I have an earlier version of this one from Northern Tool: https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200788686_200788686. I've had it for over 12 years with zero problems. Whatever you choose, I'd recommend you look for one with a Honda motor and CAT pump. Change out any zinc-coated hose...
Thank you everyone for your advice. My plan at this point is to possibly use the subsoiler to break up the ground so I have better water penetration and then contract out the rest of the work. I appreciate everyone's help.
Sorry, I just saw your generous offer, thanks so much! Let me look at some videos of using a subsoiler and I will get back to you. Plus, my pickup truck is in the transmission shop, so I couldn't pick it up yet. I will get back to you. I greatly appreciate your offer. Would it make sense to...
Thanks for the info and advice and yup, you're right. I have no compelling desire to do the tilling with my tractor, and since this is a one-time project, I think paying someone to do it is indeed the right choice for me. Glad I posted and got that feedback from you and others.
My thinking on this is that I will have a lot of planting beds where I'll be planting shrubs with deeper root systems and I'm trying to get the soil in better shape deeper down, so I'm going to till organic compost into the clay to improve the soil.
THANK YOU! You know, you are absolutely right! That's exactly what I should do. The only PTO implement I might ever have a regular need for in the future is a chipper. I'll never use a tiller again. Thanks for knocking some sense into my head.
Thanks very much. I looked up PTO shaft sizing on YouTube and also the slip clutch and I understand now what you're talking about. It really sounds like I should buy my own PTO shaft and put a slip clutch on it and size it to the tiller once I've rented it to be on the safe side, and then I'll...
Thank you for this info. I found a couple of videos on YouTube that illustrate what you're talking about. Earlier in this thread, it was recommended that I use a slip clutch. Looked that up on YouTube too and that seems like a very smart move for a rookie like me too.
No, it's just dirt now. I only have 3 teeth left on the roll over and there are no tips on the teeth (they are like the photos I posted) and the ground is hard enough that despite the weight of the roll over, they don't really dig in.
Thank you, I was wondering about that. I have an old, beat-up Gannon roll-over box blade that I use on my driveway, but with only 3 remaining scarifiers with no tips and I have not been able to find replacements. The scarifiers are also 3/4" thick. (see attached photos - the photo of the box...
Looking for some advice here, so I don't do anything boneheaded. I want to prepare my yard for planting decorative plants and turf. I have a Kubota L4060 tractor with HST. Last summer, a friend lent me a BCS walk-behind "tractor" with a tiller that is sort of a rototiller on steroids. I'm in...
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Well, it should, but it's so beat up that it only has 3 of them and the tips on those 3 are completely gone. I only paid a few hundred bucks for it and I use it more for its counterweight properties than its grading capabilities.