Which implement is best?

[Egon]

On my little Toy Tractor with rototiller the slip clutch does work and works well. It does just exactly whats its supposed to!

If the horse power is lacking outside rows of tines can be removed to make it easier on the tractor. Passes can also be overlapped when breaking up old sod. Removing or pinning up the back flap lets lots of the rocks go out the back rather than bounce back in and bind up on a tine.

Jammed rocks between tines usually don't go round and round and if they do there will a bit of noise. Most prudent fellows would stop and investigate!

This is from actual experience with a 11? PTO HP tractor and 44 inch rototiller working in 50 year old sod on a clay based drumlin with lots of rocks.

Back in another location working in sand there were no problems with the rototiller. Only problem was going to slow and it would dig too deep and require more HP than my Toy Tractor could provide.

Some pictures of the one field I have rotatoilled and then a picture of a pile of small rocks I picked up off it while tilling. I'd set the cruise and walk along and pick rocks and throw them in the bucket as I was rotattilling.

I must admit my experience is not extensive. It involves about 10 acres of tilled up Drumlin with a Toy Tractor.

 

[Egon]

And here is a picture of some of the bigger rocks the tiller found!

 

[Altex]

...This is from actual experience with a 11? PTO HP tractor and 44 inch rototiller...

...Only problem was going to slow and it would dig too deep and require more HP than my Toy Tractor could provide....

Redalrt's OM was talking about renting a 3PT tiller. He might have to rent one for a whole week $$.

King kutter makes an 'XB' line of implements for SCUT's.. it has a tiller that is only rated UP to 25 hp. I'd guess he'd have to use something like that.. plus suitable low gear / slow ground speed.

soundguy

King Kutter Incorporated

When to the King Kutter webiste and called this maunfacturer. Asked about the smallest Tiller (MODEL: TC-48-XB). They said, the PTO minimum is 17 HP and don't have anything for a smaller tractor.

redalrt's PTO is only 13.6 HP. I'm sure you could hook it up, but like in Egon's post, probably too slow.

Maybe redalrt should stick with a box blade (w/scarifiers).

 

[GreenWannabe]

I wonder if anyone noticed that Redalrt's post was made almost a year ago? Hopefully he resolved his issue last year!

 

[Egon]

Now you tell us!

 

[Soundguy]

Sure.. if I was a manufacturer.. I'd put an artificially high hp rating on my implements too.. so people wouldn't bring them back for using a marginal rractor to expect high speed.

I've seen plent of low pto hp yanmar pull 3-4' tillers... small jobs.. like an 1100 and 1300. sure.. got to use 'slow' gear.. but it beats a hoe and hand rake!

soundguy

Redalrt's OM was talking about renting a 3PT tiller. He might have to rent one for a whole week $$.




King Kutter Incorporated

When to the King Kutter webiste and called this maunfacturer. Asked about the smallest Tiller (MODEL: TC-48-XB). They said, the PTO minimum is 17 HP and don't have anything for a smaller tractor.

redalrt's PTO is only 13.6 HP. I'm sure you could hook it up, but like in Egon's post, probably too slow.

Maybe redalrt should stick with a box blade (w/scarifiers).

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Just an observation.... I've used my KKII 72" tiller enough to wear out one complete set of tines, and have worn down set #2 by a good 25% already. LOTS of acres/hours of use. MOST has been in rocky soils like we have in this area. I've hit tons of buried rocks from golf ball size to hitting some bigger than the tractor I was riding on at the time. And all sizes in between. SO FAR.....rocks resulted in ONE tine breaking, and ZERO have wedged into the tines. No damage, just a few frayed nerves. (Makes a WHOLE LOTTA NOISE) They usually just bounce around for a couple seconds, then roll out from under the rear gate as the tiller passes on by.

Given a choice, I'd rather not hit rocks while tilling. But, the effects aren't nearly as tragic as some might expect.

 

[Soundguy]

No damage, just a few frayed nerves. (Makes a WHOLE LOTTA NOISE) .

Kinda reminescent of the sount that hitting a car rim.. or battery on the sid eof the road makes!

I hit one a while back and was sure i had tore something up good under the mower... all I found was battery fragments on the roadside and.. well.. couldn't tell nothing had happened under the mower.. sounded like the world was ending there for a second or so though!

soundguy