Tiller tiller size

HayDR · Feb 29, 2004

HP is not much to a 200 HP auto engine but going from 17 to 22 HP is a 30% increase in power and that is noticeable. The JD 4210 could even accommodate a 66" CCM Gear Drive tiller. I do not think a JD 4210 would have any trouble pulling a FC- RT04-60 tiller.

TWINKLE_TOES · Feb 29, 2004

Egon, I think what Ken is talking about is a six tine 60" tiller will pull easier than a 4 tine 60 " tiller. In your case you removed tines and either shortened the width or removed alternate tines.

Egon · Feb 29, 2004

It's a Farm king rotatiller with five four tang flanges. I removed two tines from each flange. For my conditions this works very well as I can now get the slip clutch to work. With a full tine set there wasn't enough power to get the clutch set properly. I could only get it adjusted to constant slip or a real fast engine stall. This was after many tries.

Now if more tines turn easier so be it but my experience was quite different.

Picture of tilling attached.

Egon

Villengineer · Mar 1, 2004

Hey guys I asked this question over on the Mitsi/Satoh section, but haven't gotten any answers, and it fits so nicely in this thread. I've got a S650G, book data is 25HP/22HP PTO. (Seems like an awefully efficient transfer of power to me) Anyway I'm looking to get a tiller for it and am not sure what the size would work best. I've looked at a couple 56" units but am concerned that I don't have enough HP to handle it. Oh yeah, the 650G is a gas engine tractor. Thanks for any help.

TWINKLE_TOES · Mar 1, 2004

Egon, hard to argue with that. Someone smarter than me will have to figure this out. Perhaps tilling the tall stuff has something to do with it. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Egon · Mar 1, 2004

Smarter than me to. The tall stuff was rye being tilled under. Week later there was a real nice catch for the fall deer feed.

Egon

TWINKLE_TOES · Mar 1, 2004

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Egon, to me this means you have been successful fishing but I know deer don't eat fish so that can't be it. Did you plant something else or did the rye re-seed??

Egon · Mar 1, 2004

The rye reseeded.

Egon

tommyc · Mar 2, 2004

Sorry about the long delay in a reply. Changed over from dial-up to dsl and it didn't go smoothly. SBC-yahoo sent me a bad ethernet card. They are sending another and I am now hooked up with USB. DSL sure beats dial-up. Thanks for all the advice on tiller size. I think I will go with the 60 inch rather than the offset 48". I still have a few worries about it but I can always remove the tines off one flange. I have really enjoyed reading the discussions here each day and am amazed at what can be learned.