Tiller Tiller conversion - Forward rotation to Reverse Rotation Complete!!

   / Tiller conversion - Forward rotation to Reverse Rotation Complete!!
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#11  
Hey Don,

The clay here is just like concrete when dry, after the conversion, the finished bed was a drastic improvement, no more clumps.

Works great.
 
   / Tiller conversion - Forward rotation to Reverse Rotation Complete!! #12  
I have hard ground with lot's of clay, and I too found that in my ground the reverse rotation was better.

I couldn't compare 'apples to apples' as the 30" reverse rotation tiller was on the old Cub Cadet 2160, and the new 48" 'forward rotation is on the Massey. Although I could plant after one pass with the reverse rotation, and it takes two passes with the forward rotation.
 
   / Tiller conversion - Forward rotation to Reverse Rotation Complete!! #13  
Just curious, how did you determine the exact location of the gear so the meshing would be correct? I would think it would be critical to prevent excessive wear.

Take Care,
Doug in SW IA
 
   / Tiller conversion - Forward rotation to Reverse Rotation Complete!!
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#14  
Just curious, how did you determine the exact location of the gear so the meshing would be correct? I would think it would be critical to prevent excessive wear.

Take Care,
Doug in SW IA

The housing is a perfect square, it was machined out by Kubota to make selling either reverse or forward rotation tillers as low cost as possible.

We only needed a new bearing pressed on. Was that simple.
 
 

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