Tiller Challenge; Compact Tractor & King Kutter Tiller; Hard Clay or Top Soil? Pool Removed
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- Late last fall, Steve removed a swimming pool from his back yard, hauled in what was called top soil, and then asked us to till in order to prep for grass. Tractor Time with Tim uses the John Deere 1025R and his King Kutter Tiller on this super hard clay dirt. Do you think Steve will get grass to grow where his pool use to be?
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That King Kutter doesn't back away from anything! You put it through its paces in this and other videos and it really works up the soil very well. Nice job! Keep the videos coming.
One of my favorite attachments!
Good job Tim ! Thank you!! That jacket is a nice one my friend! Wear it and enjoy because there's not many of them left ! Be safe family and God bless you all !!!! Eddy
I got a bad load of that stuff dumped on me on the last of six trips, the rest was good. The stuff set up after a few months like concrete. Nothing ever grew in it. Finally got the last of it out and never bought another load from that outfit. Very nice people. I have a lot of respect for crane operators, I'm a retired ironworker and many times your life depends on a good operator. Best of luck Steve.
Tim, another great video. I love your ability to interact and relate with people. You truly are a good person. Please keep it up as i always enjoy your videos. Thanks!
Thanks Benny!
Throwback Wednesday. Thanks youtube for suggesting this.
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Awesome job! My neighbor had a similar situation and high clay content, he decided on Sod... The company came in, sprayed some fertilizer down, leveled and prepped the surface and rolled out the sod. After a few hours he had one of the best looking lawns on the block. Five years later it still looks amazing. Thanks for sharing!
Yea, Katriel kind of mentioned that. If you can get grass growing, it will make its own topsoil. Sod would be the fastest way to do that.
Johnny does it again! Nice work!
Yep! Thanks Alan!
Can't play with a Corvette in the winter, whereas Johnny's a year round play toy 😀
Exactly, and you don't have to worry about getting him dirty. He loves it!
Nice Tim nice. Always love watching. Been walking around the house and garage humming TTWT tune. Addicting (smile).
Yea, as you could see, Katriel and I are addicted to it too!
How's Katriel doing in college? She's a pretty intelligent young lady. Oh, and tell her we did notice the fancy TTWT loafers in your video (smile). Say hey to Christie (Finance Committee). Have a fine weekend.
Perfect video for today. We finally got a nice day today and your video makes me want to get my garden tilled. 😀
Our garden is a swamp!
Nice job Tim!
Your JD 1025 is the perfect size for getting up close to those buildings.
Yes, I didn't feel comfortable by that glass (afraid of throwing rocks). But I don't have any concerns about working close to a building. The tractor is SO easy to control.
Awesome video! That tractor and rototill did a great job. I want one so bad.
Enjoyed the video Tim & Katriel. I especially love liked your jacket Tim. Lol y'all take care and God bless.
Probably 35+ years old (the jacket)
Your making me want a tiller. I'd be very surprised if grass grows. You will have to check back next summer and give us an update. Keep up the great videos
Thanks Pete! Really enjoyed our evening with Steve
Next video will likely add even more to your ‘I want a tiller ‘ thoughts!
It doesn't apply to this video necessarily but I found this wet year that if I rototilled my rutted up lawn that if I set the rototiller shallow, it cut up the grass roots. A thick new lawn came in within the next month with no reseeding. I did it in late August and September rains got a new lawn going. I was prepared to reseed the following spring but didn't need to.
Nice job!
We have ridiculously hard rocky ground here in Newfoundland grass grows on it so he should be fine
Hope so!
On Today's Tiller Time with Tim.... Johnny turns clay into confetti.
Party-on!
Great vid Tim this project for Johnny was a little hard but he got it done
Thanks for watching!
Wonderful video Tim! It's nice to see your daughter back again! That man seems a lovely gentlemen, hard-working but laid back!
I was wondering Tim, do you do commission labor or do you just help out friends with Johnny? I've noticed you doing work for several different people and was curious how you came about the jobs.
