flusher
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- Joined
- Jun 4, 2005
- Messages
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- Location
- Sacramento
- Tractor
- Getting old. Sold the ranch. Sold the tractors. Moved back to the city.
Looks like my new house will be ready for occupancy in mid-Sep. First order of business is landscaping. Now that I have the B7510HST, I figure that I can get the prep work done with a middle buster, a tiller and a homemade chain-link-fence drag.
Checked out the tillers on the Web and at my local TSC. Looks like the least expensive are in the $900-1200 range. Advantage in this approach is hook up and go.
Checked my local tractor guys in Red Bluff and Los Molinos. Both handle gray market tractors. Both expect shipments of Yanmar and Iseki tillers to arrive late this month. They say that we could deal in the $300-500 range depending on the condition of the equipment.
I've spent a good deal of time reading the threads here regarding these used tillers and the expected problems. I don't mind getting dirt under my fingernails getting one of these ricers working. Sounds like fun to me.
I think a 48" tiller is a good fit to my tractor, but I may be mistaken.
My soil ranges from mostly clay in the front yard to gravely loam in the back yard (where the septic system leach field is located 6' down). The landscaped area is about 0.6 acre and according to what I read I should shoot for about 6" tillage depth.
Before I commit $$$ to one of these pre-owned tillers, it would be nice to hear the latest experiences, gossip, rumors, etc. regarding using these implements with a tractor like mine. Any feedback is appreciated.
Checked out the tillers on the Web and at my local TSC. Looks like the least expensive are in the $900-1200 range. Advantage in this approach is hook up and go.
Checked my local tractor guys in Red Bluff and Los Molinos. Both handle gray market tractors. Both expect shipments of Yanmar and Iseki tillers to arrive late this month. They say that we could deal in the $300-500 range depending on the condition of the equipment.
I've spent a good deal of time reading the threads here regarding these used tillers and the expected problems. I don't mind getting dirt under my fingernails getting one of these ricers working. Sounds like fun to me.
I think a 48" tiller is a good fit to my tractor, but I may be mistaken.
My soil ranges from mostly clay in the front yard to gravely loam in the back yard (where the septic system leach field is located 6' down). The landscaped area is about 0.6 acre and according to what I read I should shoot for about 6" tillage depth.
Before I commit $$$ to one of these pre-owned tillers, it would be nice to hear the latest experiences, gossip, rumors, etc. regarding using these implements with a tractor like mine. Any feedback is appreciated.