Tiller need advice on buying tiller for Kubota BX25

[Baby Grand]

It's a mystery.
I won't buy a mystery.

 

[ivanshee]

There is a new 4ft Bushhog RTC50G auction on ebay, starting price is $1475. But Will arrange for local pickup only (no shipping).

 

[Jack Yuan]

so many dust on it, is it second-hand? really so expensive.

 

[Baby Grand]

Oh for Heaven's sake, Jack - the paint's still on the blades.
It's obviously new. Have you ever used a tractor?
That price is good if driving to pick it up isn't too much of a burden for the OP.
You can be sure Bush Hog will still be standing behind it, long after the third set of replacement blades are worn down to nubs.

 

[katoomed00]

Be careful with the tiller, my wife was using our 4' tiller on the Bx24 and was running the engine speed to slow, it cause the tiller to jump around to much and ended up breaking a part in the Kubota PTO, all said and done it cost 2600 bucks to get it repaired. The mechanic had to break down the entire back end and change out a cheap looking part that had only a couple of small tack welds that broke. Parts were cheap but the labor involved cost me an arm and leg. Expensive lesson for the wife.

 

[TerryR]

Does it give you confidence that their "office" is an apartment in an apartment house? Check out their address and the "Contact Us" page and Google it.

Terry

 

[Jack Yuan]

Oh for Heaven's sake, Jack - the paint's still on the blades.
It's obviously new. Have you ever used a tractor?
That price is good if driving to pick it up isn't too much of a burden for the OP.
You can be sure Bush Hog will still be standing behind it, long after the third set of replacement blades are worn down to nubs.

Hi, sorry, I didn't use my tractor to do anything farm work, I only use it to test my products. Yes, you are right, it is totally new, but there are really many dust on its surface. I didn't make survey about Bush Hog retail price, so is it cheaper than common retail price?

 

[Jack Yuan]

Be careful with the tiller, my wife was using our 4' tiller on the Bx24 and was running the engine speed to slow, it cause the tiller to jump around to much and ended up breaking a part in the Kubota PTO, all said and done it cost 2600 bucks to get it repaired. The mechanic had to break down the entire back end and change out a cheap looking part that had only a couple of small tack welds that broke. Parts were cheap but the labor involved cost me an arm and leg. Expensive lesson for the wife.

Thank you for your experience, but I'm a little strange why the tiller jump?????? I think many of us can learn something from your experience.

 

[McGeesEquip]

Tillers that are light in weight and built with only 4 tines per flange group do not have the weight to dig against harden soil conditions. The gap between the tines with only 4 tines per flange can have harder running conditions. Running the units at a low RPM can lead to more bouncing.



Here is a link to a Sicma Phoenix T4-48 48In. unit with 6 tines per flange group.

Sicma Phoenix T4-48 Tiller

 

[Jack Yuan]

Tillers that are light in weight and built with only 4 tines per flange group do not have the weight to dig against harden soil conditions. The gap between the tines with only 4 tines per flange can have harder running conditions. Running the units at a low RPM can lead to more bouncing.

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Here is a link to a Sicma Phoenix T4-48 48In. unit with 6 tines per flange group.

Sicma Phoenix T4-48 Tiller

Hi McGeesEquip, how much to be advertiser on TBN? would you like to share me some experience by private message?