Are You Doing It RIGHT? Tilling with a Tractor
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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
- Do you really know how to till your garden with a small tractor tiller? So many people buy small tractor tillers in hopes of growing bigger gardens. Let's face it, with food shortages and high food prices, a big garden is a good idea. Still, it is essential to know these things about your tiller. How deep, how fast, and when do I till. The maintenance of your tiller is important too. The T25 tractor by @TYMTractorsUSA is doing a great job pulling this five-foot tiller through new garden.
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Only thing I can add is that I built a wooden frame to set my tiller on and added caster wheels. It’s so much easier to put on and remove from tractor. I keep mine on a concrete floor. Just roll it into position while the tractor sets.
Just added you to my very short subscriber list. This video is a year old and still helping people out. Good job!!!
Awesome, thank you!
I learned many many years ago to break ground with a field cultivator to the desired depth, then use a tiller to pulverize the soil to achieve the right plant bed. By using the cultivator first the tiller can be advance at a much faster speed and it’s a ton easier on your tiller by not breaking hard ground
Gene, I am sure your are correct, but No more than I use my tiller, it will last me a lifetime. I also service it plenty more than it is need. We also have very favorable soil. I think I will turn this over in the fall. Still not sure if this will be the permanent garden locations.
Plowing first gets those rocks up and like you said it’s easier on the equipment.
You ever need something and you look everywhere for it and are exhausted by the time you find it??? lolol
I have looked at who knows how many videos with misleading titles or 10 minutes fluff and 1 minute instruction trying to find the information you presented.
It was such a marvelous relief to hear you go through everything I needed to know about how to use my tiller. I liked. I subscribed.
What a terrific video. And the star of the show----Gizmo!! Thanks for helping me and Jesus bless.
Gizmo is my buddy for sure. Thank you so much.
I am a new tractor owner and will be tilling the first time this year. Thanks for all the valuable information that I did not know.
👍🏼👍🏼
When you hit the clutch with the PB Blaster you woke up a spider.
Best video I’ve seen yet on preventive maintenance.
I have to stock up on brake cleaner fluid.
Thank you. It is hard to keep up with all the maintenance, If I don't, it will keep up with me.
Nice, informative video. One important thing to remember, though, when loading to and unloading from the trailer, make sure that the tiller is fully lifted. That prevents the tiller from dragging on the ground.
Sometimes in smaller tractors, it doesn't matter. Even lifting to full height, the tiller will still drag. You just have to go slow and not damage things.
It helps to have someone with you too. I thought I had the angle correct until I let my daughter drive. I still had the angle off
Over time I have learned to judge it myself. I love tilling the ground.
Thanks again. I have seen this video before, but watching it a second time helped me pick up some tips I had not forgotten. May need to come back and listen to the greasing section again.. after I can find my grease gun that has been absconding ..
Good point spraying the slip clutch... I missed doing that last fall.
One of my dealer friends told me about spraying the slip clutch. His is smart on tractors.
Thank you for your very informative instructional. I am a new compact tractor owner which is equipped with a tiller. I will be beginning a project to plant pasture and will be tilling our property. Everything you noted is helpful to us and I appreciate your efforts. All my best.
Thank you
Thanks for the many reminders of using a tiller behind the tractor. I saw a couple I'd forgotten. Have a Safe Day
Thank you. God Bless
Zip tie as dipstick. Brilliant.
Hello Tony,
Great Video. Smart Dog He followed the hand signal that you gave him to go under the tiller and your arm. Very Smart Dog. LOL!
I was thinking about buying a tiller for my tractor. Glad I watched this.
Thank you. They are an awesome tool.
Very useful tips! Thanks for sharing Tony! 👍🔧🚜
You are welcome. I hope it helps new tractor owners
Tractor safety is really important. Just as a reminder to any new tractor owners out there if your going to do any sort of maintenance work on any tractor attachments behind the tractor, shut the tractor engine off and set the PTO switch from 540 to neutral.
