tillers

[L355SS]

I have the 62" Land Pride tiller (reverse till). The dirt is not immediately kicked out the back (as the conventional till) but stays in the 'chamber' to be continually processed so there is no need to run over the same ground more than once. I only use mine in the garden plot so there is no sod to break up.
Dennis

 

[topoe]

If you have a lot of rocks in the soil, I would say get the foward tiller.

 

[the8080]

You are butting in. Diversity in the marketplace is what makes the world go around. Ken Sweet

OMG. Ken you believe this guy? Ken you say SPAM? Reverse is great for heavy conditioning for vegetable gardens. Forward for quick tilling for food plots. To reverse with my Howse, you have to drop off the tiller from the frame, flip the gear box, drive the tractor to the other side of the tiller and reattach the frame. Takes less time than checking all the tines for tightness. For rocks, I can't decide. Forward and the tiller BOUNCES over the rocks. In reverse it stalls and slips the clutch. Depends on what your soil is and what you are going to use the tiller for.

 

[sweettractors]

OMG. Ken you believe this guy? Ken you say SPAM? Reverse is great for heavy conditioning for vegetable gardens. Forward for quick tilling for food plots. To reverse with my Howse, you have to drop off the tiller from the frame, flip the gear box, drive the tractor to the other side of the tiller and reattach the frame. Takes less time than checking all the tines for tightness. For rocks, I can't decide. Forward and the tiller BOUNCES over the rocks. In reverse it stalls and slips the clutch. Depends on what your soil is and what you are going to use the tiller for.

If you have rocks, you need to scrap the tiller idea and get a nice Ford 101 series trip plow and a 25 series Massey lift disc. Ken Sweet

 

[Don87]

If you have rocks, you need to scrap the tiller idea and get a nice Ford 101 series trip plow and a 25 series Massey lift disc. Ken Sweet

I agree, if his rocks are that big, he shouldn't be using a tiller.

But then again............maybe I'm just spamming.

 

[shysterk]

If directed towards me, I dont think I really have a lot of rocks. I have clay, and some sandy loam. And actually I think that clay was a benefit last summer during the drought. Luckily, I started collecting rain water in the spring and had about 800 gallons to put on my little 1/4 acre garden

 

[shysterk]

I gotta say that I do like the option to reverse till when appropriate, especially if it is indeed one pass one till deal. I personally plan on tilling a few times a year. I've got some notes somewhere but I believe winter kale was on my list due to the chickens I have and the nutrients that kale puts back into the soil when you till it back under. I've got over an acre strip that I'm thinking of splitting into three and use 1/3 for my garden and the other 2/3 for kale and something else. Then just move my garden each season.

 

[Proletarian]

+1, love mine

 

[shysterk]

+1, love mine

I think your talking about your tiller.....what kind do you have?

 

[bilrus61]

Oh I'm late to the fight but here is my best punch! Your 7510 has 17 or 18 HP at the PTO. Thats not a lot for a 50 inch reverse tiller. The reverse tillers use more power because they are trying pull the tractor backwards while tilling. Foward is pushing the tractor foward like a 5 wheel. I like foward rotation. I think it tills green manures in better, gets a better long term kill on weeds, handles rocks/obsticals better and uses less power. Reverse is only better are the initial breaking of the sod in my opinion. Once the sod is broken all the advantages shift over to the foward rotation I think.

Gear or chain are both good and give great service. My mom has a chain Befco that is 42 inches foward rotation on her B3030 which is 23 HP at the PTO so it handles it easy. For you I would look into getting no more than a 50 inch. 42 would be fine. With a smaller tractor and a 42" you can till between your rows if your doing a veggie garden. I have a Kuhn with gear and its very nice tiller made in France. The smaller Kuhns are made in Brazil. Befco/Land pride or Kuhn are great names but most tillers will give you very good service. My Kuhn EL62 will till a legit 10 inches deep. As in I till.....come back and stick a yardstick in the dirt and it goes down to 10 inches. Takes LOTS of HP to till deep. Not much to till 4 or 5 inches. For gardens deep is good.