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  • From: JOHN A HENDRICKSON <jhendric AT wisc.edu>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Tillers
  • Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:42:37 -0500

Bob,

Besides the differences in what they do, how do
primary tillage rototillers differ from secondary
tillage rototillers?

----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Schuler <sunnfarm AT verizon.net>
Date: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 9:25 am
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Tillers
To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>

> One misleading thing about roto tillers that you
should keep in
> mind when making a purchase is that they come in
two forms. One
> type is for primary tillage and can do everything
even tilling
> under trees and shattering rocks. The other and
the most common on
> the market today are secondary tillage machines.
These are for
> making seed beds after plowing or chopping debris
after harvest or
> tilling a green manure crop into the top two
inches of soil before
> plowing with a moldboard... I see less primary
tillage machines
> today because they have priced themselves out of
the market so if
> you see an affordable new tiller for sale its
probably a secondary
> type machine... Bob.
> Sunny Meadow Farm
> Bridgeton, NJ.
>
>
> From: SaladG AT aol.com
> Date: 2006/10/10 Tue AM 07:22:50 CDT
> To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [Market-farming] Tillers
>
> We have used a JD 660 tiller for a lot of years
and have had to
> replace the drive chain a couple of times and put
on new tines a
> couple of times. Bought it in the early 80's so
it has been a good
> one. Used everything from a 100 hp tractor to a
25hp tractor and
> just different speeds to pull it through the
field. Phil
>
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