Jack. I did a video yesterday where I credited you for pointing out these safety things. It still has to be edited, but it should be out next week. Thank you for keeping safety fresh. Tony
Always look forward to your videos. Do not have a tiller yet. Still using disc in my bigger patches. Tips will come in handy. Thank you for sharing.
Jim, I think a disc might be better for my new planter in a bigger locations. I only need to till down about 3" to 4" for the planter to work best. It will take me a few seasons to figure out how to use the planter in the best way. I defiantly will not till as deep when I plant beans.
You are a good resource! Keep posting videos!
Thank you very much for saying this
Great job Tony really enjoy your videos.
Thank you. I hope we all learn something.
A good review on the tiller maintenance and tilling. Now all I need is a tiller for my tractor. Enjoyed.
I love having a tiller.
Great video, I have a 6 foot tiller on my TYM T450. I have added a 3 row maker to the rear of it so I can do gardens all in one motion. It does a better job and is faster and easier. If I knew how to add a picture I would just in case someone else does gardens. 21:45😅
It sounds like a nice setup. Unfortunately, you two will not allow comments to add pictures any longer.
When you start the pass the dirt gets thrown back 6 inches like you said, but the next time you till start at the other end of yourn field so that you throw it back where it was before, or you 'll end up with a dip at one end and a hump at the other end. If you start on the right SIDE of your field then the next time star.t on the left side
Good advice, thanks!
I really enjoy your videos, I just got a TYM T25 and I am working on setting it up like yours. I have messed with farmalls and fords a few times but the T25 is my first tractor purchase and my goal is to have a small productive farm!
I don’t know mechanical work like you but your videos give me more than enough information to guide me in the right direction!
A tiller and grappler are next on my list 👍
Thanks Again!
With the small planter we just got, and this tractor setup, we are almost to the small productive farm status. We are gardening 3/4 acres in two locations. We will expand it to two acres once we set the land up.
I've been tilling for a couple years. Used disc all my life but decided to get a tiller when I bought my 22hp emax for the homestead. Taught myself but since I had been used to discing, it wasn't to hard to figure out. I like your last tips on adjusting the pitch to get a deeper bite. I need to go grease mine this week. Thanks for the video.
You are welcome! I hope to have corn coming up soon.
@@TonysTractorAdventure mine is about 2 inches tall. You have a great channel. Glad I found it.
Just bought a used tiller, got a great deal. Just like yours $500 so I'm gonna go thru it and do maintenance
Nice 👍 I love tilling for some reason.
Great video Tony. I purchased a new tiller at auction and only got a parts brochure with it. Your vid gives me a good feeling about prepping it for use and maintaining it. Looking forward to a great garden in retirement and making some dough with it!
Thank you. I am pleased it helped. Tony
Great teaching video! Just bought a tiller and never done any tilling in the past the tiller I bought is a Frontier and didn’t get a manual for it thank you for sharing
You are welcome. I am getting ready to till Monday. We are planting a half acre of heirloom corn this year. Chicken Food.
I figured out that my sub soiler works good for breaking new ground and then till it not as much work on tiller. Good video didn't know about lubricating the slip clutch thanks for the tip.
I have a ripper. I may bust the hardpan next year. Thank you for your support.
Great informative video Tony. A good one for first-time users. Thanks!
Thank you
Good video sir! My first time seeing one of your videos and I’m impressed! You’re a natural in front of the camera and seem to be pretty knowledgeable as well
Thank you. We enjoyed making the video. I have learned to be more at ease with the camera, but it is not natural.😁
This was very helpful. Thank you!
Thank you for saying so.
Good thorough explanations, thanks !
Glad it was helpful!
Nice work Tony
Thanks
Excellent video. Thanks. I was just thinking of getting a tiller and this helped understand a few basics.
Great to hear!
Thanks for this! New to tractor/tiller use and need all the help I can get 👍
Glad we can help.
You explained things well Tony. I'm a 1960 model and I am still learning. Thanks buddy. I never considered greasing the plastic sleeve of the PTO, nor thought about lubricating the override clutch. I will now, thats pretty good info to know.
Dean, I had a tractor dealer teach me about the slip clutch years ago. As always, I enjoy your comments.
