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Re: [Market-farming] tillers

From: Willie McKemie <mf AT austinfarm.org>
To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] tillers
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:09:02 -0600

On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 03:16:40PM -0600, Lloyd Blackwell wrote:
> When buying a tiller you have to watch the horsepower to width ratio.
> It is recommended by market farm implement that you need about 3/4
> horsepower per inch of tiller. I have an 84 inch tiller that i pull
> with a 65 horse agco tractor and it works quite well. I use it after
> the mold board plow.

I used to use a ~48" tiller on a 25hp tractor. But, only at 1-2 mph
ground speed. It worked well on sandy or pre-plowed ground. Normally
had to make several passes to get full depth of 6"-7" and pulverized
soil. Tines had a short life of a season or two; I judged disking to
be more cost effective and retired the tiller.

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[Market-farming] tillers, Lloyd Blackwell, 02/10/2011
- Re: [Market-farming] tillers, Willie McKemie, 02/10/2011
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