7’ tiller advice

[coobie]

ha ha ha, OK I'm insecure, lol I obviously don't know anything about tilling, so I'll bow out and let you educate the other posters here...

I hope they learn something from your "opinion". lol

SR

Again you make foolish comments I NEVER stated.Grow up my friend..

 

[bdog]

7' tiller able to be used in all conditions will take more than 63 pto hp... Under ideal conditions with slower rotor speeds, it's just enough...

I like to speed the rotor up and use a bit higher ground speed, that means in most cases, you will be short on hp with a 7 footer.

SR

That is sort of surprising. My tilling experience is limited and 15 years ago but I ran a 6’ behind a 40 PTO HP machine and it worked fine.

 

[Skeans1]

Probably one of the best tillers made are Northwest Tillers.

 

[bdog]

Why a tiller and not disk? Just curious.

Having owned a half dozen discs over the years they just don’t do a good job especially on smaller tractors. They don’t weigh enough. In my area you are looking at about four trips over the ground to have a good seedbed.

 

[sixdogs]

Having owned a half dozen discs over the years they just don’t do a good job especially on smaller tractors. They don’t weigh enough. In my area you are looking at about four trips over the ground to have a good seedbed.

What are you planting? Hay or pasture? Crop?

 

[CoyPatton]

Not fighting at all, you posted above strongly, of how good the Woods tiller is, like you knew more about them than me. I just wondered if you had more tilling experience than me, and if so, I'd love to learn something from you.

I also have some good Woods products, including three rotary cutters a back blade ect... That doesn't mean they are selling a HD tiller...

SR

My $0.02! You say ‘not fighting at all’. But the constant same challenge sure seems like a fight! Or at least a liberal that claims I have spoken and no other opinion than mine matters!
Pet peeve! Everyone is entitled yo an opinion! And that is what the OP asked for!

 

[5030]

He don't have enough pto cajonies for a 7 footer.

 

[EverythingAttachments]

Here's an awesome, HD tiller!
YJR-084 EA Terra Force

Travis

 

[Skeans1]

A 7.5’ northwest we have.

 

[5030]

Here's an awesome, HD tiller!
YJR-084 EA Terra Force

Travis

Awesome price as well. I believe I'd peruse used equipment auctions like Tractor House before I sprung for a new one. Rotary tillers as a rule don't get a lot of use and like most used implements depreciate a lot. Me, I'd rather pay a grand versus 4500 any day.

 

[3gunr]

Look at the rhino tiller. Good you tube videos on them , I have an old 6 ft yanmar tiller i use on a 32 pto hp tractor , Hardly know its back there. Probably not heavy duty though.

 

[Smokeydog]

6’ Baltic all gear drive tiller has been a good worker. Compares good with old but still ticking 50+ year old Howard 5’ we still use. Much rather invest in a used well made tiller than the many new tillers I see now. Both are good with self cleaning tines that last a long time.

Big difference in a field tiller versus a garden tiller.

 

[3Lfarms]

Here's an awesome, HD tiller!
YJR-084 EA Terra Force

Travis

Mine has been great with 60 PTO hp.

 

[sixdogs]

The OP hasn't said what he does with the ground but he may not need a tiller after all. There are times I chisel plow and then run my cultimulcher over the ground. I can't find a good picture of one right now but here is the end result. It's way faster than the tiller and gives a packed and smooth seedbed. I've done several threads on cultimulchers on the TBN.

Oops--Found this pic of a smaller (9 ft ) Brillion cultimulcher. Most are 12 ft-15 ft and up. Notice it packs and then cultivates and then packs again. gives you seedbed like the first photo. It's all cleaned and oiled for winter storage so is never this clean.

 

[5030]

Looks like blow sand to me.... Put that sucker in heavy clay and 60 pto won't be nearly enough.

 

[bunchgrass]

I second the EA YR Terra Force tiller. That is a nice heavy unit unlike the homeowner models and not nearly as ridiculously expensive as a Howard. BTW -- almost any used Howard has the crap beat out of it and needs a rebuild and is still overpriced at that.

 

[bunchgrass]

Looks like blow sand to me.... Put that sucker in heavy clay and 60 pto won't be nearly enough.

You might need to take a soils class if you think that the soil in the picture posted by 3Lfarms is "blow sand".

 

[5030]

Not needed, what it appears to be to me but then pictures can be deceiving. What I', alluding to is simply dropping a large tiller in anything but sandy loam will take a gob of pto power to have it operated correctly and in a timely manner. Nothing more.

 

[5030]

In reality, I don't much care. When I fit ground, it's never with a rotary tiller anyway. Always a chisel plow followed by a disc and cultipacker. Only rotary tiller I own is for the garden.

 

[Williy]

Y'all better behave or I'll take my boots off and raise my arms!!!!

I seen a 2018 model AG-MEIER RTR tiller and it really will take
a beating! Very heavy metal. No slip clutch, for me I prefer the
shear pin as you can replace them all day long and not cost a
fortune but a slip clutch when it breaks your down for a few days
not says the cost of the parts! RTR is reverse rotation I will never
own one they take more HP and if you hit a rock it will more than
likely go under and could wreck your tiller!

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