Tiller Tiller or Field Cultivator

[JC-jetro]

Field plowed using a potato plow




Same field tilled using a 5 foot KK tiller



Food plot directly tilled without plowing first, not much difference when you use tiller. Here my first pass was 2'' or so to knock off the vegetation and then 6" deep planting bed.

JC,

 

[hunterridgefarm]

JC,

Thats what I plan to get the 5' KK, $1499.00 at TSC...unless you want to sale yours for say $500.00.

The KK comes from the factory dry, correct? What weight gear oil do you use. I put 90 weight in my PHD...I think it was 90.

David

 

[teg]

"river bottom, sandy soil"... Do you have many rocks? and how big? You might damage your tiller if you have lots of big rocks out there... just a thought.

 

[kthompson]

hunterridgefarm,

I have looked back at your picture and first post again. Part of it is below.

Per the picture it looks like it disked very well. Of course no idea if that was one pass or how many.

Secondly, if the residue is so heavy the disk can not handle it think you will have issues with the tiller.

The way crop residue is handle here in cultivated fields is normally: soon after the crop is gathered and soon there after the fields normally disked once. That is allowed to rot for at least a few days and then disk again. That normally takes care of any reasonable amount of crop debris. If your disk is not handling the debris again not having used a tiller on a tractor only smaller units, think you will either be very slow or have problems also.




"I have a 4.5 to 5 ac river bottom, sandy soil. In the past I have plowed and disc for planting, pic attached.

I want to get away from plowing but the dics will not cut thru the crop residue and field grass unless I make several passes. The planting times for crops vary so even if I plow and disc the entire field I alwasy need to go back and disc. This year I plan on planting potatoes in Feb...about 1/2-1 ac. Once harvested I will plant pumpkins in that area plus an additional acre. I do a lot of Fall Harvest crops to sale."

 

[hunterridgefarm]

teg, no rocks in the bottom...thats the only place on my property that does not have rocks!

kthompson,

The pic was after several passes with the disc. The soil is very soft and like powder once you get it worked and its very fertile. I was hoping to disc without plowing. If I had heavier disc and a bigger tractor I think discing alone would work. One thing that makes it more difficult is I was unalbe to work this field the last couple of years due to clearing land and building a house. I think the tiller will work great just thought the culitvator might work and speed things up. It will take about 2 more years to get the bottom in the condition it was before.

 

[JC-jetro]

JC,

Thats what I plan to get the 5' KK, $1499.00 at TSC...unless you want to sale yours for say $500.00.

The KK comes from the factory dry, correct? What weight gear oil do you use. I put 90 weight in my PHD...I think it was 90.

David

David,

Hmm, you gotto make an offer I can't refuse and $500 ain't gonna cover it. can't blame you for trying though. Considering Price/performance it'll become very difficult to beat KK-II gear drive tiller with 5" wide being one of their most popular one. I have looked for few months to see if I can find a decent second hand to no avail. All the beat up ones were always in $700 range in my areas. After I bought mine later on I saw one for $900 that was 5 years old. I know the price of steel has gone up a lot hence the new higher pricing for for KK tiller. I bought mine for about $1150 from TSC two years ago. I'll watch their spring season sale. They match price with with Orschlyn or any other farm outfit you have in your area. If they are far from you, I'd just call them as you established what you want and really do not to see it to decide. Additionally they have 10% off coupon that the store manager has in pocket to be dispersed at will, just ask for it. By the way, where I have my food plot and garden I had hardly any big rock and each case might be different. disking or plowing using a potato plow can reveal big rocks to be picked up prior to tilling. slip clutch is great and I keep my slip clutch not real tight to make it easier to slip if tines encounter an unfriendly rock/boulder.

JC,

 

[hunterridgefarm]

David,
(Hmm, you gotto make and offer I can't refuse )




Ok, thats it...horse head in the bed! If you don't have a horse then...tractor tire in the bed!! (Godfather, I made him an offer he could'nt refuse).

 

[JC-jetro]

David,
(Hmm, you gotto make and offer I can't refuse )




Ok, thats it...horse head in the bed! If you don't have a horse then...tractor tire in the bed!! (Godfather, I made him an offer he could'nt refuse).

That'll be enough to make me accept the lovely $500 offer, Don't have a horse but a slashed tractor tire will certainly steer me in the right direction, lol.

JC,

 

[hunterridgefarm]

Well I pick up the KK 5' tiller today.

Question: The booklet calls for 80-140 gear oil I picked up 80-90 gear oil.

Should I take it back and get the 80-140 or will the 80-90 be ok?

 

[wedge40]

Hunterridgefarm. Did you just use this thread to justify the tiller with the DW?

Wedge