newbie w/ a foster Satoh 370D

[newbury]

My wife's uncle either loaned me or wanted to store his Sato 370D over the winter in one of my empty warehouses. He left a JD 550 tiller attached. No documentation for either, just gave me the key and told me to drive it home.

Tiller looks only about 5 yrs old, lightly used. Sato looks a lot older.

Any pointers for info on this tractor? All I see on it is the plate, the 30HP rating, there is no "Beaver" on the tractor which I see in other pictures of Satoh 370D's.

I'm mainly interested in quirks (such as the "wrong way pto").

I've got several acres of recently clearcut land (stumps removed) I'd like to start some deer foodplots on, will this tiller/tractor combo handle it or do I have to plow first?

Will the tractor handle a 2 bottom plow?

The tractor in my sig is in Virginia, this one is in Mississippi.

 

[284 International]

I don't know what you mean by the data plate says 30 hp. Is that for the tiller's horsepower rating? If the motor has a plate saying 30 hp, it's not from a Beaver! :laughing:

As you mentioned, the S370 has a reverse-rotation PTO. That might cause you problems with the tiller, unless the tines have been reversed; it will still be going backward, but at least the tines would be cutting correctly.

If the tiller is set up to work correctly, you'll probably be ok; I don't know much about food plots, but it seems like the guys doing it get by with very minimal turning of the ground anyway.

I doubt you'll be able to pull a 2 bottom plow through unbroken ground. I've got a 2-12" (I think; I've never measured though) that I can pull with my Yanmar 186D. It's a 15 PTO horsepower tractor vs about 12 PTO hp for the S370, and is VERY heavy (Likely 2000 lbs or more, adding everything up) but it barely does it through unbroken ground, and it is very, very slow. If you can pull a bottom off, you'll probably be ok with a single 12". The tires will matter significantly, I expect. Turf tires slip too much in my conditions to pull a plow or disk, but work fine with a tiller.

I really like my Mitsubishis. They're good machines. You'll be able to get work done with it, you'll just need to figure out how. Let us know how things work for you.

 

[newbury]

I don't know what you mean by the data plate says 30 hp. Is that for the tiller's horsepower rating? If the motor has a plate saying 30 hp, it's not from a Beaver! :laughing:

I misread the plate, after further cleaning I see it's a Satoh 670D. New thread needed.