It is sometimes referred to as a garden tiller. May 14, 2020 #3. blood on the ground Senior Member. I just bought a 14' cultimulcher & can't wait to try it next spring. Old chisel or moldboard plow (primary tillage), old disk with drag (secondary tillage), and old cultipacker work awesome. Have both. I understand tiller works soil finer what are the advantages of this . It is sometimes referred to as a garden tiller. And, should stumps or large rocks be encountered, the disk will just ride over them. My question is will the Tiller do anything more for me than my Disc Harrow? Page 1 of 2 - Rototiller vs Plow and Disc and Harrow, etc. Unless it is 30" disk blades and requires 15 HP per foot, a disc is secondary tillage tool. I plan on mowing short, spraying, ripping with the cultivator and then preparing the seed bed with the tiller. Discussion in 'Deer Management, Habitat & Conservation' started by The Catawussy Kid, Oct 12, 2013. Download our FREE eBook guide and discover how tillers can help you prepare your soil for planting!Agriculture is a more complex domain than may first seem apparent to the layman. Likes: ChattBuck, Milkman and blood on the ground. My blots with turnips and radishes and beets will get the roto tiller as they tend to help keep the soil softer. Re: Disc Harrow vs. Rotary Tiller Go for the rotatiller.
Although I did breakdown and buy a drill :) Not to highjack this thread, but are Plotmaster machines better for part-time farmers planting food plots? When making sharp turns lift the disc if it is a three point hitch type. My preference is a disc harrow over a tiller, but if you have a tiller, there is probably no need for the harrow. At least most of them are out of my reach. A rototiller is both a primary and secondary tool, but is slow and expensive and does not work well in rocks.
A disc is hard to beat because of its versatility(in my opinion). So far my tiller has been reliable but I dread the day that something breaks down and I have to work on it. Tilling rakes over the soil to even out the area. The Catawussy Kid New Member. A lot depends on the soil type IMO. Spring cant get here soon enough ! Re: Rotary Tillers vs Plow, Disc, Harrow in reply to Scott H, 11-10-2003 08:15:54 Ten acres with a regular light-duty garden tiller will be trouble. I'll have to use disc harrow or spring rake as suggested. The 1st couple years I got by with a fence drag but a cultipacker I now have makes a much better finish job. My tiller is only 42" on a small tractor, and it takes about 1 1/2 to 2 hours per acre to till.
But three or four passes with the tiller can get old fast!If I had two or more acres to break up I would buy a used 1 or 2 bottom plow which are pretty cheap in my area,let the ground set for awhile and than use your disc to break it up some more,if not good enough after that I would than use a tiller.I had rough ground from watermelons planted there last. Tilling makes a nice seed bed if you are killing off n field and planting new. Good luck! I also use both.
Use up or down arrows to change criteria. Discing this late I would worry about erosion over winter and early spring.. It is understandable that this may be a little confusing, as tillage and tillers are not necessarily the same thing, with the latter only being used for secondary tilling. I used to moldboard plow and disc and harrow, and always thought of 3 point tillers as not tuff enough to handle more than a couple of acres at a time.
A moldboard or chisel plow followed by a disc harrow as secondary is what most farmers used prior to the 1990s. 6 footer with new cast iron gear box and great tines $1400 On established fields with no rocks or stumps nothing beats a tiller in my opinion, especially if you are going to use a drill or planter. A disc does not fluff up the soil quite as much although they can to some extent. Thanks guys. Case IH Speed-Tiller 465/475 are high-speed tillage tools that dig like a disk and finish like a finisher — maximizing the agronomic quality of the seedbed from surface to floor, fall or spring. Disc harrow or Rotary tiller? I used to moldboard plow and disc and harrow, and always thought of 3 point tillers as not tuff enough to handle more than a couple of acres at a time. I am fortunate to have a heavy disc to break up the field initially and a 7 foot tiller that I can run over it a second time if the field is not too large and I have the time. A disc harrow is a harrow whose cutting edges are a row of concave metal discs, which may be scalloped, set at an oblique angle. But they do definitely have a place in food plot management.