5 ft. tiller that does not run on 540 pto ??????

[brown40]

Rebuilding a busted MX5 was quite an education in gearboxes and ratios... I could have slowed down or sped up the blade tip speed with the replacement, but I just went with the stock ratio. There could be a number of configurations in any gearbox series, depending on what the manufacturer/customer intended it for. If you don't have the specs on the unit to check on, you can either try it out or count the splines in the gearbox to figure out the speed. Where its a tiller I think you've got a pretty wide effective speed range to play with. If it performs well in your tractors powerband, and gives you good results, its a good deal.

 

[LD1]

But what about the tiller? Do you think it was specifically manufactured for one of these tractors since its only a 5 foot tiller and supposedly has to run at more than 540pto?

You keep repeating this and honestly, without seeing a picture, or you giving a model number, how do you expect any of us to answer?

I have an old yanmar tiller. I suspect it was made to operate at either their 750 or 1000 PTO setting, as running it at 540 didnt do much. The rotor was quite a bit slower than the KK tiller. I ended up converting it to a reverse rotation.

 

[ovrszd]

I believe it red lines at 3000 rpm

So your engine is running at 80% (2400rpm) to get 540 PTO speed. Running the engine at 3000rpm is a 20% increase, resulting in a 650 PTO speed. Not quite to the 700 mark, but really close.

 

[ovrszd]

Get it if it is in good shape, sell it if it doesn't work for you.

Exactly. Sounds like a good price.

 

[Bull Of The Woods]

Not sure of make or model, its just a 5 ft. tiller red color. I just saw a picture of it so far. Haven't been able to contact the guy yet.

 

[California]

day late ....

I finally found my photo showing soil tilled partly at 540 then a portion at 1000 rpm.

As I noted above in the thread, running the tiller faster just makes fine powder so I think its for rice paddy muck, not our style farming.

My sig photo below has a better view of this Yanmar RS1400 (55 inch) tiller. Its setup decal specifies it is matched to the Yanmar YM2000 tractor. (Japan domestic version of my US-market YM240). I've found the YM886D runs it ok too.

 

[California]

And here's a current Ebay auction for an early Kubota B6000 (about 1975) with a photo showing the odd spline pto. I don't think this is 21 spline like the 1000 rpm standard.

Kubota B6000 Compact Tractor 4WD Front Electric PTO 44" Mid Mount Mower Diesel | eBay

 

[dustin3207]

My YM1602D has 3 pto speeds 574, 786, and 1200 at 2400 rpm!