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Tiller abilities
Hi. I am getting ready to make some beds for a garden which is
currently grass. As the first step I was going to rent a sod cutter and remove the grass (I have started it by hand, but I don't have 6 weeks to get it done), and then rent a tiller to turn up the soil and/or mix the appropriate organic material into the beds. Since it costs about $80/day to rent each machine, I then thought it might be better to buy one (hopefully used) since I would probably end up needing them on at least 4 occasions (that is if I can get organized/plan far enough ahead), or more (if I remain dis-organized). From there my question - I have been reading about tillers on the web, but I have a couple of questions. Assuming we are staying in the $600 Tractor Supply/Lowes range of rear-tine tiller, how would they do at the following: (I know almost nothing about these machines) (1) sod removal - setting it so that they only remove the top 3-4", which I can rake/shovel to get the grass up (2) breaking virgin clayey soil (3) breaking a packed gravel driveway so that I can more easily remove the gravel (sort of like #1, scrape the top 1" or so). And some general questions about operation: (A) Does the user control the depth by how much you let the handles down, or is there a machine setting to control this? (i.e. some types of stops on how deep the tines can do)? (B) Does the machine move forward via the rotation of the tines, or are the front wheels powered? (C) if the tines move the machine forward, what about the counter rotating tines and forward progress? (D) if the wheels are powered, can we put them to other useages, like snow plowing or grading stones or something? (I read about people moving loads of soil and stuff like this, but it wasn't clear if this was with a normal tiller or a super one (like one of the troy-builts w/ a PTO)). Thanks very much for your input, don |
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... you can always disengage the
tiller tine drive and attach a snow blade or make a hitch and pull a wagon etc. Just look at it as a sort of 2 wheel tractor with limitations. I am now dreaming of all the weird and wonderful uses I will be able to put my 2 wheel tractor to...and I"m sure the neighbors will get good amusement from all of them (both the successes and failures). How fast can these things go when your not tilling? Thanks, don |
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Normally they will go about as dast a a person can normally walk or a
bit faster. They are not made for speed, but when transporting itself from shed to garden they move at a pretty decent clip, just fast enough to be able to keep up with. On 9 Sep 2003 07:22:43 -0700, (don schad) wrote: x- ... you can always disengage the x- tiller tine drive and attach a snow blade or make a hitch and pull a x- wagon etc. Just look at it as a sort of 2 wheel tractor with x- limitations. x- x-I am now dreaming of all the weird and wonderful uses I will be able x-to put my 2 wheel tractor to...and I"m sure the neighbors will get x-good amusement from all of them (both the successes and failures). x- x-How fast can these things go when your not tilling? x- x-Thanks, x- x-don -- Visit my website: http://www.frugalmachinist.com Contents: foundry and general metal working and lots of related projects. Regards Roy aka Chipmaker // Foxeye Opinions are strictly those of my wife....I have had no input whatsoever. Remove capital A from chipmAkr for correct email address |
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Got a Huskee 6.5 hp ohv with a PTO, forward and reverse-tine (came from
Tractor Supply). 2 miles per hour. = don schad wrote: = ... you can always disengage the tiller tine drive and attach a snow blade or make a hitch and pull a wagon etc. Just look at it as a sort of 2 wheel tractor with limitations. = I am now dreaming of all the weird and wonderful uses I will be able to put my 2 wheel tractor to...and I"m sure the neighbors will get good amusement from all of them (both the successes and failures). = How fast can these things go when your not tilling? = Thanks, = don -- = J. Kolenovsky, A+, Network +, MCP =F4=BF=F4 - http://www.celestialhabitats.com - business =F4=BF=F4 - http://www.hal-pc.org/~garden/personal.html - personal |
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