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AB. | How many hp minimum is needed per foot of rototiller. Want to rototill hayland. some heavier land. Flat ground. |
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Pedee, Oregon | 10-15 hp per foot. Probably want all you can get to rototill sod. |
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Oskaloosa, Iowa 52577 | We put a 28ft behind a 1586 with a 225hp 466.......played with the tiller........but we only travelled about 2..4mph.
That was all the faster the tiller could chew....more horses would not have made a difference....and that was in stalk ground |
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NW Washington | Ask NW Tillers how much power you need. They even have some tillers for hay and forage work.
http://www.nwtiller.com/products/type.html?product_typeid=5 |
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| Really depends on soil compaction but I have 95 hp on a 9' rototiller and at times it is all she can handle...and then some. Overall it works very well but I wish I had more power.
Edited by BlueDriller 4/10/2015 05:52
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Camp Douglas Wi. 40miles nw of wi. dells | Here in my world we have 125 hp on a 10' that works good for us, don,t need anymore hp could get by with less hp, just have to slow down. Dan |
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Callao, Missouri | We have an 10ft Howard rotovator. In normal running an 85hp 6430 isn't quite enough. A 130hp TW20 is plenty. You can run it with less hp but when you hit a tough spot it really works the tractor. I believe knife condition would also have a large effect.
If it has a crumb roller, make sure you have enough capacity to lift it when it fills with mud.
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DV, NV | 1 hp per inch of tiller. That's thr rule of thumb we always went by. I've spent way too many hours of my life running a 10' Howard at 1.8mph. Now I'm happy to feel like I'm getting things done with the new 13' Kuhn. 3 acres per hour! It's all our Magnum 190 wants if you try to go too deep
I really like our Kuhn, glad I went with it over Northwest. Better gearbox cooling and a better fit and finish.
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DV, NV | We are strictly hay growers. Typically alfalfa -> grass -> triticale rotation.
This field had not received tillage of any sort for probably 15 years. It was old stand of Orchardgrass that was on newly purchased ground. The rototiller takes care of the sod, generally won't run more than 3" deep. Then deep rip, finish rip, float, Schmeiser, plant grain, fall no till alfalfa.
Just bought a power harrow last year and I really like it for final seedbed prep. |
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Oskaloosa, Iowa 52577 | We used three 20+ footers for two years............ Did just an excellent job of seedbed prep, plus it ground up every weed in sight.........so gave us several days of weed control beyond planting. However.......when we started getting so much rain in the spring a few years ago, we found the crumbled surface packed like concrete........which we could overcome with enough rotary hoeing, as long as we could get in timely--------- but could not always do that due to additional rains. So, crapped-can the use..........still have them in "the weeds". |
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Chilliwack BC | Haystax - 4/10/2015 06:00
1 hp per inch of tiller. That's thr rule of thumb we always went by.
Same here. We have a Krone RF that's 80" and is all a 4020 wants. |
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Horsepower needed for rototiller ?
