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What type and make of tiller do you guys like ?

Nashville Cat

Nashville Cat

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I like to be prepared for survival and I think I'd like to own a tiller. I have the land for a large garden.
What do you like ? I see this rear-tine Troy-Built for ~ $600; retails for $1000.

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Get something you can get parts for. Tillers are hard to use in clay dirt, if you have 1 drive wheel it will pull to one direction, my old Southern States one wears me out.

Getting older you realize how lawn equipment beats you up, anything I get that is capable to hook to the tractor, will.
 
Chevelle_Nut said:
Get something you can get parts for. Tillers are hard to use in clay dirt, if you have 1 drive wheel it will pull to one direction, my old Southern States one wears me out.

Getting older you realize how lawn equipment beats you up, anything I get that is capable to hook to the tractor, will.
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It might be a good idea to pay someone with a tractor to till an area first ? Then I could work in a bunch of peat moss and additives to keep the soil loose ?
I just don't really need the garden now but would like to get the ground prepped.
This Cub Cadet with Kohler engine looks good

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Nashville Cat said:
It might be a good idea to pay someone with a tractor to till an area first ? Then I could work in a bunch of peat moss and additives to keep the soil loose ?
I just don't really need the garden now but would like to get the ground prepped.
This Cub Cadet with Kohler engine looks good

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If it is virgin soil it really should be plowed then tilled.
 
Nashville Cat said:
I like to be prepared for survival and I think I'd like to own a tiller. I have the land for a large garden.
What do you like ? I see this rear-tine Troy-Built for ~ $600; retails for $1000.

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I have that exact one and I paid $150 for it. I haven't had a garden in a few years so, I gave it to my son and he buried it in the back of a storage container while he was in the process of moving.
It`s still buried. :rolleyes:
 
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I have that exact one and I paid $150 for it. I haven't had a garden in a few years so, I gave it to my son and he buried it in the back of a storage container while he was in the process of moving.
It`s still buried. :rolleyes:
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And I paid $5200 for my 68 Camaro a "few" years ago..... :ROFLMAO:

77cruiser has a garden. What tiller does he (Jim) use ??
PS : I made a $600 offer for the RT-65 Cub Cadet with Kohler engine and it looks like he'll take it

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It used to be Ariens, not sure they still exist?? TroyBuilt has always been comparable. I know a few with extensive gardens and the deer have been the main concern of keeping your garden green.
 
Nashville Cat said:
And I paid $5200 for my 68 Camaro a "few" years ago..... :ROFLMAO:

77cruiser has a garden. What tiller does he (Jim) use ??
PS : I made a $600 offer for the RT-65 Cub Cadet with Kohler engine and it looks like he'll take it

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Yeah, it was a few years ago.
My garden was never a big one and I used to pay a guy around $60. to do it.
 
cheveslakr said:
It used to be Ariens, not sure they still exist?? TroyBuilt has always been comparable. I know a few with extensive gardens and the deer have been the main concern of keeping your garden green.
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Ariens and Husqvarna are the same (y) The Cub cadet I think I'll get is no longer made by MTD. But parts are available.

Yes, deer are a huge problem. So far my 5.5' fence has kept them off my fruit trees.
In survival mode, I would fill my freezer with deer. LOL
I heard on the radio that back during the depression you never saw any deer. People shot and ate them if they ever were seen !
 
I have a little POS front tine tiller I bought 40 years ago. I did buy a PTO tiller for me JD but it' s not really for my garden, only use it to till in corn stalks.
A rear tine tiller won't work very good with a small fence in garden, it's hard enough with a front tine.
If you don't fence in your garden you might as well not plant one unless you have a good outside dog.
 
77cruiser said:
If you don't fence in your garden you might as well not plant one unless you have a good outside dog.
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...... that can still hear and see good. Ours loves to lay and sleep outside, but she can't hear good anymore and her eyesight is getting bad too.

She used to go nuts when the UPS or FedEx trucks were driving on our street, but now she can't hear them even when they pull in the driveway. She sleeps right through it.
 
Best critter dog we had was a Chow Bernese Mountain dog cross, gentle to people but didn't want any other critters in the yard.
 
I am constantly hearing about weeding the garden is a pain and the boss always wants something different. A battery cultivator did not do the job so I bought a little gas tiller with a weed trimmer mower at an auction, replaced the carb and it runs great. We haven't used it yet but I am sure it will not be what she wants.

I do agree about a rear tine tiller, it is hard to use in a tight area.
 
The area for the garden is totally open and virgin ground. I still have about 200' of fencing left.
Bought a 330' roll for a great price but it almost killed me trying to unroll that damn big heavy roll of fencing !
What a moron; I should have bought 100' rolls of welded wire ; much easier to handle.
 
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