Posted by Bob in SD on May 16, 2018 at 06:55:43 from (137.216.209.56):
I was going to title this "my drug problem", as in the tiller done drug me all over the garden w/out actually tilling much. I tried the highest (least deep) setting, it scratched and didn't yank me too much, but didn't till much either. Coming back over the same ground with the next setting it would grab and drag me across the garden. This has been tilled before, many years ago, but has gone to grass/sod lately.
Last week my local Runnings Farm and Fleet had a "middle buster" plow on sale, but it was recommended for lower HP tractors (I forget the number, and their online listings are down right now). I've got a 4-cylinder Ford 4000 which TractorData says is 40-ish drawbar HP and a gas 3020 which they say is 60-ish at the drawbar. Will I destroy the plow with too much HP if it doesn't catch on a big rock or something? Rocks are pretty rare in this area.
I also have a 7 foot box blade with 6 scarifiers/rippers. I can adjust them to 3-4 inches below the blade. Would dragging this through a few times and then tilling across that do anything? Any downside to that? I did that once before an convinced myself it helped, but I'm not so sure at this point.
In the past I've borrowed a friends cultivator and/or plow and the cultivator ripped it up pretty good. I may try to do that again. Is the cultivator (several metal leaf springs curving into the ground) the best option?
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