Yes, these are jobs for hire
Great video Tim! I am actually looking at getting a King Kutter XB tiller for my 1025R to flatten out and reseed 1acre of my yard, but I just got over 1ft of snow in the last 12 hours thanks to New York weather, guess I still have a while until spring
Great video. That looked like a fun project. Most folks our age go for the sports cars, motorcycles or fancy boats for pleasure. I'm always glad to see that I am not the only fellow out there whose midlife crisis resulted in tractors. As I have said before, my biggest fear is that after I am gone, my wife will sell my tractors for what I told her that I paid for them.
... lol.. That's it .. Tractors ,, tools and sporting goods ,, hopefully going to a good home ...for cheap ..
Been watching ya for a while now Tim. Love the videos. Keep it up! I picked up the same tiller as you did. King Cuter. Cant wait till this weather breaks to try it out.
good job jhonns had work it more tooys god bless you &all
Here in southern Indiana our soil gets rock hard. For garden preparation I have to use a plow before I can use my tiller
good vid! you can take some of the slack out of the top hook on the quick hitch with some shim stock. you can get it in a roll of stainless steel or brass or even Mylar and cut it to strips, line the hook with the strips until the hook is tight.
There isn’t much slack. It just really shows itself when tiller wants to bounce.
yea mine is the same way, i run a JD I-Match and a JD tiller i find too that lengthening the top link can help a little too.
usually best to rip it with ripping tines or just scarfiers. then run the tiller through it.
that is what i was thinking as well. subsoiler? bb using scarfiers then tilling
Great video Tim and happy to see you Katriel love the shoes ! LOL boy that looks like our clay hill and it wont grow grass !! have a great weekend and take care God bless !! Kioti Curt :-)
Thanks Curt!
Small tip when you stop don’t let the tiller keep spinning that’s why you lr getting the holes, lift before you stop
Tim, watching that tiller jump, it looks like you either don't have or have a bushing on that top pin that's too small. Get some large washers for the sides of the bushing too. Makes a world of difference. I believe I got all of mine at Tractor Supply. Unfortunately, you may have to go top several stores because they always seem to be out of stock on these types of items. I was using 1" bushings but found that they really needed one slightly larger, 1-1/8" or 1-1/4" can't remember.
I have the "cat1-cat3" bushing. There is still some play there. Not much, but wow, it is quite exaggerated in some situations.
Tim your jacket tho!😱😍
My brother got that jacket 'free' (one for him and one for me) when he bought a used cab-over Mack truck probably 35+ years ago. Truck is long gone, but I still have the jacket! I thought that jacket was the coolest thing ever when I was in high school.
...perhaps I should 'retire it' now????
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That tiller really does have a fast rotation. Sure made a difference. I liked the new like comment subscribe thing at the end. Little suggestion, slow it down a little more in editing. Great job Katreal with with the film work.
Yes, this is the fastest spinning tiller that i found in the market. 253 RPMs @ 540 PTO speed.
I smelled it but it smelled more like an led screen than top soil to me.
And had a smudge right in the middle of it????
I love it but why wouldn’t you reverse into position and till on the way out? Wouldn’t it limit recompacting on the way out?
Many years ago, but in general, beat to till both ways. Always tilling the same direction moves large amounts of soil.
Local 77 laborer here. Hi brother
Im fixing to do that to my whole yard. I went and bought a tractor, tiller and box blade for the job. Im hoping I can get some yards or gardens to till up just to give me something to do..
As usual a great video from Tim.😀😀
Thanks Ryan.
Great job once.again Sir
Thanks Carlus.
Good stuff enjoyed that!!
Tim good vedio looks like fun but we don't need anything tiller lived here for over 50 years good job
God Bless
PaK
Ah come on..if I were there, I would find SOMETHING to till!!!!
Great video Tim and Katriel, hope to see the yard this summer if you get by his place again. Did Steve put down any seed in the fall to keep the yard from going to muck.
Looks like another job where a larger tractor would have been an issue. Is there any way you could rig up some suitcase weights to the tiller for those rare occasions when you run into super hard soil?
1:10 the no arm stunt!
Haha i liked that comment “ this is my young blonde” gave me a good laugh!!
Yep. Been saying this since I got it. Usually gets a laugh.
