Yanmar tiller question.

[LMTC]

Wow! What a nice tiller. I see you already have a pink pixie growing in one corner of the garden. :>)

You are young enough that you will be doing this for many years. Don't know if you remember what our place looked like, but before we stopped gardening we had three gardens totalling about an acre, maybe more. Do yourself the favor of getting and reading the following: Dick Raymond's "Joy of Gardening"

I still have mine around somewhere. The time spent reading that book was returned twenty-fold in tips, hints, methods, etc. Call or email if you want more, but one example....we always grew green beans in plots, not rows. Usually around 10 x 20 or more. Broadcast the beans by hand, turned them in lightly and quickly with a small tiller, and done. One good weeding early on, then the beans grew in so thick the weeds couldn't compete. Most of the beans were ready over a 7-10 day period, so we canned beans for several days until we had what we wanted. Great yields, minimum work. Many, many other tips and they all work.

 

[fishstixtwo]

I have a model 1202. Looking at the picture of the decal, the bottom diagram is correct to throw dirt in. The center one will throw dirt out, and the top diagram will till flat. I have been tilling my garden like this for about 3 or 4 years. This is a rice paddy tiller and is designed to do this. Very easy to set up. Just install all the tine tips pointing toward the center, they throw dirt in. Install all except the outer 2 pointing away from center, they throw dirt outward. The random pattern tills flat. Adjust your flap to flatten the top to the desired heigth. No pictures now my garden won't be tillable for a couple of weeks. I am supprised that someone else is not taking advantage of this adjustment of tine location.

 

[MDM]

Hi Wayne. I do remember your place. I have been planting some green beans for the last few years that you might say are slightly illegal in origin. They were brought over from Italy by a friend years ago and my whole family plants them now. They will climb 15 ft if you let them. I have several bean towers that I use for them to climb on. I really like them because I don't have to bend over to pick them.

 

[Villengineer]

We were discussing the ability of the 1303 to work like this on another thread earlier this spring over in the attachments forum IIRC. I also have a 1303 from LMTC and often thought that removeing those panels would work just as your pics show. For what LMTC charged for it, it has to be the absolute best value of any equipment I've had.

 

[fonman_4859]

California my tiller looks like yours with the hole in the middle and no V shape cut out like the other picture. Also my back flap in not spring loaded but hangs from chains. I have been trying to think of a way to mount the spring loaded rods on mine. I would like to have some of the brackets that go on the depth wheel bar along with the hold down rods. Any of the dealers here have some off a non working tiller?