Tiller 4 blave vs. 6 blade rotary tiller

[schillbilly]

Is there any appreciable difference? Of course, dealers that sell 6 blades say so. Some of the better brands, Landpride, Bush Hog, Howse, still sell 4 lades tillers, so they can't be that bad? I will buy a 6 foot tiller for plowing about 3/4 acre garden and 2 acres of food plots twice a year. So, about 5 acres a year.

 

[wny770]

I had a 52" Woods tiller, 4 blades per flange, and it did a good job. I now have a 60" Kodiak (which cost much less) and it has 6 blades per flange. I prefer the Kodiak hands down. My soil is fairly heavy, so I try to till when it's fairly dry. In my opinion, 6 are better, but the 4 did a good job.
On a side note, look at the Kodiak gear drive tillers. Unbelieveable value.

 

[leonz]

Is there any appreciable difference? Of course, dealers that sell 6 blades say so. Some of the better brands, Landpride, Bush Hog, Howse, still sell 4 lades tillers, so they can't be that bad? I will buy a 6 foot tiller for plowing about 3/4 acre garden and 2 acres of food plots twice a year. So, about 5 acres a year.

The more tines you have the less work load there is for the tiller as each of the six tines is taking a smaller bite and throwing it up and out.


The reverse rotation tillers are a good option as they till and push everyting forward.

Ideally you wanto make half or quarter width passes to continually break the ground up in small passes and also til at right angles in the garden BUT the issue of soil compaction will reduce the ability of the soil to grow crops.

If you can add sand and have the ground plowed to a 14 inch depth every year and or make raised beds with a hiller you will make a good garden that drains well and have early germination as the seeds are warmed from the taller sun exposure created by the raised beds.


If you can build raised beds 14 inches tall for the garden you will have
a great garden every year AND the weeds will not gain a foot hold as the
plants and seeds will have a huge start in growing and they will grow fatser than the weeds to create a leaf canopy that will prfevent the weeds from growing and gaining a foot hold in the garden plot.:thumbsup:

 

[jonyyuma]

I bet they still wear out in the soil? I know my 4 blade has a bunch of them on it too?Replacement cost of reworking all the tines? I don't know how any of them could work the soil over any finer. Esp with the back flap closed? I need to go see a 6 tine tiller in operation,,,somewhere?

 

[schillbilly]

Just called Kodiak and got # for their Rep for Georgia, North and South Carolina. He has NO dealers selling Kodiak tillers in these states. If I wanted one, I would have to buy it sight unseen and have it shipped here. Bummer. I can get a Howse 6 foot tiller shipped to 20 miles from me for $1600. Good looking tiller, but I have heard mixed reviews for Howse tillers. The Howse only has 4 tines per flange, but it can be offset and/or switched to reverse rotation.
I might never use those options, but it sounds nice to have them if needed.

 

[schillbilly]

Thanks for the replies.
I guess I should clarify my intended uses for the 6 foot rotary tiller. Probably 2 acres of garden once each year and about 2 acres of deer food plots planted twice each year. Those areas are not new ground. I have a couple of small rough areas for food plots I plant, but have a relatively new heavy 7 foot Lineback disc harrow to use on them. I just started planting those rough areas last summer and cut trees either down or back in an old pasture which had not been touched in 17 years. Those plots are loaded with stumps and roots. I plan on running an old heavy bog harrow over them when it dries out and attempt to cut/break up some of the roots.
I also hope to find a reasonable 7 shank tillage tool, like the Fred Cain or old Dearborn.

 

[McGeesEquip]

The 4 blade Flang units leave bigger dirt cluds because of the bigger gap between blades. It's like a disc harrow with 9In. blade spacing is going to leave bigger dirt cluds then a disc harrow set up with 7-1/2 disc spacing.

I had a customer come by from GA the other day that had his Land Pride tiller behind his tractor and it gave me a chance to see a land pride unit. The customer was informing me how much he wished that he had gotten a 6 blade flang unit.

Here is a link to my current listings of a Kodiak 6ft. tiller unit.

https://www.equipmentbarn.net/Kodiak-6Ft.-5800-Series-Gear-Drive-Rotary-Tiller.html

Click on the shipping charges button and you put in your shipping information and find out a shipping charge.

Thanks,

 

[jenkinsph]

I have a Howard 4blade and a Deere 6blade tillers both do a good job but the Deere tiller has a larger rotor diameter so it will till deeper. If you are buying a new tiller make sure you inquire about the tilling depth.

I should add that everyone seems to like the King Kutter tillers too, seems this is one of the better products they make. I would give them a hard look too.