I've got a Sitrex RH-4125 for my little JD 2305 and it does a great job, if there's a lot of material to be tilled in it may take a second pass, but I don't find that to be an issue. it has a slip clutch, but I haven't hit anything to make it come into play yet.
Tiller Roto Tiller Features
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Happyman
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I have a Woods GTR72 reverse rotation tiller. It works extremely well. My soil has very few, if any, rocks so that is not an issue for me. It has a slip clutch and is kept inside. I went with the reverse rotation based on personal research and various "test" reports. I think the concept is what keeps most people from buying one since the forward rotation style has been around for so long. I have found it to do a MUCH better, one pass job then a standard tiller.
Egon
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[I believe just the opposite is true. The reverse rotating ones have a lot more soil to move and don't have the tractor forward motion to help./QUOTE]
Boys oh boys did I put both feet in this time.
Yes, I did get the rotation wrong.
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Whoa... 8" rocks!
(I won't be dropping my tiller off at your place anytime soon..)I've got a John Deere 660 tiller. Forward rotation and slip clutch. It's stored outside on a pallet and double tarped. Never a problem with the slip clutch. I think the clutch is a better safety feature and helps to avoid more costly damages whenever you encounter situations that are unforeseen; like 12' of buried 3/8" chain! (Maybe that's worse than an 8" rock..)
Interesting info regarding the advantages of a reverse tiller. My next tiller could very well be a reverse machine.
AKfish
pitt_md
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I think what your saying about the one pass is true if your talking about virgin sod/pasture etc. I used a chisle plow on my field in the fall and in the spring when I tilled it one pass made it super fluffy.
Happyman
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I've done numerous "one pass" runs on awful, hard, dry soil and it still gets much "fluffier" then a forward rotation tiller does. At least this is my experience....your experience may differ
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pitt_md
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Whoa... 8" rocks!
I've got a John Deere 660 tiller. Forward rotation and slip clutch. It's stored outside on a pallet and double tarped. Never a problem with the slip clutch. I think the clutch is a better safety feature and helps to avoid more costly damages whenever you encounter situations that are unforeseen; like 12' of buried 3/8" chain! (Maybe that's worse than an 8" rock..)
Interesting info regarding the advantages of a reverse tiller. My next tiller could very well be a reverse machine.
AKfish
An 8" rock is nothing to find under the surface in my field. I have hit BIG rocks just under the surface that make the slip clutch squeel and the tiller jump in the air. Here is a picture of one of them after I dug it up.
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SnowRidge
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I vote for the slip clutch, too. I have a CCM tiller. They include the clutch in the price of all their tillers. I don't think they would do that if it wasn't really needed.
It's the only implement I own that has a clutch.
It's the only implement I own that has a clutch.
Yeah, I have those rocks on the "Packer" side of the river. If I only had to worry about 8" rocks, I wouldn't worry at all.
7 years with the KK 60" tiller and no major issues.
Reverse till may be better, but it costs 3x. If you have rock and root free soil, a slip clutch is not needed.
jb