60" King Kutter Tiller

[iplumb]

Does anybody run a 60 King Kutter tiller with a Kubota B2920? They are on sale this week for $1399.00 seems like a pretty good deal. Just wondering how my tractor will handle it.

King kutter recommends 25 to 40 pto horse power. Thanks

 

[Baby Grand]

I run a 60" KKII on my 26.5 PTO HP L3240 and the only time I have bogged it down was in heavy, wet clay that loaded up the spool & added about 300 lbs to the tiller. BTW, the PTO clutch is a nice feature of this tiller and it's included in the price.

A lot of the HP requirement goes to keeping the tines spinning at 540 PTO speed in your slowest forward gear. This is an area where I think the HST has a distinct advantage as you can crawl at as slow a speed as you need to keep the spool spinning at the desired rpm. My tractor is gear drive and the first gear ratio limits how slowly I can move at 540 PTO speed (about 0.9 mph). As a result, when I'm in the heavy clay I need all of that power.

With the 2920 I would carefully assess minimum forward speed at 540 PTO speed as well as PTO HP before making a decision to buy.

-Jim

 

[iplumb]

I run a 60" KKII on my 26.5 PTO HP L3240 and the only time I have bogged it down was in heavy, wet clay that loaded up the spool & added about 300 lbs to the tiller. BTW, the PTO clutch is a nice feature of this tiller and it's included in the price.

A lot of the HP requirement goes to keeping the tines spinning at 540 PTO speed in your slowest forward gear. This is an area where I think the HST has a distinct advantage as you can crawl at as slow a speed as you need to keep the spool spinning at the desired rpm. My tractor is gear drive and the first gear ratio limits how slowly I can move at 540 PTO speed (about 0.9 mph). As a result, when I'm in the heavy clay I need all of that power.

With the 2920 I would carefully assess minimum forward speed at 540 PTO speed as well as PTO HP before making a decision to buy.

-Jim

Thanks for your input. Would you buy your King Kutter again? I may consider the 48" Just want to cover my tracks..

 

[gtrippleb]

I thought it might have been Tractor Supply but looking at their ad it's $100 off which is 1449.99. I called my local store to see if they had any and I mentioned that I had seen the price for 1399 and he said if I came and bought his, I could have it for 1399.99. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[porky69]

I don't know about the KK 60" but my FIL has a Farm King 60" on his Kubota B2400 Hydrostatic and it has no problem even in the hardest/rockiest clay/soil we have around here.

 

[iplumb]

Family Farm and Home $1399:thumbsup:

 

[gtrippleb]

To bad we don't have a Family Farm and Home around here. Although looking at their ad, it looks similar to TSC. Thanks again for the info. TSC has a 48 month low interest cc offer right now so I figured it was a pretty good deal.

 

[iplumb]

To bad we don't have a Family Farm and Home around here. Although looking at their ad, it looks similar to TSC. Thanks again for the info. TSC has a 48 month low interest cc offer right now so I figured it was a pretty good deal.

Whats the rate?

 

[gtrippleb]

MAJOR PURCHASE PLAN*
7.99% APR WITH 48 MONTHLY PAYMENTS
$999 MINIMUM PURCHASE REQUIRED
Offer expires April 30, 2010

More info here: tsc

7.99% isn't that low but with the way the cc changes that have been made, it's not to bad.

 

[newt92]

I run a 60" KK tiller on my JD 2520 and runs it just fine. 20.5 PTO HP.