rototiller for 3000?

Fordfarmer · May 31, 2017

Asking for my BIL.
Ford 3000 diesel, 8-speed. He's wondering how big a tiller it can handle. Not real sure what the soil type is there (St. Croix Falls, WI)... sandy loam? Much lighter than we have here, anyway. 5' should be easy enough for it... 6'? Would mainly be used for wildlife food plots. Some are established, and they could plow sod before tilling if they wanted new ones.

Fritz Maurer · May 31, 2017

Power - wise it would handle a 6'. Problem is, 3-point rototillers are expensive to build and I wouldn't trust any farm store tiller over 5' because they start getting flimsy. Being flimsy means it will bounce all over the place in hard ground and eventually break because it doesn't have any built-in weight. Short answer, stick with 5' or get a Howard. But quality doesn't come cheap, be prepared to spend $8000.

BobReeves · May 31, 2017

I have a 6 foot King Cutter (or is it Kutter) that I run behind my 3000. Works good and no issues in Oklahoma clay.

John730D · May 31, 2017

That 3000 will handle a 6 ft with no problem. I had a 6 footer on a 855 John Deere compact utility. Tilled 5 acres of clover/timothy mix with no problems. Seeded it with grass and started planting trees. Still use it for my little bit of sweet corn. And It was a KING KUTTER that stayed in the ground. I guess if you went 8 or more ft wide you could have problems, but this one is built heavy.

ErnieD · May 31, 2017

Brother uses six foot king cutter behind gas 3000; heavy soil, not first gear.

Fordfarmer · Jun 1, 2017

Thanks for the replies. I'll let him know.

Texasmark1 · Jun 3, 2017

I bought one this winter, a 6', 54 tine from TSC and ran it on my 3000. Worked it hard on rock hard Houston Black Clay and it did an outstanding (very noisy) job....30 dB headsets solved that problem which I wear most of the time on equipment anyway.

To till properly you don't go very fast so most of the usable hp are in rotating the PTO shaft and at a slow speed there isn't all that much resistance. I couldn't tell that much difference in PTO rpm with the blades up or down and I had the "feet" all the way up for max penetration; certainly no way near what I would consider loading the engine, much less lugging.

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