Caution: Tiller can be dangerous going down hill

[hsvhobbit]

Bet a reverse rotation tiller would've worked out well going down that hill.

 

[jbrumberg]

Bet a reverse rotation tiller would've worked out well going down that hill.

Down- yes ; but what about tilling up that hill with that heavy tiller and relatively light tractor ? Jay

 

[VABlue]

It would have tilled the snot out of the bottom of the hill!!

 

[wushaw]

I have one area that is about 3/4 acre, about 75 ft wide and is downhill. (Or uphill. Depends on how you look at it.) At the bottom of the hill is a drop off. I don't know grades but if you tried to go sideways, over you'd go. I have a Kubota B7510hst and an Agric tiller which is quite heavy. With the tiller on, starting up the hill, even with a full bucket the front wheels will lift off the ground. So of course the only way to till is going downhill, I thought.

It did fine untill I was near the bottom on the first pass and the tiller hit some loose dirt and started pushing me . I hit the brakes but the tractor wouldn't stop. It took me a couple of seconds to realize that the tiller was what was pushing me along quite fast, downhill toward the drop off. Then it took me a couple seconds more to figure out that I should push the clutch in to stop the PTO. It was pucker city but I got it stopped just in time.

I just wanted to relate this incident here on the forum to alert others that going downhill with a tiller can be dangerous and to be prepared in case it starts pushing you. This was the first time I tried to till this part of my land. It will also be my last.

Harris

I have an Agric CR-45 that weighs 400lbs that I run behind a 2WD 15hp Mitsubishi, I only have 179lbs of ft. end weight, it does real well but I have not tilled down hill.... only sideways.
You must have a much bigger Agric tiller for it to be heavy for the B7510.

Good thing you figured out what to do before it was too late