rototiller vs. plow

[gemini5362]

Even at 1 acre, I would do the 3pt, anything close to or over that, it would be no question. Unless your doing an already tilled area or you have a lot of extra time, even a decent size rear tine simplicity took me 4 times as long as it did with a 3pt. tiller I rented.

This was on an overgrown (heavy think weeds, no trees) area that I attempted with my front tine tiller, after an hour I gave up and barrowed the neighbors rear tine, no question that it was much easier. However after 4 hours and only being half done I decided to add a tiller to the rental I already needed for another project and finished the other half in about an hour.

Now that own my own tractor, I will own a 3pt tiller. My neighbors rear tine walk behind was around $1,000 so an extra few hundred will be more than worth it and even better over time...

Not saying that a rear tine won't perform as good in some conditions, however the overgrown area that I tilled sold me on the 3pt.

On a whole acre of ground to till I would agree with you 100 per cent. In a later post he said there was a house on the acre which probably means some kind of landscaping also. He is only wanting to till a vegetable garden and maybe till up if he needs to do some other kind of vegetation I am assuming that is for something like flower beds probably. He has not posted the size of the space he is going to till but it obviously will be less than an acre. I just bought a new tiller for flower beds I did not buy the rear tine tiller because I needed something more maneuverable. I bought it at atwoods while they were having a 20 per cent off sale. The most expensive tiller they had was 800 dollard and if you can catch it on sale that is under 650.00. While the 3 point tiller would be great to have if he has any kind of limitations like being close to a fence or working around landscaping the rear tine might be a better option for him.

 

[gemini5362]

13 ac.. and I have a 15' mower... But I got it for super cheap.. IE.. 2000$.. that's pennies on the dollar vs the cost of one new... All it took me was a couple months of sweat equity, some welding and a couple hundred bucks in small parts and paint.. etc. it was a deal i couldn't pass up, sinc eit was roughly? 1/8 the price of new equipment.

soundguy

I knew that I was just funning with you. I am just very jealous. I have 25 acres and if I could get a really good deal on a 15 foot bat wing and a tractor big enough to pull it with I would have one.

 

[Soundguy]

I knew that I was just funning with you. I am just very jealous. I have 25 acres and if I could get a really good deal on a 15 foot bat wing and a tractor big enough to pull it with I would have one.

I lucked out on both.. I got the NH7610s as a return. Guy had an orchard.. bought the tractor.. kept running the fender into branches, and the canopy hit a branch or two as well.. tractor was a lil over a year old, and had a few hundred hours on it.. he brought it back and traded for a TC48 smaller machine.. easier to maneuver. i got the 7610s with a crumpled up 9 but straightened out ) fender.. and a dent in the canopy.. I saved about 9000$ off new price.. plus i traded a 3yr old NH 1920 CUT i had bought from that dealer used 2ys before.. and got 95% of my money back in trade on the 1920.. I only had to pay about 8000$ out of pocket on the 7610s.. so i felt great about that... cheap 95 hp tractor... I originally got a 10' howse HD mower, brand new, still unassembled, 2ys old, from an auction for 2250$.. and mowed with that.. then 'fell over' the 15' mower ( 1998 model JD 1517 ) from a horse farm that was getting all new mowers... It needed only maintenance and some small weld repairs.. lube, paint .. etc.. got it for 2000$ plus the? 200$ parts... etc... If it weren't for that.. i'd still be mowing with the 1920 and 5' mower!

soundguy

 

[mattellis2]

On a whole acre of ground to till I would agree with you 100 per cent. In a later post he said there was a house on the acre which probably means some kind of landscaping also. He is only wanting to till a vegetable garden and maybe till up if he needs to do some other kind of vegetation I am assuming that is for something like flower beds probably. He has not posted the size of the space he is going to till but it obviously will be less than an acre. I just bought a new tiller for flower beds I did not buy the rear tine tiller because I needed something more maneuverable. I bought it at atwoods while they were having a 20 per cent off sale. The most expensive tiller they had was 800 dollard and if you can catch it on sale that is under 650.00. While the 3 point tiller would be great to have if he has any kind of limitations like being close to a fence or working around landscaping the rear tine might be a better option for him.

i went back and forth on this a long time. unfortunately, the troy-bilt tiller sized for anything over 2000 square feet runs about $2k. i finally settled on a 5' KK II from TSC. i may watch craig's list or the like for a small used rear tine for use as a cultivator.

-matt

 

[Cyberroc]

He is only wanting to till a vegetable garden and maybe till up if he needs to do some other kind of vegetation I am assuming that is for something like flower beds probably.

And I sir, would agree with you as well.

I could never justify the purchase of 3pt for small veg of flower garden and I was speaking of anything close to a full acre of tilling.

I don't mind walk behind tilling (owned one for the past 10 years), even for a 4 hour job it was actually not that bad other than the aftershake for 30 minutes after finishing

That said... Once I get ready to do the acre or more we are planning to till I will have a 3pt and don't see the walk behind getting much work after that.
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[LBrown59]

( kubota BX series? )
it will rototill all day long.. etc.

soundguy

MY BX1500 and 48'' KK are a great team.

I don't do me a garden.

 

[Soundguy]

I have a neighbor with a ford 1210.. it's a scut small ford.. he doesn't do big work fast with it.. but it serves him all day.. never gives out.. pulls a 4' mower with it.. etc..

soundguy

 

[LBrown59]

On the flip side take a small scut.. maybee something with pto hp in the teens ( kubota BX series? ).. but a good creeper gear... it will rototill all day long.. etc.

soundguy

My BX1500 an the 48'' tiller make a nice pair.

 

[Soundguy]

Yep.. them tractors with creeper gears really like those rototillers.

soundguy

 

[gemini5362]

And I sir, would agree with you as well.

I could never justify the purchase of 3pt for small veg of flower garden and I was speaking of anything close to a full acre of tilling.

I don't mind walk behind tilling (owned one for the past 10 years), even for a 4 hour job it was actually not that bad other than the aftershake for 30 minutes after finishing

That said... Once I get ready to do the acre or more we are planning to till I will have a 3pt and don't see the walk behind getting much work after that.
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Actually the whole story was I went into atwoods to get the small front tine tiller. They had a 20 per cent sale on like I mentioned and then they told me if I would get a credit card they would give me another 10 per cent on top of that. Now we are talking about real money. I looked at the rear tine tillers and how much more of a discount that 30 per cent of one of those would be versus 30 per cent of the tiller I was looking at. Then I got to thinking how much 30 per cent of the 50 inch 3 point tiller they had in the tractor equipment section would be. It was almost like free money. Then I got to trying to figure out how I was going to explain to the wife that I went out to get a small front tine tiller for the new flower bed she was making and wound up with a 3 point rototiller that I would not be able to get into the place she wanted the flower bed. At that point I decided I liked having my wife speak to me better than I liked the Idea of having a rototiller. So I bought the front tine tiller. Now however we have just came back from a cruise and she found a new gem she has not seen before. it is called Ammelite (sp) She wanted to buy a new necklace and earings and ring so I told her no problem. I now can justify buying the rototiller and a couple of other play toys