Did he ever get the grass to grow???
Clay and sand makes bricks 🧱
Good luck on growing grass. I think he should have mixed some nutrients before you tilled it.
I sell unfiltered topsoil, you will find some roots in it and even a few rocks about the size of a golf ball but its the real deal. A lot of people that sale dirt as topsoil they screen it and add sand to it in hopes to keep it from packing giving the homeowner the look and feel of topsoil. Bad thing about adding the sand is now the dirt/sand will not hold water. Kind of goes like this Topsoil, dirt, fill dirt.
I don’t think Steve got what he paid for!
I feel bad for him. I just have a pickup truck with a dump bed so I do not do big loads. About 1.7 sq.yards. fill goes for around 25.00, nice dirt for about 35.00, and topsoil about 60.00. From what I saw he got the 35.00 but paid for the 60.00.(I do start to charge mileage after the 1st 10 miles.)
$60 for a yard of top soil? Were are u located
North Alabama (Madison) A lot of building going on here. As soon as I see someone getting ready to clear some land I am there asking where they are having to take the dirt. A lot of the time I can save them time if I am just a mile or so down the road. Its harder to get clay in Madison as much of its a swamp. (dont tell all the people that are moving here there new $750.000 house was built in a swamp.) They call them a house with an adjunct waterway.
We have hardpan soil in the central valley of California that has to be jackhammered by a skid steer mounted jackhammer.
Should of added compost instead of topsoil or added peat moss to what they called top soil. If it get that hard it won't drain well unless organic matter is added to soften it.
This wasn’t topsoil...it was fill dirt. They will likely get grass to grow, but it won’t be nearly as nice as topsoil.
Hi Tim, got the same dirt: Bought a small sub soiler 6 to 8" deep. I have 5' 800 lb. Land Pride reverse tiller, it bounces just not as as high as yours.
I agree that stuff won't grow grass that stuff looks like the red clay material they use in baseball fields
you could wet the soil real good a couple of days before to let it soak in then till it
Live in Indianapolis myself. I need some work done. Will be contacting soon.
Hey hey! Sounds like fun!
Good job Tim, if Steve doesn’t live to far go back in a month and do a follow up video to show the viewers if the grass is growing. Thanks
This was Labor Day. He may have it growing now.
Cant wait to get mowing again! Until then i'll watch your interesting video's ;)
Same here. Getting itchy! Ready to get going!
We have two Stiga Park Riding mowers. Is there any in America?
I haven't heard of them.
Look it up :)
It looked like the whole frame was flexing on that bouncing part of the video. Great video. No flip flops for Katriel. What?
I guess I didn't watch it that closely. I just know that it was annoying
Tractor Time with Tim My tractor is my Corvette and my Harley.
I'm going to go through my tiller this year. Haven't done it since I got it back in '03. I'm going to change the gear oil and make a new breather for it. After I get it done and our garden tilled you want to buy it so you can have a heavier tiller? I just need enough out of it to buy another one that is iMatch compatible. :-) Now that I have a welder maybe I can make mine fit an iMatch. Soon as I figure out how to weld! :)
I didn’t see that you got a welder! Congrats!
Are your tines worn out yet? I'm wondering how long they last.
Nope! My tines look as good now as when I got it. The JD tiller I had with the 425 tractor did as good. Had it for 11 years. This one I have now seen more rougher use but still looks good. Can't see much wear.
that soil will do fine growing grass
just got to keep it wet enough, looks awfully dry
Good video tim
Thanks for watching, Johan!
A truck load of "Sweat Peet" and a load of perlite tilled in and graded. Grass will grow like crazy. My lot is the side of a gravel pit. Two summers/winters and it is beautiful. Just have to be real careful with the grass seed. Forget regular blue grass and head for the creeping red fescue and NEVER pick up the clippings. Core aerate every spring AND fall.
would a reverse tiller worked better?
They said grass would grow 🤔. l have a feeling they will be back to put down proper topsoil.
