CCM GEAR DRIVE TILLERS

PineRidge · May 15, 2006

Urea is 47% nitrogen but too much nitrogen in a garden is not necessarily a good thing either. You might burn your plants or put them in a growing frenzy but stunt their ability as far as producing any vegetables.

Why not compost your chips separately in piles and once they have broken down add the compost to your garden. I make inexpensive composters out of discarded pallets by tying them together with short pieces of romex wire.

PineRidge · May 15, 2006

Urea is 47% nitrogen but too much nitrogen in a garden is not necessarily a good thing either. You might burn your plants or put them in a growing frenzy but stunt their ability as far as producing any vegetables.

Why not compost your chips separately in piles and once they have broken down add the compost to your garden. I make inexpensive composters out of discarded pallets by tying them together with short pieces of romex wire.

RickO · May 15, 2006

( ( Bob it can't hurt to check Out TSC and look at the gear drive KK tillers. I believe most of them come equipped with a slip clutch and parts are easy to get if and when you'll need them. Unless you're going into the business of tilling you'll only be using it a couple of times a year and it will last years to come.

Did you order the tractor yet? )

I will actually being tilling a lot! Turning lot's of wood chips into the soil. And I mean alot of wood chips. Over and over and over. Does this influence you? Heavy use of a tiller????
Bob )

I had a 5' KK tiller and I loved it. I also hit a lot of large rocks as well as tilled a large area that was full of little stumps like 1" - 1.5" size and it took them out no problem. I have owned a lot of KK implements and the only complaint I have is they might as well not even paint them since they use such cheap paint. Other than that I think for the money they are good tillers. CCM will look better longer and may help the resale.

RickO · May 15, 2006

( ( Bob it can't hurt to check Out TSC and look at the gear drive KK tillers. I believe most of them come equipped with a slip clutch and parts are easy to get if and when you'll need them. Unless you're going into the business of tilling you'll only be using it a couple of times a year and it will last years to come.

Did you order the tractor yet? )

I will actually being tilling a lot! Turning lot's of wood chips into the soil. And I mean alot of wood chips. Over and over and over. Does this influence you? Heavy use of a tiller????
Bob )

I had a 5' KK tiller and I loved it. I also hit a lot of large rocks as well as tilled a large area that was full of little stumps like 1" - 1.5" size and it took them out no problem. I have owned a lot of KK implements and the only complaint I have is they might as well not even paint them since they use such cheap paint. Other than that I think for the money they are good tillers. CCM will look better longer and may help the resale.

Doc_Bob · May 15, 2006

( Urea is 47% nitrogen but too much nitrogen in a garden is not necessarily a good thing either. You might burn your plants or put them in a growing frenzy but stunt their ability as far as producing any vegetables.

Why not compost your chips separately in piles and once they have broken down add the compost to your garden. I make inexpensive composters out of discarded pallets by tying them together with short pieces of romex wire. )

I thought about compost piles. Very logical and really the best choice. The biggest problem with compost piles is their appearance. Piles can be "seen", which causes the city officials to become "concerned". Trying to educate these "experts" on the value of composting is tough, if not impossible. These city officials become concerned when they see "piles". They start using words like solid waste, hazardous waste. Ignorance causes them to send nasty letters, making demands to clean up or suffer fines. This is all insane and irrational, but such is the situation in a community like mine where unsophisticated city officials make the rules and enforce the rules as they see fit. Arguing with these folks just gets you noticed even more, with more letters and fines.

So, composting is the best way, you and I both know that to be true. Some of the city officials simply don't get it and don't want to get it.

Now, if I till the chips into the soil, add urea and let is composts (rot) sight unseen (AKA no compost piles) the City Fathers pass by and smile. See no evil (compost piles) speak no evil (no fines, no letters).

I have been composting for 35 years. I simply don't have the time or energy to drag ignorant fools who run the local government into understanding. So I chose option #2, till chips and urea into the ground, let it rot and till more in more chips. The ground gradually gets higher, but imperceptibly so, so the changes being gradual, never noticed and generate no "concern" from the public officials paid to protect us from ourselves.

Bob

Doc_Bob · May 15, 2006

( Urea is 47% nitrogen but too much nitrogen in a garden is not necessarily a good thing either. You might burn your plants or put them in a growing frenzy but stunt their ability as far as producing any vegetables.

Why not compost your chips separately in piles and once they have broken down add the compost to your garden. I make inexpensive composters out of discarded pallets by tying them together with short pieces of romex wire. )

I thought about compost piles. Very logical and really the best choice. The biggest problem with compost piles is their appearance. Piles can be "seen", which causes the city officials to become "concerned". Trying to educate these "experts" on the value of composting is tough, if not impossible. These city officials become concerned when they see "piles". They start using words like solid waste, hazardous waste. Ignorance causes them to send nasty letters, making demands to clean up or suffer fines. This is all insane and irrational, but such is the situation in a community like mine where unsophisticated city officials make the rules and enforce the rules as they see fit. Arguing with these folks just gets you noticed even more, with more letters and fines.

So, composting is the best way, you and I both know that to be true. Some of the city officials simply don't get it and don't want to get it.

Now, if I till the chips into the soil, add urea and let is composts (rot) sight unseen (AKA no compost piles) the City Fathers pass by and smile. See no evil (compost piles) speak no evil (no fines, no letters).

I have been composting for 35 years. I simply don't have the time or energy to drag ignorant fools who run the local government into understanding. So I chose option #2, till chips and urea into the ground, let it rot and till more in more chips. The ground gradually gets higher, but imperceptibly so, so the changes being gradual, never noticed and generate no "concern" from the public officials paid to protect us from ourselves.

Bob

db2521 · May 19, 2006

I bought a CCM CR50 tiller about a month or so ago & am pleased with it. Mark & company are very good at answering questions & were wonderful to deal with.

I did have to add washers to increase the width of the toplink connection because it was too narrow, but I suppose this isn't unusual for new attachments.

I called & asked Mark about typical repairs, specifically whether I should consider buying replacement gears now so I'd have them when needed. He replied that you don't buy replacement gears for your car transmission, so why would you do it for the tiller /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

I realize that the analogy isn't perfectly accurate, but I got the idea...the gears shouldn't break.

db2521 · May 19, 2006

I bought a CCM CR50 tiller about a month or so ago & am pleased with it. Mark & company are very good at answering questions & were wonderful to deal with.

I did have to add washers to increase the width of the toplink connection because it was too narrow, but I suppose this isn't unusual for new attachments.

I called & asked Mark about typical repairs, specifically whether I should consider buying replacement gears now so I'd have them when needed. He replied that you don't buy replacement gears for your car transmission, so why would you do it for the tiller /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

I realize that the analogy isn't perfectly accurate, but I got the idea...the gears shouldn't break.