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Location: USA | We're in the process of buying our first tractor (yay!!) and trying to figure out which implements we need to get to work the ground. Tiller, disc, harrow? It's red dirt/clay type of ground. Any and all suggestions welcome!! Thanks everyone! |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I love my Tiller on my little tractor, works really well  |
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Miracle in the Making
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| what size tractor revel 4n1 only way to go in my opion
but our tractor is 55 horse |
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Location: USA | It's (I think) a 50 hp MFWD. I had some dozer work done to level out land. I'm in the process of finding a tractor rake to help get the rocks out, then after a rain I'll need something to work the ground. I just wanted everyone's opinions. Wasn't sure if it was worth it getting a tiller or an actual implement designed to till the arena. |
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Location: Roping pen | We finally bit the bullet and got a Speedmaster from ABI/Kieser Industries. Was ~6k and well worth it. Our arena is heavy black dirt that gets cloddy if not worked right. The Speedmaster works 80% of the time perfect. If I let it get to dry and hard, it will clod it up, but just need to go over 3x to get it done.
IMO, a tiller is not the tool of choice as they are slow and leave fluff on top of cement. We tried one, and it worked fine on the clods, but made the hard pan extra hard and slick. And did I say slow?
Reveal, or the Lucas one makes sense to me, but the Speedmaster had a few more items on it that they didn't but it came with a cost..
The other thing I like about the Speedmaster, you have 2 choices for the profile of the hard pan. The ripper teeth leave it like this uuuuuu and the profiler blade leaves it like _______, depending on what you want.
No, I am not a paid spokes person....
Good luck! |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | The tiller I have have the longer blades, sorry I should have said that in my other post. Most tillers you see have only the short normal lenght blades, but the one I have are really long so I dont have the hard pan under neat my loose dirt. And it works so nice to work up the ground. |
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 Living within my means
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Location: Randolph, Utah | We got a black widow at our county facility and it's fantastic!
http://www.blackwidowgroomer.com |
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Location: Penrose , Colorado | Lucus ground hog have had one for about 4 years and it is great for any conditions. |
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Location: USA | cuttergal - 2015-03-27 9:40 AM Lucus ground hog have had one for about 4 years and it is great for any conditions.
Does it help break up the dirt clods that form? I've got that red dirt that has a lot of clay in it. It doesn't rain much here either. |
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