Had some trees come down m mynew1025r about 6am move them out of the way
Been thinking about tilling part of my yard and seeding it this year. But my tiller is not a 3 point it mounts to my Mitsubishi D1500 diesel compact tractor only. And that tractor has not been started since I got my Johnny almost 4 years ago. And has not had fuel added to it for almost 10 years. Yes that's right the fuel economy on this Mitsubishi is actually that good. I bought it 10 years ago and filled the tank it's still got almost a half a tank on a 5 gallon tank. And I have put almost 50 hours on it. Wish my Johnny can do that.
That story gets better (or at least bigger) every time you tell it. Before we know it, you'll be telling us that you have to drain the diesel tank occasionally, otherwise it would run-over. :-)
Can't believe you didn't take out a couple shear pins on that stuff.
I have slip clutch, not shear pins.
Great Job as always. I couldn't believe Katreil didn't have her flip flops on LOL how can we call her the flip flop farmer without the proper footwear. The people that say you charge to much for tilling don't understand the investment in johnny and the tiller and you have to consider the depreciation on the equipment for maintenance and eventual replacement of said equipment I here it a lot as well thats too much after i explain a few things to them then they go oh I didn't think of that and I understand better know why you have to charge that. LOL Have a great weekend and God Bless Hope Christy's foot is healing well.
Tim. I have a King Cutter 4 ft, for my Kubota B-2920, and it is like a tank. Very heavy duty. My tiller is gear driven, and I till sod with it. Not something I like to do, as it is hard on the PTO system. Some, with chain driven wont do sod, because it is hard on the chain. You did a bang up job! Anything you can do, I can do better! No you can't! Yes I can! No you can't! Yes I can! Yes I can! Yes I can! I heard that in a song somewhere. Ha Ha Ha
Maybe sometime this summer I can come sing that song for you. Gota love your vids! Along with your family, of course! 40 mile North of you!
I want to know if the soil allowed for grass growth.......
Do they make a single blade ripper for compact tractors?
Yes. Heavyhitch.com. Use code TTWT for 5% off. This one is used in conjunction with the heavy hitch weight bracket.
your making my decision on what to buy very hard, try to figure out if I want a sub compact or a compact tractor. The work you do with it is amazing. what part of Southern Illinois was you raised, I live in Eldorado Illinois.
Edwards County. West Salem.
Tim, if there weren't any buried utilities, the ripper "might" have been a precursor to tilling. Just an idear.
You of all people should know how difficult it is to have the perfect tool with you for every job. I had no idea I was getting into such hard soil. No ripper with me that day.
Tractor Time with Tim: I understand that view COMPLETELY. AND AGREE WITH IT ABSOLUTELY.
Wow did he say $14000 to fill the pool in? The king kutter tiller looks alot like my Kubota tiller. Thanks for sharing.
Works well. Who knows, may be same tiller???
Landpride makes Kubota tillers. Kubota started subbing their implement production to lp around '07 and bought them in '16.
i wonder if grass has grown yet?
Use a reverse tine tiller they dig in and don't bounce
Bet she remembers every gun he bought. Lol
Nice job what is the model number of your tiller? I also have a 1025r
Why not remove your loader not just the bucket? This way you dont have to keep screwing with the boom.
If I did so, I would need front suitcase weights. ...the weights stick out too!
I think you and I have the same mentality I prefer a john deere than a corvette
You could have bottom plowed it also then run tiller after bottom plow ... thats my 2 cents anyway,, i know yoir tiller is way better than mine and i couldn’t till that at all id have to use my bottom plow first..
Long way from home. No easy way To fetch other attachments!
Where in Southern illinois was your childhood farm?
Welcome to our channel. Have you watched any of our other videos? Most recently, our ‘stolen tractor’ video? I think you’ll get your answers there.
Tractor Time with Tim actually i have been watching your channel for a while, and I have watched the stolen tractor video, I must not have caught that part.
Edwards County. Are you in Southern IL?
Tractor Time with Tim Yes, I live In edwardsville in Madison county, but my grandparents have a farm in Monroe county and is also the reason and center focus of my youtube channel.
Tim, I had a client call me last year willing to pay 50$ an hour for me to till for 15-20 minutes. I had to charge FULL price for the mileage.
Yes, my point exactly.
