New to tillers

[rainman1]

Is there a set pattern when replacing the tines on a Yanmay tiller There are bolt holes that some seem to load the bolt from the top and others from the bottom(assuming I have the tiller on the side). Any help would be great..

 

[Mickey_Fx]

Yes, there are patterns for the tines. I'm not sure what diff there is in the various patterns as far as tilling is concerned.

Here's a pic of the decal on my tiller showing the various patterns.

 

[HomeBrew2]

The way I understand it, the patterns are relative to where the dirt "tends" to migrate when tilling ... neutral (top config), to the outsides (middle config), to the inside (bottom config). I set mine to neutral but have hardly used it since trying it first time so don't know if it makes much diff.

 

[thcri]

The way I understand it, the patterns are relative to where the dirt "tends" to migrate when tilling ... neutral (top config), to the outsides (middle config), to the inside (bottom config). I set mine to neutral but have hardly used it since trying it first time so don't know if it makes much diff.

That is interesting. I never would have thought that. Gee even this old man can learn new tricks.


murph

 

[rainman1]

Thank you for the photo. I now laugh because the tiller does have a drawing like that but I had no idea what it was for as you well know you can't read anything..
We were given a new set of tines when we bought the tiller and as soon as we put them on and tried it, 7 broke off. We called the company that sold the tines to the person we got the tiller from and they said they came from a bad batch of tines and would ship us new one so we are waiting for them to try to install, again.
Thank you all for the help.

 

[Ductape]

Where might one get a new set of tines? I just bought an rs1201 from another TBN member, and it needs new tines. Also.... has anyone here converted a 2pt tiller to 3pt? I need to do so. Thanks!

 

[HomeBrew2]

Where might one get a new set of tines? ...

LTMC.

 

[rainman1]

We use a place from the net that is good about getting Yanmar parts.

Little Miami Trading Company - Compact Tractors

 

[HomeBrew2]

Yes, LMTC, thanks for correction