Pto Tiller choices

ehcrain · Jun 15, 2021

Looking to purchase a 5' or 6' pto tiller to go with my l3901. Use would start with breaking ground for food plots and maintaining a garden in the future. Soil type is loam with few rocks of any size larger than a golf ball.
Would you go 6' or 5'? Any brands that you can recommend to avoid or have great experience with?

jeff9366 · Jun 15, 2021

Rototillers with forward rotating tines require little power to operate.

Buy six foot width.

Land Pride makes high quality tillers.

Why are "C" tiller tines different from "L" shaped tines?

There is a difference but I have no idea. Are they easier on the machine or leave a better seedbed or less aggressive? It must be something. Any ideas appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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John Atkisson · Jun 15, 2021

I run a 5ft King Kutter behind my Kubota bx 25d - plenty of power even in my rocky New England soil. The thing is a tank- thick steel throughout, hard to imagine damaging it.

wirlybird · Jun 15, 2021

I use a 4 foot Tar River behind a John Deere X585 and it performs well. Very solid gear drive tiller.

Zebrafive · Jun 15, 2021

A friend has a 6' Tartar (sold by TSC). Only failure has been gear box seals. He replaced and put in "corn head" grease.
When putting in the new input shaft seal, he found a snap ring broken (poor design in my opinion). He said it must have been his fault for operating with the PTO shaft too long, putting pressure on the snap ring.

jeff9366 · Jun 15, 2021

I have owned King Cutter implements.

I have shopped Tractor Supply's CountyLine/Tarter implements many times. In the last eight years have only purchased a Tarter Boom Pole and a mat Chain Harrow from TSC.

I my opinion King Kutter implements are several increments higher quality than Tarter implements.

ruffdog · Jun 15, 2021

I use a standard 5' KK tiller in nice rockless soil. I have taken off the shoes so it can go deep. No problems and I would buy again.

CoyPatton · Jun 15, 2021

ehcrain said:
Looking to purchase a 5' or 6' pto tiller to go with my l3901. Use would start with breaking ground for food plots and maintaining a garden in the future. Soil type is loam with few rocks of any size larger than a golf ball.
Would you go 6' or 5'? Any brands that you can recommend to avoid or have great experience with?

If your food plots are in wooded areas, let the width of your access points, turns especially determine your width. For every 6” wider on each side, your space to turn especially tight turns increases quite a bit.
If this is a non issue, I would go with wider (6’) as you will enjoy the time difference to get the job complete quicker with an additional foot tilled with each pass.
I would never suggest narrower that the tread width of your rear tires.

Bearsixty7 · Jun 15, 2021

I got a Terra force ER062 from a local dealer a few months ago, haven't had a chance to really use it, just a short test patch in the yard once I cut the PTO to length (I plan to excavate there for a slab soon). From my research, they seem to be well regarded and it's also a brand sold by EA, so I figure they must be pretty good for EA to sell them.