Looking into 3pt Tillers

[ford4wd08]

I'm thinking of picking up a 3 point tiller for my MF 150 or my IH 484 to run. Likely will be ran on the 150.

Do you treat the size of the tiller like a bush hog? Try to cover the tire tracks? I run a 6 ft bush hog on both tractors without issues. I didn't know if power consumption was about the same between a tiller and bush hog?

Use would be for a small garden and a couple of food plots around the property, maybe a couple of acres a year. No rocks that I've found yet and good soil.

I'm guessing either a 5' or 6' tiller would be fine.

 

[B. White]

I'm using a 6 ft and most of the time it is hooked to a MF 135.

 

[buickanddeere]

I'm thinking of picking up a 3 point tiller for my MF 150 or my IH 484 to run. Likely will be ran on the 150.

Do you treat the size of the tiller like a bush hog? Try to cover the tire tracks? I run a 6 ft bush hog on both tractors without issues. I didn't know if power consumption was about the same between a tiller and bush hog?

Use would be for a small garden and a couple of food plots around the property, maybe a couple of acres a year. No rocks that I've found yet and good soil.

I'm guessing either a 5' or 6' tiller would be fine.

Wide enough to cover tire tracks . Manufactures often build an economy, home own and a HD line of rotary tillers. What brand are you looking at ? Slip clutches instead of shear pins are desirable if maintained . Any rocks in your soil? The reverse rotation tills do a much better job.

 

[matthies]

Does either of them have a creeper gear?

 

[ford4wd08]

Wide enough to cover tire tracks . Manufactures often build an economy, home own and a HD line of rotary tillers. What brand are you looking at ? Slip clutches instead of shear pins are desirable if maintained . Any rocks in your soil? The reverse rotation tills do a much better job.

Honestly just started looking. I'm guessing most have china gear boxes on them new now.

I was looking at bang for buck and an economy tiller would probably suit my needs and uses fine.

Saw Rural King has "Country Way" brand which is fairly cheap, but they also carry King Kutter for more money.

Tractor supply has they're county line brand which looks a lot like a king kutter.

Just some easy online searches to start.

 

[ford4wd08]

Does either of them have a creeper gear?

I don't believe so. Just a 1st gear.

 

[buickanddeere]

Thought there were
More images of my Mother’s rototiller on the 1025R . The hydrostatic ground speed is handy .iirc the lighter units use a #80 drive chain and the heavier units a #100 drive chain ?
Even when adjusted to the max. The first pass is rather shallow . Have yet to attempt swapping the skid shows side to side in order to gain 1/2 an inch .
The subsequent passes are deeper as the skid plates sink into the soft soil .

 

[wh]

Run a 6 ft behind a FARMALL h. Works great in plowed up ground. Ran thru the middles of my gourds week ago. Actually ran in 2nd gear. Left the ground perfect. Picture is when I was doing away with some clods and trash.

 

[Texasmark]

I'm thinking of picking up a 3 point tiller for my MF 150 or my IH 484 to run. Likely will be ran on the 150.

Do you treat the size of the tiller like a bush hog? Try to cover the tire tracks? I run a 6 ft bush hog on both tractors without issues. I didn't know if power consumption was about the same between a tiller and bush hog?

Use would be for a small garden and a couple of food plots around the property, maybe a couple of acres a year. No rocks that I've found yet and good soil.

I'm guessing either a 5' or 6' tiller would be fine.

My pulling tractor is 6' wide. I bought a 6' tiller (TSC, great unit) to cover the tracks just like having a 6' shredder and at least a 6' plow to cover the tracks. Somewhere in the gray past farm life scenario, I had a 5' wide tractor and a 4' shredder........that was a lesson well learned and I never forgot it!

 

[Tx Jim]

I've owned a King Kutter ll for over 20 yrs that has served me very well. Original blades worn down to a sharp point. I replaced blades & kept tilling.

 

[paul]

Most helpful for running a tiller is a very slow first gear.

Slower is most often much better.

Chews the ground up better, and you can use a wider tiller, often able to cover the tractor tracks then.

 

[ford4wd08]

Most helpful for running a tiller is a very slow first gear.

Slower is most often much better.

Chews the ground up better, and you can use a wider tiller, often able to cover the tractor tracks then.

I looked up the speed for first gear on my MF 150 and it is 1.4 mph I believe at 2000 rpm which is a little over 540 PTO rated engine speed.


Never thought about it until now, but how fast is the ground driven PTO speed on the Massey's? I know it was most intended for raking hay, but would it better fit ground speed to PTO speed with a tiller as long as you don't exceed the 540 pto speed?

 

[B. White]

1st gear is plenty slow enough for my 135 to do a good hob. Creeps along slower than some others I've used it with.

 

[Jim.ME]

I looked up the speed for first gear on my MF 150 and it is 1.4 mph I believe at 2000 rpm which is a little over 540 PTO rated engine speed.


Never thought about it until now, but how fast is the ground driven PTO speed on the Massey's? I know it was most intended for raking hay, but would it better fit ground speed to PTO speed with a tiller as long as you don't exceed the 540 pto speed?

NO, in ground speed the PTO is driven by the transmission gearing, not the engine. This slows the PTO speed and makes it proportional to ground speed.

From an Operator's manual:

When operating in ground speed PTO, the PTO shaft operates in proportion to ground speed. This produces one revolution of the PTO shaft for approximately each twenty inches of forward travel of the Tractor, regardless of engaged transmission gear or speed.

 

[wh]

My FARMALL h in 1st gear is fine. I do not use the tiller to fix ground. I use it to do a final prep. In soft ground such as cleaning the wide middles in watermelons or gourds or such 2 nd gear does great.

 

[ford4wd08]

Well Rural King made my decision for me today by marking their 6 ft Country Way tiller by Sigma down to $1349.

Even if it has a lot china components I think it will do fine for my uses.

They literally marked it down while I was coming to look them over today.

6 ft. Rotary Tiller with PTO Shaft | Rural King

6 ft. Rotary Tiller with PTO Shaft

www.ruralking.com

Only two left at my store now.

Time will tell if it was worth the money, but I think it will work out fine.