landpride tilller differences?

[Glen Watkins]

Won't be lucky enough to buy one that's green. Apparently none even in the state.

Does anyone know who makes the tillers for JD? Just curious.

 

[ModMech]

We own a LP RTR1058, the "RTR" is Reverse Tine Rotation, 12 is the series and 58 is the nominal width. The 10, 12, 15 series indicates how "HD" they are, if you look at the LP website and brochures it explains the differences clearly.

Last year (for Valentine's day) the cost was $2250 less $500 for our 36" Kubota trade-in.

Some of the things I really like are that you can adjust the off-set from centered to left or right off-set as needed. Ours is set up with no off-set because it covers both rear wheels with a few inches to spare, even with the turf tires installed. Also, the unit has four tines per row and 7 rows, more than anything in the price range. Couple all that with a good depth of reach and we have been very satisfied with it. As of today, we have tilled the equivelant of 10Ac, one pass, with it in the past 13 months. Still looks like new.

The paint seems to be baked enamel or powder coated, I really cannot tell.

 

[spruce Deere]

Does anyone know who makes the tillers for JD? Just curious.

Dont know it for sure.... but just looking at the deere close and comparing with other brands wich I have done, not just with deere actually, but with every brand I could lay my eyes on....

The deere models 647 threw the 681, green sicmas....

The other deere line 'frontier' stuff, machisio and other brands, Its quite a mix for the frontier line.

Landpride is good, just there is other brands just as good but cheaper.

Im not sure what tiller to pick... got a couple brands I like, think I will put there names on a piece of paper, then into a hat and pick one

 

[JeffinNE]

I'm confused by Land Pride's new "12" series out this year. The specs on the RTR1050 and RTR1250 are extremely similar yet the RTR1250 costs less than both the RTR1050 and the light duty RTR0550??

Anyone know why the 12 series costs less than the 10 and 05 series?

 

[brandoro]

I'm confused by Land Pride's new "12" series out this year. The specs on the RTR1050 and RTR1250 are extremely similar yet the RTR1250 costs less than both the RTR1050 and the light duty RTR0550??

Anyone know why the 12 series costs less than the 10 and 05 series?

The 12 series is 41 lbs lighter than the 10 series of the same width, more weight infers heavier/stronger construction.
On further inspection I see that the 12 series is rated for higher horsepower and that the RTR spec is actually the RTA spec for the 12 series so the numbers are bogus. If the 12 is heavier and cheaper then that is the one I would want. Might be priced lower to get a few out in the field.
The 05 is considerably lighter than the other two so no idea why the 12 would be cheaper than the 05. My opinion would be "don't buy an 05".
I have a LP tiller that I bought used, the tines were worn out and it had a leaky chain case seal. New tines and a new seal and it has been trouble free ever since. The way it was set up when I got it led me to believe that it had been used on a larger tractor than any I have had. It looks used but works great.

 

[yooper1]

One difference I see is:

RTA 10 series:

Gearbox Warranty 5 Years on housing, gears, seals, and bearings.

see here: http://www.landpride.com/ari/attach/lp/public/features/311-252f.pdf

RTA 12 series:

3 Year Gearbox Warranty 3 Years on housings, seals, bearings. .

see here: http://www.landpride.com/ari/attach/lp/public/features/311-785f.pdf

 

[Boombollie]

Over the summer I got a JD 855 with a RTR0550. Never used anything else, but I gotta say I LOVE this tiller. I'm gettin' hard red clay, gravel, blackberry roots......some with one pass, others maybe two. Wow.:thumbsup: