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Rototiller for food plots
#2895474
09/02/19 10:24 PM
09/02/19 10:24 PM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 10,414 Scottsboro, Al
jbatey1
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Lucky Bastage
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Lucky Bastage
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 10,414
Scottsboro, Al
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Any of ya'll use rototillers? My father-in-law bought us one, but I haven't gave it a test run yet. Plan to use it in few weeks when we plant.
The fool tells me his reasons; the wise man persuades me with my own.
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Re: Rototiller for food plots
[Re: jbatey1]
#2895545
09/03/19 05:57 AM
09/03/19 05:57 AM
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Joined: Dec 2016
Posts: 10,390 northport
deadeye48
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Booner
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Posts: 10,390
northport
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I use a 6' king cutter and it makes a nice seed bed. 2nd low gear is about as fast as you need to go with it. Any faster and it wont do as good a job but will still cut. Its way faster than a disc when you consider that usually only one pass is needed with it whereas with a disc youll need several
When I need expert advice I tend to talk to myself The older I get the better I used to be
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Re: Rototiller for food plots
[Re: jbatey1]
#2896080
09/03/19 08:50 PM
09/03/19 08:50 PM
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Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 21,781 USA
Remington270
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 21,781
USA
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Re: Rototiller for food plots
[Re: Remington270]
#2896114
09/03/19 09:28 PM
09/03/19 09:28 PM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 10,414 Scottsboro, Al
jbatey1
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Lucky Bastage
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Lucky Bastage
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Really? I’ve used little pull behind 4 wheeler disk where you have to make pass after pass on an acre to get it ok. I imagine this 7’ rototill has to be quicker than what I’ve resorted to the last couple of years.
The fool tells me his reasons; the wise man persuades me with my own.
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Re: Rototiller for food plots
[Re: jbatey1]
#2897081
09/05/19 08:19 AM
09/05/19 08:19 AM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,104 Covington county AL
Zzzfog
6 point
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6 point
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,104
Covington county AL
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I use one and I really like the end result.
Right and wrong will never change---only people's perception!
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Re: Rototiller for food plots
[Re: jbatey1]
#2897086
09/05/19 08:24 AM
09/05/19 08:24 AM
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Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 21,781 USA
Remington270
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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Really? I’ve used little pull behind 4 wheeler disk where you have to make pass after pass on an acre to get it ok. I imagine this 7’ rototill has to be quicker than what I’ve resorted to the last couple of years. Tillers I've used are painfully slow. The seed bed doesn't have to be pulverized to get good germination. It takes too long for my purposes.
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Re: Rototiller for food plots
[Re: jbatey1]
#2897097
09/05/19 08:41 AM
09/05/19 08:41 AM
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Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 4,619 Alabama
Rmart30
10 point
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10 point
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Posts: 4,619
Alabama
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For some small hidey hole spots a tiller would work for me but for most its going to be way too slow. Are you spraying your plots before going in with the 4 wheeler disk? Spraying and going back 3-4 weeks later to disk is night and day especially when using small light equipment.
Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching - even when doing the wrong thing is legal. Aldo Leopold .. (except when it comes to trailer tags)
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Re: Rototiller for food plots
[Re: Zzzfog]
#2897137
09/05/19 09:32 AM
09/05/19 09:32 AM
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Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 5,650 Lincoln, Alabama
blumsden
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 5,650
Lincoln, Alabama
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I use one and I really like the end result. It makes the most beautiful seed bed, its just not necessary for a food plot. For some reason we want our plots to look like golf courses. To each their own.
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Re: Rototiller for food plots
[Re: Acorn]
#2897887
09/06/19 10:57 AM
09/06/19 10:57 AM
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Joined: Nov 2018
Posts: 1,631 Orange Beach, AL
JohnG
8 point
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Posts: 1,631
Orange Beach, AL
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How do they handle roots, sticks, etc...? What happens when you hit an old stump or rock: shear a pin? bend a tine? I have a Bush Hog RT88 road construction tiller with a slip clutch. Disc fields early September, hope for rain to germinate the wild ryegrass, seed the plots several weeks later, set the tiller where it cuts an inch and turn the seed, level the dirt and kill the grass at the same time. If you have sandy soil it will need to be packed because tillers really fluff the dirt.
Last edited by JohnG; 09/06/19 10:59 AM.
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