Need tiller advice

tarious · Jun 29, 2005

I recently purchased a Frontier 1070 tiller from the Deere dealer for my 3320. The website recommends a 665. The dealer only had a 1070, which has a 73 inch width. First, do any of you know, is the 1070 last years model?

I asked him if the 3320 would handle the 1070 and he said yeah, no problem. Yet, when I set it for an 8 inch or more depth the tractor crawls to a whopping .1 mph at full throttle! We do have fairly heavy soil here...

The Deere website recommends 30 - 60 HP for this tiller. Is that PTO or total HP?

I would appreciate any of your thoughts on this combination.

JEA · Jun 29, 2005

Wow, that seems way too big to me. We have a (Howard) 60 inch for our 4310 (about the same PTO hp as the 3320), which seems a perfect match to me. I've also rented and run a 65 inch agric tiller (which is a really heavy tiller) on the same machine -- in this case, there was plenty of power, but the machine REALLY threw the 4310 around when it hit something. In short, I wouldn't go any larger than a 65 inch tiller, and 60 would seem to be an ideal compromise.

JEA

beenthere · Jun 29, 2005

Probably time to re-negotiate with your dealer, and let him know that, it handles it but only at a very slow rate.

However, 8" on a first pass seems a bit deep, even for a 65" or a 60", unless this is ground already tilled. But these are things you know about, not me.

I'd look for something recommended, not what the dealer has on hand.

Kyle_in_Tex · Jun 29, 2005

Tillers work best on moist soils. Like Beenthere said, try only 4" deep the first pass. I rented a 60" bushhog and there was no problem with PTO HP turning the tines. Only issue was my clay was hard until I watered it overnight. If I buy I would go at least 65" or even 72 " for my 4310.

KennedyDiesel · Jul 2, 2005

What range is the transmission in? I'd try A range because if the RPM drops, load match wil slow you down. I can "horse" my 6' Harley rake in heavy sod and yes it will slow down, but that is a lot of work.

I have a 50" model 450 tiller behind my little 22HP 455 and it handles it well...