6ft Rotory Tiller not getting job done

[ruffdog]

The link shows tillers that only go up to 5ft and at 412 lbs, it is 278 lbs less than a 5' King Kutter tiller. Weight is your friend if you are trying to penetrate solid ground.

 

[bigtiller]

The link shows tillers that only go up to 5ft and at 412 lbs, it is 278 lbs less than a 5' King Kutter tiller. Weight is your friend if you are trying to penetrate solid ground.

I seen that, something isn't adding up. People have been known to get 6' and 60" mixed up. The OP hasn't been here since yesterday morning, maybe he'll come back with good news today.

 

[ROUSTABOUT]

Hard ground here in Colorado & I have a 5' King Kutter farm store special. It has a hard time if I don't rip first. I either use a subsoiler or scarfiers on my box blade or land plane. It tills good after ripping. I want a heavier 6' to match my new tractor. But the 5' KK has done well so far. Tines are about toast & half the size they are up near the rotor. I've put a lot of hours on it doing horse arenas.

Tighten the clutch as others have said. If you let it slip for minutes on end it's probably toast already though. You should have it adjusted so it rarely slips under normal operation.

Annually loosen up the clutch completely. I generally jam a 2x4 into the tines & turn on the PTO. Sometimes the rust & gunk alone is enough to hold the clutch together & slice the 2x4. Once the clutch is freed up tighten things a bit & jam the tines again. Slip the clutch for a few seconds to clean the rust off but not heat everything up much. Then tighten to spec. If you don't clean & check the clutch annually or so it's likely to be rusted solid & notvwork when you actually need it.

I'm good about welding clutches.

 

[ROUSTABOUT]

I'm 52 and we've used an 8 ft LONG brand tiller since I was 9 years old. Used it on this year's garden. Never tilled hard ground with it. Either sub soiler, offset disc, chisel plow, or break plow. We have an 8 ft offset disc with a tongue and wheels, it will turn a hard gravel road into a garden, one pass. Offset discs are mighty. New ground is unnecessarily hard on a tiller. Sure, you can eventually do it. I can eventually beat this square peg in this round hole, just keep hammering.....

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Disc it first then use the tiller.

 

[jptort]

The mechanic who repaired my rotary tiller said they are not built for braking land. Need to disk first. If disk won't work, get it plowed. Once the land is in use, tiller can handle it year to year.

 

[JeffinNE]

Another vote to disc first...and find a heavy disc, not the small & light 6 footers--they won't do much. Any farmer neighbors with big discs to quickly do the job?

 

[Kioti Dave]

Have tilled quite a few virgin acres with a KK 60" tiller. It does take a few passes. I would go after a rain when the ground was softer. Go slow. After 3 passes, you should have more progress than what the photo shows. Go slow and be patient if you don't have access to a plow.

 

[gpm6954]

Two things. One, is the idea already stated, adjust the clutch. The second is to slow the ground speed of the tractor to as slow as it will go.

Once the clutch is adjusted the ground speed may be increased after the first pass.

The virgin ground is not helping your problem. If you can obtain a moldboard plow and plow the area first.

It might be best just to hire someone to plow the field first since they should have their plow adjusted correctly.

I agree with Gee Ray I have a Tar River and adjusted the clutch once been a great Tiller since.

 

[TractorTYMe]

I tilled virgin ground with a 5' Kingkutter behind my TYM T474 for a friend of mine that was going to plant trees and put in a drip line on 8 acres. Made it in a U-shape 10 foot from property line and 10 foot wide, took 2 passes and did really well. It fluffed the ground about 6-8 inches average.