I do thanks
💥Great tips!
*Keep on tractoring!*
Thanks! Will do!
Very well spoken in understandable English. Love the video and subscribed.
Thank you very much!
Thanks brother have a blessed day
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Thanks all. I don't have extensive experience tilling, everything you said makes perfect sense though. We had an old Howard Rotavator and it was a useful piece of kit.
I think I could sit on a tractor and till all day. Something rewarding about it.
Excellent video and content. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great tips!
Thank you.
Great information and well done
Thank you. I hope it helps people.
Great video Tony!👍🏻
Thank you.
Very useful video for new users of tillers, thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent tutorial style video Tony, I'm looking at getting a tiller. Very informative. Have a great day.👍🏝🌴🪵🍁
Glad it was helpful!👍
Thanks for the video I really enjoyed it. I think you covered everything really well.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the informative video 👍
Thank you for your comments
Thinks for video some of those I really didn’t know, like slip clutch. Nice to know.
Thank you. Glad it helps
I've had a tiller for several years and know most of the things you suggested, but this a good refresher and I learned a couple of things. One is the position of the rear deck. I have always kept is in the closed position. Not anymore for the first pass in the spring.
I learn more everyday. As I get older, I get to learn the same things two and three times. 😜
.... With aging ,, a knee problem and joints talkin' to me ,, I moved to a sub-compact tractor Yanmar 165D and all the implements I think I'll need for at least the next 5-6 years .. Getting a little more particular on what's planted in the garden ,, but the garden size (row spacing) is growing to make the tending a little easier .. Excellent instructional video ,, great tips , hit areas of question needing to know ,, Thanks ...
Very helpful video! Thank you Sir!
Thank you for saying so.
two small things: a second (or third) pass not only fines up the dirt but lets it ride lower on the skids for a deeper bed. Second, I leave the tiller on the back for loader ballast.
All great points, my friend.
Can't hide the money, can you bob? just kidding. Tiller is a too expensive piece of equipment to leave on back for weight. Give me something cheap. I don't trust myself.
Great video. Just bought a new tiller. Good info.
Thank you
Nice job reminding us all to do the maintenance to keep our equipment in good functioning condition!! I see so many neglected pieces of equipment on rundown farms it is staggering to think someone paid so much money just to let it rust into the ground!!
I agree. I have a passion for maintenance.
Great job on your presentation of useful information!
Thank you
Hey Tony we are having a very nice Sunday here PR I hope that you and your family are doing good
Thank You. Hope you are doing well too.
Awesome video thanks
You are welcome.
Very helpful video. Well done.
I really appreciate the comment
Great job again thank you for the great video and we enjoyed your dog.lthink you got some good points out there and again thank you.
Our pleasure! Gizmo dog is my buddy. He is sleeping in my office floor right now. If I am here, he is here. LOL!
If the surroundings allow, I like to till the second time 90 degrees from the first time. Especially if I am tilling ground that has much growth on top. Also, I have an older gear-driven tractor. I like tilling with it as it is easy to maintain a constant speed. I just put in the creeper gear and “let it eat.” Thanks for the great video.
All sounds like "sound" advice! LOL! I appreciate you taking the time to make a comment and share your knowledge.
Pat my Kubota has a creeper gear to. It’s called cruise control. Never used it till I got a tiller. It’s a game changer tilling.
Awesome video and thanks for all the information. New tiller owner and this was great👌
Glad it was helpful!
glad you showed up in my feed! I'm a subscriber now!
Thank you, Jason. Glad to share our journey.
I have a valpandana tractor with a tiller and not that experience. Anyway thanks for the tips very very helpful in fact excellent advise.Thankyou so much. Fab video .😊
Great video. I just used my tiller a week ago to loosen the sod up to remove it for a building project. I used a blade to scrape it away and then set it aside to be mixed in to the waste hay and horse manure. One quick note; it's easier to grease the U-joint at the tiller end before you hook it up.
Thank you. I love to run the tiller. I love the smell of freshly turned dirt.
Liked and sub'd.
We have 25.5 acres of "harvested" forest.
