hydraulic Rototiller

[mentat30]

Are hydraulic Rototillers any good? How do they compare to pto rototillers? What kind of hydraulics do you need to run them? Thanks!

 

[LBrown59]

Are hydraulic Rototillers any good? How do they compare to pto rototillers? What kind of hydraulics do you need to run them? Thanks!

Cost about 2 or 3 times more than the pto kind from what i've seen.

 

[kennyd]

Your tractor would not have the rated GPM (gallons per minute) to run one.

 

[mentat30]

Really? The one that I am looking at is only a 42", a good friend of mine said rototillers of that size need only about 2-3gpm. When I posted the question, I had not talked to him. So do you think one of that size would need more then 6gpm?

 

[kennyd]

Really? The one that I am looking at is only a 42", a good friend of mine said rototillers of that size need only about 2-3gpm. When I posted the question, I had not talked to him. So do you think one of that size would need more then 6gpm?

Do you have a manufacturers name and model # of the unit you are looking at? 2-3 GPM sounds very low to me...

 

[mentat30]

Sorry, I all I know is its a Case 42" rototiller and it was last used on a Case 646. Does that help?

 

[UP855]

I just put a 42 inch jd hydro tiller on my 855 last week and it ran great, it is running off a rear pto pump

 

[kennyd]

I think I found the one you are looking at on Craigslist...I think It might be a good deal, and I appologize for misleading you on the GPM. I was invisioning a larger skid-steer style tiller.

 

[Cyberroc]

Do they not run off the PTO? I thought I had heard of one a while back that had it's own pump powered by the PTO or something like that.

How much for that size?

 

[mentat30]

kennyd, not a problem. I am new at this stuff so I appreciate the advice. So do you think it would work with my tractor?

 

[kennyd]

kennyd, not a problem. I am new at this stuff so I appreciate the advice. So do you think it would work with my tractor?

If it worked on that Case model, then I see no reason it would not work on your machine. It is definitly worth the price I saw...they may even take less.

 

[LBrown59]

Sorry, I all I know is its a Case 42" rototiller and it was last used on a Case 646. Does that help?

Why would you want a HYD. over a pto tiller?
What's the price on the CASE 42''?
Back about 2006 I got these tiller prices.
CC GT 2554 PTO tiller $1200.
" " " Hyd tiller $3500.
New holland HYD Tiller $2000.
Pto tiller back in Nov. for my BX23 ot BX1500 $1100.

 

[mentat30]

Why would you want a HYD. over a pto tiller?
What's the price on the CASE 42''?
Back about 2006 I got these tiller prices.
CC GT 2554 PTO tiller $1200.
" " " Hyd tiller $3500.
New holland HYD Tiller $2000.
Pto tiller back in Nov. for my BX23 ot BX1500 $1100.

The one I found is only $225.00......

Why would you want a hyd over a pto tiller, if you hit something with the hydro tiller its pretty unlikely you will damage anything on the tractor. And we all know the perils of a PTO tiller. Not saying I would not purchase a PTO tiller, I would, but the price of the Hydro is pretty darn good.

 

[LBrown59]

I just put a 42 inch jd hydro tiller on my 855 last week and it ran great, it is running off a rear pto pump

Is it new ?
How did the cost compare?

 

[UP855]

the tiller was used when I got it but looked like new I think the original owner used it twiceon his 425, then the guy I got it from mounted it on his 9n by making new hoses and buying a brand new prince pto hydro pump, mounted it on the 9n and it failed misserably because of to much ground speed and pto shuting down when you push in the clutch and lack of good 3 point control so I got it for 650 dollars (he paid 400 for the pump 500 for the tiller) made some adapters for my I match and I was good to go with basically a new tiller and a pump capable of running a log spliter probably a lot faster than my tractors hydrolics.

 

[LBrown59]

Sounds like used would be the affordable way to go.
The new ones i priced were up there.

the tiller was used when I got it but looked like new I think the original owner used it twiceon his 425, then the guy I got it from mounted it on his 9n by making new hoses and buying a brand new prince pto hydro pump, mounted it on the 9n and it failed misserably because of to much ground speed and pto shuting down when you push in the clutch and lack of good 3 point control so I got it for 650 dollars (he paid 400 for the pump 500 for the tiller) made some adapters for my I match and I was good to go with basically a new tiller and a pump capable of running a log spliter probably a lot faster than my tractors hydrolics.

 

[mentat30]

Well I don't have to wonder about the rototiller anymore, its sold
But I did pick up a new back blade today