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Re: Rototiller for food plots [Re: jbatey1] #2898024 09/06/19 01:52 PM 09/06/19 01:52 PM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 4,753 Moody, AL willdo22 10 point
willdo22 10 point Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 4,753 Moody, AL	We only plant three fields. It works fine for us. A mans got to know his limitations.

Re: Rototiller for food plots [Re: jbatey1] #2898608 09/07/19 09:33 AM 09/07/19 09:33 AM
Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 1,026 Central AL O Overland 6 point
Overland 6 point O Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 1,026 Central AL	My uncle has one and we used it for a couple of years to plant smaller food plots or to work logging decks that we wanted to plant. Made a great seedbed and the plots always came up great but it was extremely slow. The end result did not justify the time spent when you compared it to our other plots so we quit using it. If you have a few small plots or the time, should work fine.

Re: Rototiller for food plots [Re: Acorn] #2898814 09/07/19 04:06 PM 09/07/19 04:06 PM
Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 13,049 Montgomery, Alabama jaredhunts Puts sugar in his cornbread!
jaredhunts Puts sugar in his cornbread! Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 13,049 Montgomery, Alabama	Originally Posted by Acorn How do they handle roots, sticks, etc...? What happens when you hit an old stump or rock: shear a pin? bend a tine? I've yet to hurt mine. It's not that tilling is slower than discing, you just dont have a high travel speed. One pass with tiller is all you really need. A 100 hp tractor with a 3 ton disc is nice but most people dont have that to work with. You put a tiller behind a 20 hp tractor and your in business. It be's that way sometimes. www.sunpoolcompany.com

Re: Rototiller for food plots [Re: jbatey1] #2903775 09/13/19 08:02 PM 09/13/19 08:02 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 9,042 USA M marshmud991 14 point
marshmud991 14 point M Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 9,042 USA	Worked a few plots today with the tiller. All one pass. It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chews your a$$ all day long.

Re: Rototiller for food plots [Re: jbatey1] #2903781 09/13/19 08:04 PM 09/13/19 08:04 PM
Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 13,049 Montgomery, Alabama jaredhunts Puts sugar in his cornbread!
jaredhunts Puts sugar in his cornbread! Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 13,049 Montgomery, Alabama	Oohjhh thats purty. It be's that way sometimes. www.sunpoolcompany.com

Re: Rototiller for food plots [Re: jbatey1] #2904003 09/14/19 08:21 AM 09/14/19 08:21 AM
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Robert D. 12 point R Joined: May 2007 Posts: 5,150 Satsuma, AL	Marsh I see dead grass in those plots (which look great btw). Did you spray before tilling? That's the main thing I wanted to interject here for the OP. If you set one down in green grass more than about 4" tall you'll wrap the tiller up in it and it'll take an act of congress to get it out. If it's LONG grass you'll probably decide to throw the tiller away.

Re: Rototiller for food plots [Re: ] #2904408 09/14/19 04:30 PM 09/14/19 04:30 PM
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marshmud991 14 point M Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 9,042 USA	Originally Posted by RobertD Marsh I see dead grass in those plots (which look great btw). Did you spray before tilling? That's the main thing I wanted to interject here for the OP. If you set one down in green grass more than about 4" tall you'll wrap the tiller up in it and it'll take an act of congress to get it out. If it's LONG grass you'll probably decide to throw the tiller away. They were sprayed in July. Been real dry so there wasn’t much tall grass. My buddy just took the bushhog and clipped them down ahead of me. Worked great. But I have been known to put that tiller where it shouldn’t be and yes it’s a job to cut all that grass out. And don’t leave the grass and let it dry because it turns like cable. It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chews your a$$ all day long.

Re: Rototiller for food plots [Re: blumsden] #2905390 09/15/19 09:32 PM 09/15/19 09:32 PM
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JayHook2 4 point J Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 657 South Baldwin	Originally Posted by blumsden Takes too long and will beat you to death, especially on a rocky field. Guys, our plots are not golf greens, and they don't need to look like it to attract deer. They're expensive and have more crap to tear up. Ya'll think that a field has to be tilled or disked 3-4 inches deep, and that's just simply not the case. I know ya'll get tired of hearing us say it, but throw and mow works and saves you soooo much time and money. What Blumsden said...

Re: Rototiller for food plots [Re: jbatey1] #2912819 09/25/19 11:15 PM 09/25/19 11:15 PM
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muzziehead 14 point M Joined: May 2002 Posts: 8,030 Central Alabama	We still disc ours to break it up then hit with roto tiller. It seems like you are crawling but it takes about 45-60 minutes to prepare a plot of 1 acre with the tiller, but they sure produce a good seed bed. https://i.imgur.com/CWiKe12.jpg "Don't cling to Mistake, just because you spent a lot of time making it."

Re: Rototiller for food plots [Re: jbatey1] #2912867 09/26/19 06:22 AM 09/26/19 06:22 AM
Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 13,049 Montgomery, Alabama jaredhunts Puts sugar in his cornbread!
jaredhunts Puts sugar in his cornbread! Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 13,049 Montgomery, Alabama	Yes they do. It be's that way sometimes. www.sunpoolcompany.com

Re: Rototiller for food plots [Re: muzziehead] #2912868 09/26/19 06:23 AM 09/26/19 06:23 AM
Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 13,049 Montgomery, Alabama jaredhunts Puts sugar in his cornbread!
jaredhunts Puts sugar in his cornbread! Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 13,049 Montgomery, Alabama	Originally Posted by muzziehead We still disc ours to break it up then hit with roto tiller. It seems like you are crawling but it takes about 45-60 minutes to prepare a plot of 1 acre with the tiller, but they sure produce a good seed bed. https://i.imgur.com/CWiKe12.jpg That plot looks like a good producer. It be's that way sometimes. www.sunpoolcompany.com

Re: Rototiller for food plots [Re: jbatey1] #2912872 09/26/19 06:34 AM 09/26/19 06:34 AM
Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 13,049 Montgomery, Alabama jaredhunts Puts sugar in his cornbread!
jaredhunts Puts sugar in his cornbread! Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 13,049 Montgomery, Alabama	Here's another one. It be's that way sometimes. www.sunpoolcompany.com

Re: Rototiller for food plots [Re: jaredhunts] #2912904 09/26/19 07:35 AM 09/26/19 07:35 AM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 10,414 Scottsboro, Al J jbatey1 OP Lucky Bastage
jbatey1 OP Lucky Bastage J Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 10,414 Scottsboro, Al	Originally Posted by jaredhunts Yes they do. Question. Since Im relatively new to it. Did you just mow down the grass and disc and till..or did you spray to kill first? The fool tells me his reasons; the wise man persuades me with my own.

Re: Rototiller for food plots [Re: jbatey1] #2912906 09/26/19 07:38 AM 09/26/19 07:38 AM
Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 13,049 Montgomery, Alabama jaredhunts Puts sugar in his cornbread!
jaredhunts Puts sugar in his cornbread! Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 13,049 Montgomery, Alabama	Originally Posted by jbatey1 Originally Posted by jaredhunts Yes they do. Question. Since Im relatively new to it. Did you just mow down the grass and disc and till..or did you spray to kill first? That's muzzies picture but I've done it both ways. Always cut the grass down or burn down. It be's that way sometimes. www.sunpoolcompany.com

Re: Rototiller for food plots [Re: jbatey1] #2912934 09/26/19 08:11 AM 09/26/19 08:11 AM
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BradB 10 point B Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,896 Ozark , Alabama	I destroyed my disc last summer prepping my bean/corn plot and used that as an excuse to go buy a new 7' tiller.I love it.I do about 6 acres of fall plots and about the same summer plots and had no problem with the speed.

Re: Rototiller for food plots [Re: jbatey1] #2913636 09/26/19 11:21 PM 09/26/19 11:21 PM
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muzziehead 14 point M Joined: May 2002 Posts: 8,030 Central Alabama	I Originally Posted by jbatey1 Originally Posted by jaredhunts Yes they do. Question. Since Im relatively new to it. Did you just mow down the grass and disc and till..or did you spray to kill first? Originally Posted by jbatey1 Originally Posted by jaredhunts Yes they do. Question. Since Im relatively new to it. Did you just mow down the grass and disc and till..or did you spray to kill first? I mowed them first then sprayed them and waited three weeks. We disk them and then hit them with roto tiller. This method has always given us a great seed bed and we don’t have to compete with weeds either. "Don't cling to Mistake, just because you spent a lot of time making it."

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