Tiller Tiller Shopping

[Bird]

Mark, glad to see you're still around; hadn't heard from you in awhile./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif When you say the gearbox can be switched, are you talking about throwing switch to change the rotation, or do you mean switching the gearbox around with wrenches?

And Buck, obviously, you and Mark know of at least two reversable ones; I didn't. Looks like the Howse requires getting the wrenches out and setting it up to go the direction you want it to, so it appears to be a fair amount of work to change from one to the other.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

My 54" wide Howse tiller allows the tine motion to reverse.

I guess this is a silly question? Are the Howse tiller tines sharpened on the back edges as well as the front?--Ken Sweet

 

[MChalkley]

Bird,

As I remember, the factory rep told me that you can change rotation direction with a lever, but to change speeds, you do have to remove a plate a swap a gear around.

 

[HayDR]

Ken,

I don't beleave MChalkley understood the question? A reversable direction tiller is of little good without being able to switch the tine cutting edge direction. Most MFG's have multispeed tillers in their gear drive models, IMO TBN members are confusing this with a dual direction tiller.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Hello Mark--That is exactly what I thought--Thanks--Ken Sweet
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[MikePA]

<font color=blue>A reversable direction tiller is of little good without being able to switch the tine cutting edge direction.</font color=blue>
Would reversing the rotation direction assist in dislodging rocks that get stuck?

 

[lblair]

Call Ken Sweet at Sweet Tractors. His shipping charge and First choice tillers are as his name says..."SWEET" I got the 48" FC Tiller. It works great Ken/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif Plus me being from the north and never gone anyplace he sounds cool too. He shipped by rig right to my door. Got home from work and there was my tiller and post hole digger. Ya gotta luv it.
Larry

 

[rdln]

I bought my 5 ft reverse landpride in 94 and have been pretty happy with it. It has a #100 chain.

I think a good indicator of country of origin is whether or not fasteners are metric or NC/NF. The original chain was made in Japan, replaced it with a Chinese($90) after about 150 acres, also did the top sprocket then($180). Once the original chain loosened up enough to take out a link, I knew it was loose because it wore a hole in the bottom of the cover.

Replaced about all the blades twice (Maschio made in Italy) at $4-6 a piece.

Landpride PTO shafts are made by Walterschield (sp?) made in Germany

If you go Chain, Keep it adjusted better than I did.

I like the reverse till for Gardens, I go over twice and clean up the end of the rows to one corner and tell the customer that most of his rocks are right there.

I stopped doing wildlife food plots with it because it wasn't necessary.
now I just plow and drag harrow, broadcast any seed/fert. But when I used it planting corn I would plow and rototill once with the planter towed behind the tiller with a rigged up hitch worked well.

Consider the Europian brands (Howard, Kuhn, Maschio) because that's what the farmers use over there.

Steel Wheels - whatever you end up with per hour, I would add $5 and put that in a kitty for blades and parts.

 

[Buck]

Ken,

I guess this is a silly question? Are the Howse tiller tines sharpened on the back edges as well as the front?--Ken Sweet

The axel is reversed!

Buck

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Hi Larry--Glad you like the service--If you think I am country, yall should hear my chief mechanics southern drawl --By the way, I just read on one of these posts about the chains hitting the covers and wearing thru on some tillers--The automatic chain tensioner that came standard with your First Choice Roto Tiller should eleminate that problem. Have a good weekend--Ken Sweet
Sweet Farm Equipment Co.
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