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Owensville, MO | been thinking about going to a one pass tool for spring tillage. I've seen these tillolls around and really like the looks of them. Guys around here that have them love them, but I haven't seen much on NAT about them. Just wondering what you guys think of them. A couple locals have some older ones without the rolling chopper that I believe are call a finisholl? They complain about ridging with those but the guys with the later model tillolls say no ridges. found a nice looking 875-21 close to home and not sure whether I should try it or not.
While I'm on the subject do you think I could pull a 875-21 with my 2394 CaseIH. It's at about 160hp and is very solid. guy just down the road has a 16ft. tilloll and pulls it with 135hp and does fine.
Thanks
Joe |
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West Union, Illinois | You probably can pull it With no problem. Depends on soil type and how long you hold the hydraulic lever down. The main thing on a Tillol is not to buy an old one. I had a gas customer who said they considered mounting the welder on theirs so it was easier to fix. I don't know model numbers, but anything made in the last 10 years or so is probably OK.
They are not perfect, but are as good as anything out there I've seen. |
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Oakdale, Il. | We have had one for 20 years now and really like the job it does. But, yes it does take some repairs. The biggest problem is that the reel on the back make the machine shake alot. I think that could be fixed if they would make the blades spiral instead of straight across.
Doug! |
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CENTRAL ILLINIOS | We pulled a 24.5' with a 260 HP JD 8760 a few years ago. I agree it depends a lot on soil type but if you have neighbors using them it should work ok. Around here they are great on the lighter dirt but the reel tends to ball up in the sticky black dirt even when it is dry enough to plant. |
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South central IL | I was in the same place as you last year. I ended up buying a 1994 model 25 ft tillol. I am happy with it. The 25 ft and smaller ones had some design issues ,I found this out after the fact. I ended up repairing it but once it got it welded up it is as better than new. I pull mine with a JD 8200 mfwd. It will pull it 6.5 in dry ground but if the ground is a little wet 5.9 is about all it will do. I hope this helps. |
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Southwest Illinois | They do a good job, we pulled a set of unverferth baskets behind ours and went into standing stalks and planted beans. What we found was that it worked best with some light fall tillage so it would dry out a bit quicker in the spring as corn stalks tend to stay pretty wet. Then we found we could get through it with a field cultivator. They do a nice job and as some have said tend to require quite a bit more maintenance than a field cult. I'm just not convinced there will ever be a true one pass machine for all conditions. |
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| I had a 15' tilloll a few years back. Best finishing tool I ever had ( don't recall any stand issues in crops planted behind that tilloll). As noted above, the problem maintenance area is with the reel. The hangers are not strong enough if you are working thru a soft/muddy stop. However, I've also had a finisholl. It is, as I recall, a tilloll without the reel. It does no where near the finishing job of the tilloll ( the finisholl is poorly named imo). I always thought you needed about 10 hp per foot to competently pull the tilloll. It needs to run at least 6mph ( based on my memory per the manual and experiences running it). I pulled the 15 foot tilloll with a jd 2wd 7800 and it was a load for it. Imo the 2394 is underpowered for a 21' tilloll. |
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Owensville, MO | Company rep that I spoke with at the farm progress show said they recommend 10hp /ft. and want to see them pulled at 7mph.
Joe |
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