We have pulled and burned a TON of stumps, and raked out the debris, and tilled the soil. About to plant some fruit trees in "hardiness zone 6". (The most fun part was pulling the chain harrow around with my Can Am side by side. Running back and forth across ground that was nearly impossible to walk through? With my Maverick Trail in low and with the pedal on the floor, flying back and forth? EPIC). It's now flat, smooth, and ready for Grandkids on dirt bikes to blast back and forth between Bumpah's fruit trees.
Glad I found your site.
Welcome aboard! We seem to have a lot in common. If you look back at videos we put out a few months ago, we were clearing ground. We still have a good bit to clear. LOL! We have put in a three gardens of corn, and we are going to plant beans soon. No food shortages here I hope!
Very good video Mr.Lay saw yualls right up in the news paper
Randy. Thank you. It was humbling to see ourselves in the paper. I appreciate your support.
I’ve watched your videos back to back all day. I have probably saw 25+ videos . After the 5th one, I subscribed! You explain everything to a “ T “. Excellent job BTW! I was born and raised on a farm and have never moved residence. Been around almost everything that you do it videos on excluding the sawmill. The first video was about the flail mower and after seeing it work, I want one!! I want everything that you “show-off”! I’m no expert and I have learned a few things that I didn’t know that I didn’t know.. You must have been a Teacher in a past life or something because you do an excellent job explaining and not getting in a hurry to the next subject. Good job 👍 and looking forward to more videos.
This is one of the nicest comments I have ever had. Thank you. Welcome!
" I have learned a few things that I didn’t know that I didn’t know." I like the way you worded that. I am sure it applies to all of us.
Art from Ohio
When using say a 4foot tiller that is less width than the tractor you may like to bring it it one side in order to cover tyre track. Great video. Great bloke.
Thank you and point made!
Gizmo loves you! lol This may help a little. I keep my tiller on a rolling pallet I made so I can store/move it around easily. I haven't actually used the tiller yet, but greasing it while it isn't on the tractor will undoubtedly make things easier to access. I never thought about tilling up or downhill till now! Good information.
I will build a rolling platform after the shop is finished. I need concrete floors. LOL!
Good video, thanks.
Thank you too!
U helped me a lot. Thank you
Happy to help
Having just bought a tiller last fall and not knowing much about them I really found this video very informative. My only worry now is that I may have put too much grease in the end bearing opposite the gear drive. But before I use it again I'll raise the tiller up and look at the back side. I really don't do a large area but it's too much for this old man to do with a walk behind tiller. Great video. ❤❤❤🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
John, I understand. We have started gardening about 3/4 acres at two locations. I would hate to know I needed to use a walk behind tiller again. I will use the tractors to weed as much as I can, but hand weeding is part of gardening.
Hey John! I use both a tractor tiller (6’ behind my 3930 metric Ford AKA New Holland) and an older (same circa, 25 years old now) Troy Bilt walk behind tiller. This Troy Bilt was manufactured before the original company sold out to a Chinese concern. Anyways, I can’t imagine not using my walk behind tiller for row maintenance, things like weeding and getting fertilizer to the vegetable crop, but to each his own. I mainly use the tractor tiller to get my gardens ready for planting. Not that you or anyone asked but I maintain two 50’ X 100’ gardens. Gardening for me is a great way to connect with nature. We also enjoy the fruits of our labor. There’s nothing better than home grown produce. God Bless!
Very well done sir
Thank you kindly
Good stuff 👍
Glad you enjoyed
Excellent job of explaining the how/when/what on maintenance and set up. It is not something that everyone understands, truly helpful stuff. I have yet to use my new to me tiller package. A YM 226D, power shift. I assume just fixed throttle and lowest gear. Will go from there. Bought it with it locked in 4 wd, hoping for a bent fork? Will be fine to till for when it thaws.
I had a YM1500 years ago. Great tractor and tough as nails.
Great video
Thank you
Great refresher for me👍
Thank you, my local friend.
Well if he's local. I'm local
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You wouldn’t happen to be a Yoder??
@@ISXCUMMINS565 nope.
