Buying Advice Tractor tiller

[jjradtech]

I am interested in buying a tiller for my tractor. I have a 2002 JD 790, 30hp 4wd, tractor.
Will this tractor handle a 5' tiller and what brand and any specs should I look for?
thanks -jerry

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

I'm looking for one myself for my JD 855 mfwd fel 24 hp I'm thinking it should be able to pull a 5' tiller ?

 

[TRR]

I had a 23hp (19 pto) Kubota and it ran a 5' tiller just fine. although the soil was sandy. It's since been used in small areas in clay & gravel soil and reports I get says it's done fine.

 

[case245]

i pulled a 5 foot tiller with 21hp case ih it did just fine but i plowed it 1st so you might want to go slow for the first pass or two i say dont buy the cheapest tiller out there

 

[newt92]

I am interested in buying a tiller for my tractor. I have a 2002 JD 790, 30hp 4wd, tractor.
Will this tractor handle a 5' tiller and what brand and any specs should I look for?
thanks -jerry

I have a friend that has a 790 and has a 5' King Kutter tiller, and works just fine.. For what its worth, my 2520 runs my 5' KK tiller just fine too! The KK tillers are the best bang for the buck IMO!!

 

[jenkinsph]

I use a tiller frequently in my business and find that 6 tine/rotor tillers need about 7 pto hp/ft of width to get maximum ground speeds in typical soils. I should say this is for the smaller tillers cat 1 size, the larger rotor diameter tillers will need alot more hp to maximize their benefits. You can operate a small tiller with 3 pto hp/ft but your ground speed will be pitifully slow.

 

[flusher]

I am interested in buying a tiller for my tractor. I have a 2002 JD 790, 30hp 4wd, tractor.
Will this tractor handle a 5' tiller and what brand and any specs should I look for?
thanks -jerry

You should be able to handle a 5-ft tiller no problem. You might want to invest in a middle buster plow to break up dry, hard soil first before hitting it with the tiller.

 

[Baby Grand]

You should be able to handle a 5-ft tiller no problem. You might want to invest in a middle buster plow to break up dry, hard soil first before hitting it with the tiller.

I'll second the middlebuster. For a small investment, you can break up the soil so the tiller has a much easier job breaking up what the middlebuster leaves. It also works like a minesweeper, locating all sorts of buried "treasure" before you hit it with the tiller.

 

[redfarmer]

Get a woods. We love ours, it's heavy duty.

 

[Don87]

My BIL has been using a 6 foot King Kutter for years behind his JD 790. I Watched him use it on ground that hadn't been worked for well over 20 years.

My Bush Hog will till deeper than his though.

 

[mkow1969]

I have a Woods 54" and ran it on my 18 horse and 20 horse. Neither had any problems with it. On really hard ground I made a shallow pass and then a deeper pass. Would tractor and tiller have done it in one pass? Sure would have but it would have been slower and harder on both.

 

[sweettractors]

I am interested in buying a tiller for my tractor. I have a 2002 JD 790, 30hp 4wd, tractor.
Will this tractor handle a 5' tiller and what brand and any specs should I look for?
thanks -jerry

We offer the Tarter 60" Gear Drive that can be setup for forward or reverse rotation for $1695 + shipping. Ken Sweet

 

[haywire cattle co]

I am thinking about buying a 6' one to use on my kubota m4800 I will be tilling between 2 and 3 acres a year. local tsc has 6' king cutter tiller for 1949$ are these units any good? can i expect the gear boxes and stuff to last on one of these units for more than a couple years?

 

[Don87]

I am thinking about buying a 6' one to use on my kubota m4800 I will be tilling between 2 and 3 acres a year. local tsc has 6' king cutter tiller for 1949$ are these units any good? can i expect the gear boxes and stuff to last on one of these units for more than a couple years?

Yes. You wouldn't believe what my BIL tilled with his 6' KKII tiller. I was totally amazed.

 

[redfarmer]

I am thinking about buying a 6' one to use on my kubota m4800 I will be tilling between 2 and 3 acres a year. local tsc has 6' king cutter tiller for 1949$ are these units any good? can i expect the gear boxes and stuff to last on one of these units for more than a couple years?

Maybe, but they seem lighter designed. FYI tsc has consumer products. You consume and dispose them.

 

[DFB]

I am interested in buying a tiller for my tractor. I have a 2002 JD 790, 30hp 4wd, tractor.
Will this tractor handle a 5' tiller and what brand and any specs should I look for?
thanks -jerry

You will be fine with a 60"

This is what I use

BushHog

 

[Don87]

Maybe, but they seem lighter designed. FYI tsc has consumer products. You consume and dispose them.

That's where my BIL purchased his King Kutter tiller, and I watched him till 10 acres of ground, that hadn't been worked for over 20 years, with that tiller. The rocks he tilled up were unbelievable. If he was a rock farmer, he would be a multi-millionaire today. The beating he put that tiller thru was just unbelievable...............and he has done nothing to it at all. Absolutely nothing.

I love my Bush Hog tiller, but there is no way I would attempt to do what he did with that King Kutter.

 

[dclynch]

I have to say I also have a 60" KK tiller and have beat the snot out of it and it has never had a issue. I use it for foodplots and have took out numerous stumps that were buried it has a slip clutch and yes I have had to stop and dig the stump out before I could continue. I also used it at my BIL new house lst fall to get his yard ready for grass and he had fill brought in that was not the cleanest lots of cement in it and I found most of it and never had a issue. My tractor is 30 HP also and I run in low when tilling. It is slow but it does a beautiful job.

 

[Edward. S]

Maschio's are really good, I have 3 of them. My E180 is 72" and I run it with my 4700, I've had this tiller for about 15 years It works really well, not really any complaints. But they do cost a bit more than the KK's but probably will last more since they are made in Italy. Here's some ideas on prices. https://www.forddistributing.com/t/products/rotary-tillers/ These tillers are pretty much indestructible, other than the yokes on the PTO shaft if you don't grease them. Gear Drives are also better than Chain Driven ones, so when your buying it's better to get a gear drive and maximum tines per flange on the tiller.

 

[Baby Grand]

We've had a 60" KKII for 5 years.
Made in USA.
Bought at TSC.
It gets lots of use behind our 32 hp machine.
I like it.
A lot.