Disc harrow, 3-pt cultivator, or BCS?

oldmanriver · #21 09/19/10, 04:12 PM

Tiller mounted tractors are wonderful but I have a 4 ft Buhler model wonderful machine but in clay soin it loads a 65 horsepower tractor up pretty good They cost a lot for a good one and unlesss you r into truch patchin probally an over kill .

Murray in ME · #22 09/19/10, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by PACrofter

This is actually the solution I'm leaning toward right now. The tractor-mounted tiller would definitely be more convenient for the larger parts of what I want to use, but it would be difficult to get into the smaller, tighter spots in the family garden areas. The Troy-Bilt simply doesn't cut it any more, and I suspect that as I continue to age it will become even less acceptable. (Of course, if I *don't* continue to age it will all be irrelevant anyway!)

We just harvested our potatoes this weekend, and the crop was miserable. The soil was too compacted for the tubers to get any size on them. Maybe I'm just having a knee-jerk reaction, but I think if I had a more convenient way to work the soil then I'd get better root crops (and probably better everything). Since I do already have the tractor, the moldboard plow, and a subsoiler, going with a used disc cultivator would complete the set for everything on a field scale. Then the BCS or Grillo for the smaller-scale stuff.

Thanks for the input, everybody!

I think this would be the ideal solution for you. I'd recommend calling Joel at Earthtools and talking to him about what you want to do. He was really helpfull when I ordered my machine. He's more interested in customers getting the equipment that will best serve them then in wringing the most money he can from his customers. His suggestions saved me quite a bit of money.

If you grow many potatoes, I'd look seriously at the root digger plow that Earthtools sells for the BCS and Grillo machines. It makes the job much easier. If you get any implements that like the root digger, mulch layer or others that are pulled through the ground make sure you order the optional wheel weights. The added traction is important.

**Ross** · #23 09/19/10, 09:17 PM

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How is that different from option A in my original post? That's what I intended to ask about...didn't realize there was a difference.

Sorry I meant a rear mounted roto tiller that runs off the PTO or has its own engine. A cultivator to me is a mounted frame with spring steel shanks armed with a variety of different points depending what you want to do.

PACrofter · #24 09/20/10, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Ross

Sorry I meant a rear mounted roto tiller that runs off the PTO or has its own engine. A cultivator to me is a mounted frame with spring steel shanks armed with a variety of different points depending what you want to do.

Ah, gotcha. I should have been clearer - I intended to ask about this:

http://www.tractorsupply.com/agricul...60-in--2127109

I see now that the term may also apply to this:

http://www.tractorsupply.com/agricul...ivator-2128139

Sorry for the confusion!

FairviewFarm · #25 09/20/10, 08:39 PM

DH works for a Kubota dealer. He recommends this Land Pride reverse tine tiller for your L3400. http://www.landpride.com/products/pr...rod_rtr20.html Once at the web page you can locate a dealer by clicking on the Dealer Locator button at the top.

PACrofter · #26 09/20/10, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by FairviewFarm

DH works for a Kubota dealer. He recommends this Land Pride reverse tine tiller for your L3400. http://www.landpride.com/products/pr...rod_rtr20.html Once at the web page you can locate a dealer by clicking on the Dealer Locator button at the top.

Thanks, FVF! There's a dealer not a dozen miles from me, so I'll go check it out this weekend. Does your DH have a sense for how much these cost out near you?

Tobster · #27 09/20/10, 08:59 PM

That makes more sense $2k or less for a tiller for your PTO instead of a cultivator. I am not recommending a retailer they all have pluses and minuses, the site below has some good videos of their attachments which may give you some food for thought. A tiller on your setup sounds sweet, pay attention to the tiller width and the wheelbase of your tractor, there is some play in the adjustment ( I think ) Good luck, let us know what you do.

http://www.everythingattachments.com...r-pto-s/76.htm