Charliebrn
Platinum Member
Report:BX and 50\" tiller
For those interested: Finally got a chance to give a good workout to my new Howard Rotavator tiller (HR-3 - 50"). The ground around here is hard clay, and I was concerned that my turf tires weren't going to do the job. I decided to hold off on chains and weights, just to see how bad it would be. The tiller came off the truck ready to use, all the fluids were topped off, just had to whack 5" off the driveshaft for the BX-2200. Gave all the grease joints an extra shot, just in case.
First off, the wife's garden. Was tilled last spring, so the ground HAD been worked before. Set the skids all the way up and let her rip. If not for the slight vibration, I wouldn't have known it was running, it was that smooth. The engine, which i was running about half out, didn't labor at all, not even a little. The tiller powdered the clay on one pass. I wanted to give it a second pass, but I could come up with no reason to.
Pulled out of the garden, cleaned it up, checked it over real good. Found one problem, my check chains were loose. Must not have tightened the lock nuts down well enough. Next was the back forty...Ground that hadn't been worked in 15 years. My daughter wants to plant corn. I expected more resistance since the clay was hard packed. Nope, same as the garden. Powdered it in one pass, with no effect on the tractor at all.
After hearing people talk down the capabilities of the BX, I've got news for them! I'm convinced I could have put a 6' tiller on it and it would have been just fine, the 42" recommendation by Kubota be danged. Anyway, I washed down the tiller, looked it over again, no problems whatsoever.
Anyhow, this got a bit winded in my excitement! I've got to highly recommend the tiller, it's built like a tank. And heck, the paint even matches the Kubota perfectly!!! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
For those interested: Finally got a chance to give a good workout to my new Howard Rotavator tiller (HR-3 - 50"). The ground around here is hard clay, and I was concerned that my turf tires weren't going to do the job. I decided to hold off on chains and weights, just to see how bad it would be. The tiller came off the truck ready to use, all the fluids were topped off, just had to whack 5" off the driveshaft for the BX-2200. Gave all the grease joints an extra shot, just in case.
First off, the wife's garden. Was tilled last spring, so the ground HAD been worked before. Set the skids all the way up and let her rip. If not for the slight vibration, I wouldn't have known it was running, it was that smooth. The engine, which i was running about half out, didn't labor at all, not even a little. The tiller powdered the clay on one pass. I wanted to give it a second pass, but I could come up with no reason to.
Pulled out of the garden, cleaned it up, checked it over real good. Found one problem, my check chains were loose. Must not have tightened the lock nuts down well enough. Next was the back forty...Ground that hadn't been worked in 15 years. My daughter wants to plant corn. I expected more resistance since the clay was hard packed. Nope, same as the garden. Powdered it in one pass, with no effect on the tractor at all.
After hearing people talk down the capabilities of the BX, I've got news for them! I'm convinced I could have put a 6' tiller on it and it would have been just fine, the 42" recommendation by Kubota be danged. Anyway, I washed down the tiller, looked it over again, no problems whatsoever.
Anyhow, this got a bit winded in my excitement! I've got to highly recommend the tiller, it's built like a tank. And heck, the paint even matches the Kubota perfectly!!! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
