Tiller-Horsepower requirements

[john_bud]

Hi,

I have the KK 60" behind my L3410 HST. It has never had any problems with breaking new sod or any soil type from clay to sand. It has taken a BEATING as the clay soil is full of rocks from the last glacier. The slip clutch is a blessing when you are bouncing off of rocks, stumps and finding roots and branches. I don't think I could even carry enough shear bolts to do a days work in some places!

I bought the 60" as the sales person thought the 27 hp PTO was a better match. Maybe, but I think that were I to do it again, I would get the 72". Worse case you have to slow down a bit for the first pass.


I would definitely say to not get the 50" unit. You will be out there all day and have lots of time to think about the other things you could be doing if you used a tiller that was 50% wider...


jb

 

[NewToy]

AB, I think yo'll be fine. KK has recently updated the HP requirements for their tiller lineup. They have lowered the #'s considerably across the board. Look at their website for the revised #'s.

John

 

[jinman]

BJR, I don't have a picture of my two-bottom, but it's an old Ferguson that's been highly abused. It's missing the coulter discs and only has the moldboards. Here's a link to one in considerably better shape for sale on ebay.

Ferguson 14" two-bottom plow

 

[Louisiana_John]

If that plow was close I would buy it. I have a Agri 80" I use on a 60 hp tractor. It works great. I used it on the inlaws JD 50 hp in hard hard clay I worked good also. I just thought the world would shack apart.
John

 

[AB4D]

Thanks for all the advice from those who posted. I think I'll go with the King Kutter. I see that TSC also has the 6' KK rotary cutter for $985.00, I think I'll get one of those while they are on sale because I priced that cutter last year and it was over $1200.00.

Jim