Rotary Tillers

I own a Howard Rotovater and that thing will chew some serious ground,all day long. The bad thing i paid $1500 for it used.5' offset on a D-17 in low range. It has adjustable gear ratios to adapt to the speed of your tractor.I love the thing and use it on my Blueberry farm to control weeds and such.

Thank you.

Christopher

One problem that I have noticed is the development of a pan just below the tiller level. In the beds where there is plenty of organic matter or where I have recently tilled in leaves, etc., the earthworms, etc. seem to do a good job of correcting this situation. Also, if I till in the fall and then get winter wheat or some such planted right away, the frost over the winter seems to clear this up fairly well by spring. Then if I watch soil conditions and only till lightly enough to work the cover crop into the soil, I have no problems. Where I get problems is with newer soil. I always seem to get compaction no matter what soil conditions are prevalent at the time I till. I am thinking of using a subsoiler or chisel plow on it after tilling to break this layer up.

Anyway, it is easy to overwork the soil when you've got a tractor mounted tiller.

Christopher

As for what brand of tiller I would try a king cutter. My dad looked at them and the bought a kuhn for twice the money because he figured you get what you pay for. The kuhn has been great but it was expensive, So far I havnt seen a tore up king cutter and for teh price you cant beat it.