The Endzone Garden Thread

#876
#876
GVF said:
Those rear tines are no picnic. I took my grandads Toro rear tine after he died. It had a Tecumsuh engine so mostly it was useless. Went to till me up a garden in previously unbroken GA summer soil. It was gear driven, wheels and tines, so when it hit that hard dirt, instead of digging in it took of like a drag car and almost pulled me down.
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Unless you're working good creek/river bottom, virgin ground is no picnic for either one. It has been my experience that I can leverage a rear tine better than the front. Hard ground is a biotch!

The best choice is a 3-point tiller hooked to the tractor🙂. It's the only way to till.
 
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#878
#878
malinoisvol said:
Unless you're working good creek/river bottom, virgin ground is no picnic for either one. It has been my experience that I can leverage a rear tine better than the front. Hard ground is a biotch!

The best choice is a 3-point tiller hooked to the tractor🙂. It's the only way to till.
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That's what I do. I have a old Ford gasser in the shed. Learned to drive stick on it when I was a kid and we'd visit. It came with my house when we moved up to the farm. Not sure when it last ran. Was told it did, but all 4 tires and rims are shot. So, I get my brothers tiller out up in my garden and act like I'm trying to till. My neighbor will bring his tractor down and do it for me. lol. I really need to get mine going. It's an old style low and wide Ford. Very stable on the slopes.
 
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#879
#879
This is an old Honda f28 tiller. Best I've ever used. It won't dig solid rock but it will dig hard dirt. Of course, they don't make these any more. Maybe the new Honda tillers are as good, but probably not.
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#880
GVF said:
That's what I do. I have a old Ford gasser in the shed. Learned to drive stick on it when I was a kid and we'd visit. It came with my house when we moved up to the farm. Not sure when it last ran. Was told it did, but all 4 tires and rims are shot. So, I get my brothers tiller out up in my garden and act like I'm trying to till. My neighbor will bring his tractor down and do it for me. lol. I really need to get mine going. It's an old style low and wide Ford. Very stable on the slopes.
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Can't beat them old Fords, well... maybe with a pitty till from a neighbor. Haha
 
#881
#881
Gotta say I’m pretty happy with no-till.

A little harder to pull off with serious acreage, of course.
 
#882
#882
malinoisvol said:
My personal choice would be rear tine. I've owned both and the front tine damn near beat me to death.
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This all day. Front tine on hard ground will send you flyin over the handle bars right now if you ain't hangin on. If a rear tine lunges when put in the dirt, the depth bar is set too deep. Anybody that buys a front tine tiller is the same people that will buy a curved shaft weed whacker & they need to stay in the house
 
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#883
Orange Sunset said:
This all day. Front tine on hard ground will send you flyin over the handle bars right now if you ain't hangin on. If a rear tine lunges when put in the dirt, the depth bar is set too deep. Anybody that buys a front tine tiller is the same people that will buy a curved shaft weed whacker & they need to stay in the house
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Only tiller I ever used was a front tine. It celebrated its 55th birthday this year. If you get flipped over the handle bars breaking clay, you ain't doin it right.
 
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82_VOL_83 said:
Only tiller I ever used was a front tine. It celebrated its 55th birthday this year. If you get flipped over the handle bars breaking clay, you ain't doin it right.
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My references were for W Tn dirt. It's not clay. An older Troy Bilt Horse (8hp) or Pony (5 hp) would be my choice now from a working & maintenance look. Gearbox on them are direct drive & not a chain. Chain can stretch & jump off inside a housing. Takes a minute to fix it. Had a Roto-Hoe like the one pictured that had a chain that would jump off. It had a 8hp Kohler

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#885
#885
Orange Sunset said:
My references were for W Tn dirt. It's not clay. An older Troy Bilt Horse (8hp) or Pony (5 hp) would be my choice now from a working & maintenance look. Gearbox on them are direct drive & not a chain. Chain can stretch & jump off inside a housing. Takes a minute to fix it. Had a Roto-Hoe like the one pictured that had a chain that would jump off. It had a 8hp Kohler

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IH 1965 belt drive. N. Alabama red clay.
 
#891
#891
82_VOL_83 said:
Ima get that rear tine earthquake i think. It's narrow but has true reverse and counter rotating tines. Wife is pushing me to just get a Kubota and get a 3 point tiller.
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You need a reverse that bad? Throw it neutral & drag it back or make a big loop. Right now your wife sounds smarter than you
 
#895
#895
82_VOL_83 said:
I need a rototiller. Open to either front Tine or Rear. Want reverse and don't want anything like those mantis POSs. Gas, no electric. Going to be breaking hard clay and tilling deep. I need some suggestions. Was looking at:
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My dad just replaced his extremely early 80s (maybe even 70s) Sears and Roebuck front tine with a barn find, like new Sears and Roebuck front tine from the same era. So that’s my recommendation. Find another
 
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I have a Troy-Bilt Horse from the late 80s-early 90s. I haven't had an in-ground garden, though, in about five years. It is in great shape, and it is aptly named.
 
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