Tiller Tiller or Field Cultivator

[LBrown59]

Need some opinions.

I have a 4.5 to 5 ac river bottom, sandy soil. In the past I have plowed and disc for planting, pic attached.

I want to get away from plowing but the dics will not cut thru the crop residue and field grass unless I make several passes. The planting times for crops vary so even if I plow and disc the entire field I alwasy need to go back and disc. This year I plan on planting potatoes in Feb...about 1/2-1 ac. Once harvested I will plant pumpkins in that area plus an additional acre. I do a lot of Fall Harvest crops to sale.

Other crops will be greenbeans, corn, squash, etc.

I want the 5' tiller which cost $1499.00. I can get a field for around $600.00...5' or 6' give or take. The field cultivator is not the "C" tine but the heavy spring type.

My concern is will the field cultivator cut thru the grass good enough to make one pass with the disc? Disc are 6' with weight on top, (phone pole).

The tiller will be slower but I should only need to make one pass. But 5 ac is a lot to till, but I will not till it all at once...

I want the tiller but I am trying to justify the cost sice it is a $1000.00 difference.
But there are other things I can use the tiller for!!

So any opinions???

Also I plan to purchase in the next few weeks.

Thanks,
David

Here is one of them.
I use mine more for backing into a pile of drit like this and tilling it up than I do for like you'ed use it to till a garden with.
You can't do that with a disk or cultivator.