Tiller for GC

[hube2]

I'm going to break down this year and buy a tiller.

I'm looking at Woods because it is who makes my blower and what my dealer carries.

Question is, will the GC handle a 60 inch tiller or do I need to go with a 48?
Manufacturer says I should use the 48.
With the spacers on my rear wheels a 48 inch tiller will not completely cover the wheels (~50.5")

I'm assuming that I can use 60 inch - PTO HP is listed as 18-40 RT60.40 – Woods Equipment
PTO HP listed on the 48 is 15-35 RT48.30 – Woods Equipment

GC1725M PTO HP is claimed to be 24.5 so it should be able to run either.

Just want to see if anyone thinks I'm missing something here?
Do you think the 48 will work or should I go with the 60?

 

[JeepHead]

I use a 60" King Kutter tiller on my Kubota 2502 and it works very well.

 

[Dmacleo]

woods 48.30 here with the right side offset, I run 2" spacers on rear and tiller covers the tracks fine.

 

[hube2]

woods 48.30 here with the right side offset, I run 2" spacers on rear and till covers the tracks fine.

Thank you, that's what I was looking for. I will go with probably the 48" tiller and save some money. I was just worried about coverage and was hoping that someone else had what I was looking at for their GC. I have 2" spacers so if it's working for you then it will work for me.

 

[Dmacleo]

it kicks enough sideways to fully cover them, I was prepared to have some issues but so far working good for me. many do not like the offset side but I find it makes it easier o get close to a border/object while keeping tractor and fel away.

 

[hube2]

To be honest, I don't like the idea of buying something that will see very little use, but I'm getting too old to spend 6 to 8 hours walking behind my Troy-Build tiller to get the garden prepped in the spring. It just about killed me last year.

 

[Dmacleo]

I totally get that

 

[ray66v]

Size is going to depend a lot on soil conditions.

When in doubt, I would go smaller.

 

[cdaigle430]

I think a 48 or 50 inch tiller would work better than a 60 inch.

 

[Dmacleo]

I did mount neighbors (the MF1532 owners) 60" tiller to gc2400, can work but....yeah...the extra weight can be issue maneuvering with tiller raised. did ok tilling in my particular soil but..no.

 

[hube2]

Like I said before, I was most worried about the wheel coverage of the till with the spacers. I thought I remembered someone here saying they had a woods tiller. Woods does not have a 50". I know that the dealer carries woods and I can also get it in red. I would not be surprised if they have on sitting on the lot when I go down there. Waiting until the end of March and I'm sure we won't get snow, but going the beginning of april just in case they need to order one they'll have 2 full months to get it. They don't have one now, but they seem to always have them in the when I've been down there in late spring.

 

[irvingj]

I've got a Woods GTC40-2. It covers the tire tracks well, but I don't have spacers....

 

[Yander]

I run a 60" Woods on my 25hp Yanmar SA425, no issues yet. I personally feel the Woods is one of the best out there (Get your wallet out, they like their stuff) but there are other good ones. I think it may depend on soil type and if you are willing to slow down you will be fine. But honestly didn't feel I had to go that slow when tilling with it.

Can't speak for the Massey but I would expect it might be similar. Land Pride makes a real nice tiller that is 50". The bottom pic was from one of those and my little Case IH (sold them both).

 

[Yander]

 

[Cub 7274]

I have a Tar River 50" tiller works very well with my 1715

 

[seas2sail]

I have the Woods RT48.30 on my GC2610. The tiller has an offset and recommends tilling in a clockwise direction.
Here's how it did last fall after I purchased it used. Because the ground was heavily packed from using a skid loader, I did a couple of passes - one with shallow depth then increased the depth for the next pass. Went slow to allow the tiller to really break up the soil.

This is the page in the manual that lists coverage and offset.

 

[Dmacleo]

some don't like that offset however I really like it.
does take getting used to though.
I did consider a reverse direction (fwiw been running tractor mounted tillers both fwd and rev directions since the late 1970s...case/bolens/etc) but the very few times that would benefit me were so rare not worth it.

 

[hube2]

That's interesting, I did not look into this offset thing, or even know it was a thing. So it appears that the 48 has a 3" offset and this just the way it is. Knowing that then till coverage of wheels is not a concern at all. Thank you for educating me.

 

[Dmacleo]

That's interesting, I did not look into this offset thing, or even know it was a thing. So it appears that the 48 has a 3" offset and this just the way it is. Knowing that then till coverage of wheels is not a concern at all. Thank you for educating me.

you can put rt side of the tiller very close to something while tractor not so close. not saying I have ever run my tiller 1" away from a building but.....

 

[dj1701]

I would recommend 48" tiller. Ran one on my Kubota BX. Never needed anything bigger. Remember Bigger is also Bigger $$$.
Don't worry about covering the width of the tractor, who cares? Come planting time there's going to be tracks all over the place.
Also, a thing to remember, those reverse rotating tillers kick stuff forward. You could potentially hit the same rock more than once.

Dave