kayssupply
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I have had my importer get them. He has them put on with a load. They are much higher than the Chinese. Sometimes I have been able to buy a complete tiller for a few bucks more than the new OEM tines.
The main problem of Yanmar tillers
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Mickey_Fx
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Very nice looking rig. How much cleaning and fixing up did you have to do in this setup?
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Ron,
You have got a peach and apple orchard. Do you use the tiller to keep it free of weeds and is there any drawback to use a tiller and not a brushhog ?
One more question, do Yanmar tillers accept to work at PTO different speeds ?
Phil
You have got a peach and apple orchard. Do you use the tiller to keep it free of weeds and is there any drawback to use a tiller and not a brushhog ?
One more question, do Yanmar tillers accept to work at PTO different speeds ?
Phil
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flattman
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Phil,
Your tiller looks a little heavier duty than the one I have. I would think that yours will perform beautifully for you.
My trees are in rows 20 feet apart. The Rows are 40 feet apart. I plant and grow vegetables and melons (water melons and cantaloupes) in the space between the rows. My rows are put in a deep furrow and are about 7 feet apart. I drip irrigate my orchard and garden and use the tiller to keep the rows clean of weeds and looking nice. My ground has been worked up pretty well so I am able to use the 2nd gear on the tiller and it does a wonderful job. I till rather slow, kon my tractor I am in 2nd gear and 2nd on the power shift. It does a very fine job. I don't have to till but about once per month, and sometimes not that often. Generally after I tlll, I will quickly and lightly run my box blade over the ground I tilled. That helps me to wak around out there without kicking up dirt and sinking into the tilled soil. I'm sure there are better ways to do it, but that's what I have been doing and it works for me.
When the vegetables stop bearing, I just till them into the ground. I sell a lot of tomatoes, black eyed peas, water melons, cantaloupes, corn, apples, peaches and pecans from this venture. It used to be a tremendous amount of work before getting this setup. And, it always feels nice to have people tell me how nice the garden looks and they all ask how I keep it looking so clean.
I am sure there are better ways to be more efficient, but this has worked for me for a while now.
Ron
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Your tiller looks a little heavier duty than the one I have. I would think that yours will perform beautifully for you.
My trees are in rows 20 feet apart. The Rows are 40 feet apart. I plant and grow vegetables and melons (water melons and cantaloupes) in the space between the rows. My rows are put in a deep furrow and are about 7 feet apart. I drip irrigate my orchard and garden and use the tiller to keep the rows clean of weeds and looking nice. My ground has been worked up pretty well so I am able to use the 2nd gear on the tiller and it does a wonderful job. I till rather slow, kon my tractor I am in 2nd gear and 2nd on the power shift. It does a very fine job. I don't have to till but about once per month, and sometimes not that often. Generally after I tlll, I will quickly and lightly run my box blade over the ground I tilled. That helps me to wak around out there without kicking up dirt and sinking into the tilled soil. I'm sure there are better ways to do it, but that's what I have been doing and it works for me.
When the vegetables stop bearing, I just till them into the ground. I sell a lot of tomatoes, black eyed peas, water melons, cantaloupes, corn, apples, peaches and pecans from this venture. It used to be a tremendous amount of work before getting this setup. And, it always feels nice to have people tell me how nice the garden looks and they all ask how I keep it looking so clean.
I am sure there are better ways to be more efficient, but this has worked for me for a while now.
Ron
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flattman
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Phil,
I forgot to mention, I do use the brush hawg occassionally in the garden on some of the taller things like corn, and large bush beans, black eyed peas etc. to just cut them down and shred them up before tilling them into the ground.
Also, I use the Brush Hawg out in the pasture around here quiet a bit and down on the creek to cut all the grass and weeds and make my section of the creek look nicer, to say nothing of keeping the snake habitat down just a little. It is also a great help.
Ron
I forgot to mention, I do use the brush hawg occassionally in the garden on some of the taller things like corn, and large bush beans, black eyed peas etc. to just cut them down and shred them up before tilling them into the ground.
Also, I use the Brush Hawg out in the pasture around here quiet a bit and down on the creek to cut all the grass and weeds and make my section of the creek look nicer, to say nothing of keeping the snake habitat down just a little. It is also a great help.
Ron
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Ron, thank you for your detailled answer about your orchard and how you use your Yanmar tiller and tractor to keep it in good condition. I hope friends will forgive me for this question far from the subject of this board. I noticed you have pecan trees. I have got a couple of them here in Corsica.
I encountered two problems with them :
1) they began to bear at 12 years old.
2) Every year they bear a good crop of nuts from which I don't even taste a sample : They are harvested before maturity by crows !
Is it the same situation in Texas ?
Thank you for answers and advices,
Phil
NB The tiller on the picture is not mine. It comes from a Japanese website.
I encountered two problems with them :
1) they began to bear at 12 years old.
2) Every year they bear a good crop of nuts from which I don't even taste a sample : They are harvested before maturity by crows !
Is it the same situation in Texas ?
Thank you for answers and advices,
Phil
NB The tiller on the picture is not mine. It comes from a Japanese website.
Phil, I hope he can give you an answer, as I have the same problem in Mississippi. The crows eat them early, and don't miss any, and I don't know what to do about it either. I've got my Yanmar parked under it right now, think that will help? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
