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Robert, There are many who claim gear drive is the ONLY way to go.....but have you priced one like a Howard? Just like a Rolls Royce....the best is wonderful if you have deep pockets, but most of us don't. I have a Befco chain drive driven unit and it must be 25 years old. I've re-tined it once and replaced the oil seals, but beyond that, never had a problem and I run it with my JD that is making 62 PTO horses. Ground speed is an issue, but most any tractor having hi/lo range is suitable. Many folks get the idea that they can avoid owning/using a disk harrow and most of the time, that is a mistake. If you should happen to plow wet ground in the spring....clods can form big as footballs and hard as rocks. This is hard on a tiller. The disk will cleave the big clods down to a workable size and then the tiller can make a decent seed bed. If you will plow in the fall and let the freezes and thaws break the soil up, you can make a lettuce bed out of the whole garden using the tiller. Again, a tiller isn't always the best implement, especially if you have lots of clay ground. It will pulverize the soil so fine, that after a rain, it settles together and gets hard.
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