Need Help "Tillers"

[Wingnut]

I am researching 3 point tillers for compact tractors (20-45 hp).

On my attacted PDF is what information I have now.

There has to be more brands out there what are they?

Do any of y'all know any of the missing specs.

Regards Wingnut

[jodyand]

Slipshod has one dont remember what brand im sure he will chime in about it.

[Mickey]

WN, have you ruled out used? If used is OK,a good source of low cost used is with the gray market tractor dealers. Many/most of the grays come in with a tiller. Yanmar tillers come in 1300 & 1400 mm (53-54") widths. Can be had for $300-$600 depending upon condition. I picked up a somewhat late model 1300 that was in VERY nice condition this past fall. Still had paint on the tines and decals still in place. Unit is so quiet I have to turn around a look to see if it is running. Used it a couple times in the fall and it did a great job. Soil was very damp but soil came out very fluffy without clumping. Something to think about.

[Ohio Don]

I have a smaller BEFCO (48") I use with my BX23, does a great job, but was costly....
Don

[CatDaddy]

Ducati996 bought a real nice tiller last year. He talked about it in ~THIS~ thread. Had pics too.

Good luck on your search!
-=A=-

[slipshod]

Like Don I have a "Befco" for my Deere, Model T50 I think it is. On my flat farm there was scrap all over the property when I got it and it amazes me the things this tiller has popped out of the ground, including a full stack of leaf springs from a large truck, cylander heads, old pipe, and any number of things. Wire, rebar, and pipe 1 1/2" or less will wrap itself up in the shaft. I have had to use the torch to get stuff out a couple of times, but none of it has ever damaged the machine or tractor. My tiller side shifts two feet past the right hand wheel so I can till up against foundations, a real handy feature. Also I advise you to get a slip clutch on the imput shaft instead of shear bolts. I used mine this winter after the first cold weather put down a heavy sheet of ice on the driveway. Broke it up nicely and then scooped it off with the fel.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/slipshodent/John%20Deere%204600/th_DSC00794.jpg (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/slipshodent/John%20Deere%204600/DSC00794.jpg)

[JDFANATIC]

I used mine this winter after the first cold weather put down a heavy sheet of ice on the driveway. Broke it up nicely and then scooped it off with the fel.
Slipshod,

Well, that is a use for a tiller that I never would have thought of! :trink39: Congrats on your ingenuity!

[Mickey]

Here is a link to to a discusion I started last fall. Has a number of pics posted in the thread of the tiller and some ground I turned.

http://mytractorforum.com/showthread.php?t=11502&highlight=yanmar

Have seen a rare but very nice Yanmar tiller with hyd shuttle. Can offset tiller either left or right from the seat. WOuld I like to have one, you bet!

[Wingnut]

WN, have you ruled out used? If used is OK,a good source of low cost used is with the gray market tractor dealers. Many/most of the grays come in with a tiller. Yanmar tillers come in 1300 & 1400 mm (53-54") widths. Can be had for $300-$600 depending upon condition. I picked up a somewhat late model 1300 that was in VERY nice condition this past fall. Still had paint on the tines and decals still in place. Unit is so quiet I have to turn around a look to see if it is running. Used it a couple times in the fall and it did a great job. Soil was very damp but soil came out very fluffy without clumping. Something to think about.

I have not ruled out getting a used tiller, the problem with my area is that, the Balcones fault runs right through it. Bedrock can be on the surface or as deep at 600 feet. For some reason tiller are rock magnet like a tornado to a moble home. The used tiller that are selling around here are tired and worn out. If I purchase a used tiller it would be from North of Dallas or south of San Antonio (the drive will be worth it), but not from the Texas Hill Country.

[mark777]

I have not ruled out getting a used tiller, the problem with my area is that, the Balcones fault runs right through it. Bedrock can be on the surface or as deep at 600 feet. For some reason tiller are rock magnet like a tornado to a moble home. The used tiller that are selling around here are tired and worn out. If I purchase a used tiller it would be from North of Dallas or south of San Antonio (the drive will be worth it), but not from the Texas Hill Country.

I have done some pretty amazing things with Yanmar tillers...and not necessarily what they were intended for. Last year, I elevated a 60' x 80' site 40" (36" above flood plain) and used an RS1300 tiller (Yanmar-used) to mix hundreds of yards of clay soil, crushed concrete and 2500# of lime. NOTHING else would work as the site was like sloppy peanut butter....took me two days from sunup till sundown as the dump truck drivers watched for several minutes at a time....and several different drivers during the day. I also rented a DZ3 dozer, which sat in the rain for two days while the tiller did everything - except the FEL work with my other two tractors....I did use the dozer to compact everything before forming, moisture barrier and rebar was installed.

My property was pretty much like 'slipshod's description', not to mention I am still pulling up broken glass and bits of metal, from years past. Previous owners believed in dumping nothing and burning everything.

Mark


BTW: If your not too far from Electra, TX, you might want to call Hoye Tractor and see what a good used tiller runs....usually about a $100 per foot width.