Yanmar rs1200 tiller
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Welcome to the forum.
I'm going to move this thread over to our Yanmar section.
Welcome to the forum.
I'm going to move this thread over to our Yanmar section.
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Welcome!
What is that you are trying to accomplish? These are pretty much just attach and go.
Hi California,
I've read that you can configure the tines on the shaft to regulate how fine the product of cultivation is, ie. fine, medium or coarse. There are decals on mine which are in Japanese / Chinese script but as mine is a used grey import I can't decipher what they mean. I have a couple of acres that we are going to lay to wildflower meadow and it takes up to 4 passes to get a fine enough tilts for my liking. It's clay soil so this might be normal which I don't mind as I get to play with my 1951 Ferguson TED20. Have you or anyone else on the forum tried messing around with the orientation of the tines to get a finer product with fewer passes.
Also, I've also read that altering the top link length can adjust the aggressiveness of the attack of the tiller. I can't see how this would work as it's just a rotating shaft.
Any help would be appreciated.
I've read that you can configure the tines on the shaft to regulate how fine the product of cultivation is, ie. fine, medium or coarse. There are decals on mine which are in Japanese / Chinese script but as mine is a used grey import I can't decipher what they mean. I have a couple of acres that we are going to lay to wildflower meadow and it takes up to 4 passes to get a fine enough tilts for my liking. It's clay soil so this might be normal which I don't mind as I get to play with my 1951 Ferguson TED20. Have you or anyone else on the forum tried messing around with the orientation of the tines to get a finer product with fewer passes.
Also, I've also read that altering the top link length can adjust the aggressiveness of the attack of the tiller. I can't see how this would work as it's just a rotating shaft.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Here's an old thread with diagrams for setting up the tines to till flat, make a raised center bed, etc.
https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/yanmar/214445-new-yanmar-tiller.html
i don't think any of the settings are for fineness. Rather, these Yanmar-Japan tillers were intended to be run behind a 3-speed pto. 540 rpm, then something like 750 and 1100 rpm. I presume the fastest speed was for turning the soil to fine flour, after earlier slow passes.
I have a RS-1400 Yanmar tiller. Here's a photo I made illustrating the 540 then 1000 rpm pto speeds I have on my Yanmar YM240, a tractor made for the US market. I started tilling at 540 then halfway down stopped and shifted to 1000 rpm. I think the second part at 1000 rpm is too fine and will turn to clay so I always use 540 to leave some air space in the soil.
I think top link adjustment is only to get the driveline straight to reduce stress when the tines are in the ground.
Do you have the special two-piece upper link shown in this photo? On many small tractors this is needed so the tiller doesn't contact the tires when raised. On your larger tractor an ordinary top link may be fine.
https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/yanmar/214445-new-yanmar-tiller.html
i don't think any of the settings are for fineness. Rather, these Yanmar-Japan tillers were intended to be run behind a 3-speed pto. 540 rpm, then something like 750 and 1100 rpm. I presume the fastest speed was for turning the soil to fine flour, after earlier slow passes.
I have a RS-1400 Yanmar tiller. Here's a photo I made illustrating the 540 then 1000 rpm pto speeds I have on my Yanmar YM240, a tractor made for the US market. I started tilling at 540 then halfway down stopped and shifted to 1000 rpm. I think the second part at 1000 rpm is too fine and will turn to clay so I always use 540 to leave some air space in the soil.
I think top link adjustment is only to get the driveline straight to reduce stress when the tines are in the ground.
Do you have the special two-piece upper link shown in this photo? On many small tractors this is needed so the tiller doesn't contact the tires when raised. On your larger tractor an ordinary top link may be fine.
morrisL
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Here's an old thread with diagrams for setting up the tines to till flat, make a raised center bed, etc.
https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/yanmar/214445-new-yanmar-tiller.html
i don't think any of the settings are for fineness. Rather, these Yanmar-Japan tillers were intended to be run behind a 3-speed pto. 540 rpm, then something like 750 and 1100 rpm. I presume the fastest speed was for turning the soil to fine flour, after earlier slow passes.
I have a RS-1400 Yanmar tiller. Here's a photo I made illustrating the 540 then 1000 rpm pto speeds I have on my Yanmar YM240, a tractor made for the US market. I started tilling at 540 then halfway down stopped and shifted to 1000 rpm. I think the second part at 1000 rpm is too fine and will turn to clay so I always use 540 to leave some air space in the soil.
I think top link adjustment is only to get the driveline straight to reduce stress when the tines are in the ground.
Do you have the special two-piece upper link shown in this photo? On many small tractors this is needed so the tiller doesn't contact the tires when raised. On your larger tractor an ordinary top link may be fine.
I have exact setup RS1400, I've always run at 540 RPM, didn't know you could run it at faster pto setting. Thanks!
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I have a 4 speed PTO on my 3110. No telling what PTO speed /speeds these things were operated at in the rice fields
I often wonder what happened to some of the members in that old thread