

No matter the tiller except for the www.Northwesttiller.com
you will not go through the hardpan layer unless you have a subsoiler.


Short of purchasing a one bottom plow with a fluted coulter and installing a Weiss conservation tillage plow share to get below 14 inches deep you may be better off just buying s single shank subsoiler or buying the one bottom plow and installing the Weis tillage share The Weiss is designed to use very little power per foot of moldboard and also have excellent suck to draw the plow in with barely a grunt from your tractor.


It all depends on how much you like to garden and also break the hardpan which can really ruin a nice garden if its not broken up due to poor growing conditions over time.

 

[Don87]

So in a couple days I will have my new kioti ck27.
I own a honda frc800 walk behind tiller that is a great machine. I believe it has 12" tine diameter.

So besides the fact that I have to walk my lazy *** behind the Honda is there any advantages of a 3ph tiller? Can I get a deeper till?

Thanks.

Chris

The tiller on the tractor will be about 10 times faster, and will probably dig deeper.

A 60 inch tiller will dig about 7 inches deep.

As leonz has stated, you'll need to use a subsoiler to break up the hard pan........opinions here on TBN recommend 3 year intervals on using the subsoiler. The same thing can be accomplished with a potato plow also, which is a 'multipurpose' implement.

 

[DK35vince]

I have a walk behind rear tine tiller.
I also have a King Kutter II 72" 3 point tiller.
No comparison. The 3 point tiller is much easier, tills at least 10 times faster, tills better, tills deeper.

 

[Big Nate]

My 3pt tiller was probably one of the best implement puchases i ever made gives a much smoother till a little deeper and i can till my 1/2 acre garden in about an hour plus if you ever want to get rid of it they go on the first day on craigslist.

 

[pickeringchris]

Thanks guys. Speed is not really an issue for me. I can till down to 6-8" with my Honda in one pass. If I was to sell the Honda and buy a 3ph tiller I'd likely be in the hole around $1000. If the difference in quality was only marginal it would not be worth it.
I do plan on buying a Fred Cain subsoiler. From my Internet research I hear that is about the best one.
Weiss, I can't find anything for them on google.

 

[buck12]

I have 5' 3 point tiller and it does a great job. I use it most for food plots and for the garden. If all I had need to till was my smallish garden and had a good walk behind tiller I would not purchase a 3 point tiller. On the other hand if you have large garden the 3 point tiller may be worth it.

 

[pickeringchris]

The garden I use the tiller is only 5000 sq'. Couple hours to do a good job with the Honda.

 

[Johndeere3720]

I have used both and own a 50" tiller. They really don't compare, one you can sit on the tractor, enjoy a beverage, the other you can walk behind and get your shoes filled with soft dirt. With my tiller it breaks a lot, but that is part of pulling it out of a barn fire and cleaning it up to work again. IMO, if you have a smaller garden I would stick with the Honda but if you have a bigger garden I would opt for a 3 point tiller. The nice part about the 3 point tiller, you can till your garden, and with the extra time you have go and till some other gardens for a small fee.

 

[bigdad]

I guess it all depends on how and what you garden. In my case, I own and use a 3 point, a Troybuilt Pony and a Mantis. They all have their specific uses.