Truck 299
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I can definitely see the resemblance to my Mahindra Max 26 and Mahindra tiller. Great video. Thank You
TYM makes a lot of the Mahindra tractors. Thank you.
very good video
Thanks
Nice thanks
Thank you
I learned something. I never thought of lubricating the slipper clutch. I thought it was like brake pads that could be contaminated with oil.
Tricks of the trade.
I rented a 6' John Deere rototiller one time and after watching this I realised that just about everything I did was wrong. I had the tiller set as deeply as I could but it only went down about 2-3" I didn't tilt it forward at all. I went way too fast too. I was used to using disc harrows that you travel quite a bit faster than a tiller. I have an old Troybilt walk behind tiller that I've used for years and years so you would think I'd know better than travel so fast with the tractor. Sure wish I saw this video before I rented that tiller. I'd have probably done a better job. The company that I rented it from didn't know any more than I did. If I ever need to rent that again, I'll know better. Thanks for explaining things so well.
Thank you. I appreciate your comment
I HAVE DRILLED tiny weep holes in the side seals of a bearing before -- on my John Deere 265. There were a couple of bearings somewhere on it that were installed in a tube with a grease fitting in between them. But there was no way for the grease to get into the bearings because of the seals! JD genius!
”Everything which man builds will fail at some point.” My grandfather always said that.
@@TonysTractorAdventure Usually when you need it the most!
I agree 😁
Thanks for the video. Gizmo is a real scene-stealer.
He is my buddy.
Due to my adult kids living with me and my bad back. My 3 point tiller is sitting idle this year. The kids all have dogs and those 4 dogs tore my garden up last year. But who knows I may still till an area even though I am doing raised beds in a 50ft by 46 ft area. I have found that it is easier to disc cut then till the soil with any organic matter added to get a good mix.
I love gardening. I hope you can get back at it.
good tips
Thank you
Thanks
Welcome
The most important thing for the longevity of a tiller (besides regular maintenance) is cutting off wrapped grass on each end bearing as soon as it builds up. If you don't, it will continue to wrap forcing its way past the oil seal and damage it....about a $400 repair. It also causes a bunch of heat that will ruin a seal. If it's grassy, I check at the end of each row.....Tillers are expensive!! 💸💸
The easiest way to get around that is to mow the grass very short before tilling. I mowed this last year and, I didn't have any issue this year. Small clippings can't wrap up. Still, your point is valet and I hope many people read it.
When I start tilling I slowly lower the tiller and conversely when reaching the end of the field I slowly begin raising the tiller so it is no longer cutting by the time I reach the end. This results in a much smoother bed without divots
Keep on tractoring!
Very informative Sir... Dang, Gizmo's a good boy...😆😆😆
Gizmo is sitting on gold this morning. He is ready to go to the farm.
Very great information Sir ty 👍🏆🏆👴🐕🚜😎
Thank you. Glad it helped
thank you,,,
You are welcome
Thanks for the video, learned a few things, especially on the grease points. Thanks, keep the video's coming!
Thank you. I am working on a flail mower video today. Getting it ready for the season.
I'm not a farmer but I have a bit of land and need to cut fire breaks. This tiller looks like a good tool for the job. Thank you for this video, very helpful!
If your buddy boy Gizmo gets in your way too much he is welcome at my farm! Great video
Gizmo dog will eat you out of house and home. He expects a chicken strip from our local store every time we go to work. He knows exactly where the country store is and starts whining as we get near. 😁
5ft works great with my b2650 in my Ky soil
Yep! It is all about soil type.
Enjoyed your video. Learned some things. I have a 55hp case mf with a 6ft tiller that's been used a lot for 5 years on a 100 x 100 foot garden and a 1 and 2 acre deer plot. Run tractor at between 1500 and 2000rpm in 4 wheel drive low 1st or 2nd . Tills great but have never been sure what rpm to run. I use a bigger JD on my 5,8 and 12 acre deer plots but broken tandem disk stopped me last year so finish it with tiller. Worked good so used tiller and MF for all plots this year. Cannot see any ware or damage but still wondering about rpm.