Tiller Tiller - Tines on one side only?

[jc7622]

I really want a weed badger, but they are too much money for me. Last year I tilled under my grapes by tilting my 3pt tiller crooked (at an angle) tnd then shifting it as far to one side as I could. It worked OK, but was still not ideal.

Here is my idea: I'm thinking about removing the tines from all but one side so that I only have an 18" tilled are and then maybe having the attachment points moved over a little bit so that it sticks out from the tractor about a foot. This will allow me to till a narrow swath onder the vines.

Can anyone think of a reason that this might not work? Will tines on one side only cause any problems with the bearings or whatever else?

 

[RickB]

Run it long enough that way and the rotor will wear where it is unprotected by tined. Eventually, you won't be able to bolt tines to it.

 

[Egon]

Give it a try and see how it goes. You may be happily surprised.

Any problems with the drive shaft angle?

I have removed the outer row of tines on my tiller when the going was too hard for my little tractor. No adverse affects were noticed.