Re: Which Cultivision Models Best for Tilling

Posted by sflem849 on April 09, 2010 at 19:13:31 from (69.197.84.192):

In Reply to: Which Cultivision Models Best for Tilling posted by Kermit on April 08, 2010 at 22:27:41:

Kermit said: (quoted from post at 22:27:41 04/08/10) Thanks for all the great replies. While I agree with the posts about the destructiveness of tilling to the soil, it is still a better option than using a moldboard plow which turns the nutrients under. I'm transistioning from a corn/soybean field and the soil will need to have cover crops tilled and compost mixed in etc. If the soil were in better shape, I might be able to get by with some of the sustainable methods like only discing etc. I have also looked at spaders, but it looks like they would have the same issues as the tillers and they are a bit out of my budget right now and used units seem to be unavailable. The speed reducing planetary drive sounds interesting, but did they make any for 140 models and would one ever be able to even find one? I had never seen a Howard Rotovator on a Cub before--great picture. They do make tillers and spaders that are narrow and will operate in the 25 HP range. My uncle has an engine powered tiller, but he said it also needs to have a low first gear or it can't keep up. Maybe a chisel plow and a disc harow or one of the other methods mentioned earlier would be a compromise to be able to use older iron and still be somewhat sustainable? John

I respectfully disagree on the moldboard plow burying your nutrients. Your root zone on almost all veggies will go far deeper than the 8 inches that your mb will disturb and your disc/field cultivator will remix the majority of the plow layer anyhow. In the end your rototiller can be just as destructive at causing a "thinning" of nutrients in the plow layer with it's complete redistribution of the plow layer.

Wardner, not a big fan of the Cub with the tiller. The tiller doesn't cover the wheel tracks!!! You can see that the soil is compressed quite a bit deeper in the rear wheel tracks. I know you just posted it for reference, but I wouldn't like that situation in my garden.

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