Forward vs Reverse rotation tiller?

[California]

Here's a photo of a Japanese tiller (Yanmar) intended for rice paddys and designed for a 540/750/1000 rpm PTO. Forward rotation. 4.5 ft wide, engine hp 24. This tiller says on its decals that it was designed for this specific tractor.

In the photo: Engine speed 1600 rpm.
The first part here was with pto set to '540'. 540 x 1600/2200).
Then after a few feet I shifted the pto to 1000. (1000 x 1600/2200).

That second part is tilled as fine as cake flour. I decided running at 2200 rpm to get 540 rpm at the pto was what would work best for me.

Also since this is an orchard I need forward rotation. The tiller simply climbs over the roots it finds.

 

[sfstravist]

Why not both?
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[rScotty]

"We just drive backwards" A+

So South Louisiana. I love this place. ;P

So do I. He did mention that the driving backward trick for reverse rotation doesn't work so well if there are stones. Most tillers don't have rock protection aprons both front and rear. Preferred rotation just depends on the soil.

 

[kenmac]

I bought an Ironcraft tiller last yr. It's forward rotating. From what I understand you need more HP to run a counter rotating tiller. This forward rotating tiller will strain my mx5100 if I try to till too much at once .
This Ironcraft is one heavy tiller ! The rear gate is heavier than any of the tillers I looked at