Rotary tiller on TC45

[jinman]

Not sure if I can get one that beefy around here, I will try and find something comparable. Thanks!!
How deep can you go at a swipe? Guess it depends on soil, I have mainly older grass pasture.

If you have a Tractor Supply were you are, you can get the KK tiller. They normally have lots of them in stock this time of year.

As to the question of how deep you can till, it certainly depends on your soil as you mentioned. In my case, I used a two-bottom plow to break up the native soil before using my tiller. However, with multiple passes, I think I could have had my soil tilled to 6-8 in. deep. In the attached photos, you can see where the axle of the tiller blades mount on the right side of the tiller and also see that it is not visible when tilling. That means it must be at least 8" deep to the bottom of the tines. You can see from the other pictures that I tilled deep. My soil was well aerated and very fluffy when I finished. There is an adjustment to the depth of the foot on each side of the tiller. On firm soil, that will control how deep you can till, but when the soil is tilled, the feet just bury up in the soil instead of gliding on top of firm ground.

The hydraulic cylinders you see in my photos do not provide any downforce. They simply provide toplink and sidelink length adjustments. The 3PH does not have any downforce except for the weight of the implement. In the case of the 72" KKII tiller, that's about 700 lb. You won't need more downforce other than that.

 

[InlineDieselFan]

a six footer will be no problem, if for some reason your soil is incredibly hard, just make an extra pass or two.

steve

 

[JC-jetro]

Along the line what Jim said, if you do not have a bottom plow like myself then you can use a cheap $120 middle buster (AKA potato plow) to break the ground. I did exactly that on my first try to learn later that it may take additional one or two extra passes to eliminate the need of a plow for most cases. Additional pass certainly take less time to take off the tiller and put the plow on the tractor for small gardens.


JC,

 

[wolfgreyt]

Found Tiller very similar to King Kutter Tiller at TSC website, gear driven painted the same colour ,design etc.

However , is this a " Knock -off " or re-badged KingKutter, sold under " CountyLine" name.

Not sure yet if they are available up here.

 

[JC-jetro]

I heard it is %100 KK, re badged Countryline for TSC only, and only in certain markets. My local TSC in kansas city will continue having KK as the manager said. Did you pose the question to your local TSC?

JC,

 

[dynasim]

Jim,

That is not a garden. That is a field!

I guess you are in Texas, though.

Chris

 

[Carykong]

nice looking dirt in your pictures,Jinman, is that natural or augmented with organic material?

 

[jinman]

nice looking dirt in your pictures,Jinman, is that natural or augmented with organic material?

That was all natural soil with no organic supplements. It had not been tilled up in over 20 years. Most of it had never been tilled. Now, we don't own that land anymore because we just sold it. My new garden is a lot closer to my house and a lot smaller.

 

[DirtBoy08]

While your debating what tiller to get, take a look at the LandPride line. I just purchased the RTR25 model (reverse tilling) and it works VERY nice.

Using it on a TC40D

Good Luck!

 

[wolfgreyt]

Went to buy Tiller ended up trading in the TC 45 and buying a new 4060 with supersuit cab and the tiller. I should never go looking at tractors on sunny spring days