Does that thing have the so-called selfsharpening tines? If it does they must be like razors now ha ha.
clay can be top soil. I live in Belgium, as you may remember and we have area's not even 20 miles away where the soil is pure clay.
So I grabbed the Habor Frieght quick hitch model. So far it does fit my few attachments. Where do you recommend getting the bushing adapters from?
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Fertilizer ! That looks like clay. Throw down some 12-12-12 and don't stand in the yard! The grass will lift you up like Jack and the bean stock!
Ha! Get out of there, quick!
I bought my Woods Tiller from my neighbor and he told me not to turn the pto off in between rows. He said it wears the clutch out. What do you think about that, doesn't sound right to me.
Some truth. Probably wears it some. I recommend avoiding starting/stopping at full throttle...only do it at idle
Whenever I rototill hard whenever I tell hard ground like that I like to do my first pass going in reverse so the tiller wants to pull itself into the ground then you do your last pass is going like normal to cover up tire tracks
Interesting.
They could make a corvette tractor or are all tractors corvettes?
Tim, did your tines loosen up at all? I've tilled some compacted ground and some of my tines were loose by the end of the tilling.
No, not at this point.!
Time for Father Daughter time with McD's FF's
Sounds good!!!
Tim, my comment to your "prices too high" statement. You could just tell them to do that with a walk behind tiller. Then they will be willing to pay 50-100$ an hour to hire someone to do the job with a tractor & tiller.
We don’t get many complaints on price except for tilling. Folks think we should till for nearly nothing.
Tractor Time with Tim: Can't do that. Fuel, parts (tiller tines, gearbox grease, etc..), included hauling fees, mileage for tow vehicle, etc... And tilling has nearly the most abuse on a tractor and tiller. Will the client pay $3,000 for a new tiller????? NOT LIKELY.
Right. Having said that, garden tilling requires very little skill and experience, at least compared to most brush removal, drainage, digging etc. projects we do. It is very straightforward. So, there should be some discount on our rates for that.
Tractor Time with Tim: I do give SOME DISCOUNT RATES for certain clients. One in particular because the job takes me 10 minutes and is 5 minutes from home. It takes me longer to load & unload the tractor than do the tilling job. A 6'2" tiller makes quick work of a 15' wide garden.
Orange shirt says (re the "utility"), "We located it, but we never did find it." say wut?
10-4
Are u in illinois just curious
Indiana
Good job! Permit to remove a pool?
Yea, I should have asked about that. Not sure why that was necessary.
its necessary so that all parts and concrete of the pool are removed and not buried in place. My neighbor filled his pool with sand and when he sold to house the lender found there was a pool and no permit had been issued to remove it. Marion county for you.
A "Mack" jacket? Where did you get it? We've got a Mack tractor and a BIG Kenworth since the Mack blew up. I would dearly love to get my son in law a Mack jacket (his first truck was a Mack). I am very close to my son in law, we bought the Kenworth with him in KY on the dealer lot and me sitting here in OH looking at the 18 pictures of each used truck and their specs. What a blast! When the trailer gets set up, we will start hauling "real" tractors and combines.
Probably 35 yrs old. My brother got two jackets when he bought a used cabover mack way back in the early-mid 80’s. He gave one to me then. I was so proud of it! As you can see, I’ve taken pretty good care of it!!
lol tractor time with time at 16:17
never even noticed until you pointed it out. Wow. Hard to catch all of the spelling errors. We see it over and over during editing, but somehow look right past it!
your welcome
Another welding project for you, build a bracket for the tiller to mount your weights on it. That would take a lot of the vibration out wouldn’t it?
Probably.
Can’t be too heavy. The little tractor couldn’t pick up a whole lot more.
Better than flip-flops
Almost anything is better than flip-flops
No flip flops Katriel?
I know, I know, I'm slacking!
now there would of been the perfect time to show how good the heavy hitch ripper would work. i know u would of had to bring it plus the tiller, but hey remember its for uns retirement right. ha! i liked it anyways.
Yes, we were an hour from our house. Had no idea it would be so hard.
Folks think it is easy to do these jobs for folks. It is NOT. MANY things to consider!