Home Made Turbo Tiller (not mine)

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LOL, I thought this looked like modified storebought until the neighbor said it was put together from various parts... Samm would be proud of this one!The guy brought it in after a little trip in road gear put a decided bend in the main box beams, opened some holes & bent some pins.I 'spect the owner of it may want to remove or re-think that 130lb rail hanging everywhere and slow down a touch. Pics show the bowed box beam and rails attached for weight.Pretty good farmer fab though! Matt Attached Images
Reply:I suspect the rail is there to add weight?  Nice choice of colors.
Reply:Slowing down won't make it cut better. Those wavy coulters are typically used in low (no-till) planting to break up the soil, just before the planter drops in the seed.  They aren't meant for deep penetration, so weight would be necessary  Never saw them set up in a harrow gang like that.  It would typically leave an lot of litter on the surface.  A true disc harrow would cut and bury the trash...This setup would just stir it up good.Esab Migmaster 250Lincoln SA 200Lincoln Ranger 8Smith Oxy Fuel setupEverlast PowerPlasma 80Everlast Power iMIG 160Everlast Power iMIG 205 Everlast Power iMIG 140EEverlast PowerARC 300Everlast PowerARC 140STEverlast PowerTIG 255EXT
Reply:Did you mean to say 130 lb per foot with a piece of 5/8 by 4 flat bar on each side. I think he's over working that baby.  Mac
Reply:Home-grown? Complete with Deere label on the left rear beam.  Member, AWSLincoln ProMIG 140Lincoln AC TombstoneCraftsman Lathe 12 x 24 c1935Atlas MFC Horizontal MillCraftsman Commercial Lathe 12 x 36 c1970- - - I'll just keep on keepin' on.
Reply:Originally Posted by lugweldSlowing down won't make it cut better. Those wavy coulters are typically used in low (no-till) planting to break up the soil, just before the planter drops in the seed.  They aren't meant for deep penetration, so weight would be necessary  Never saw them set up in a harrow gang like that.  It would typically leave an lot of litter on the surface.  A true disc harrow would cut and bury the trash...This setup would just stir it up good.
Reply:Not a spot of clay around here.   We have Sandy loam  or Sandy Clay loam in most of South and Central GA, where they grow stuff. That stuff is found north of Macon.  I've plowed and farmed both in N GA and S GA with harrows smaller and larger than that one.  Slowing down does not increase penetration. It actually makes the tilth a lot rougher and cloddier.We have what is considered "ideal" soil from here to most of  FLA...that's why GA and FL are number (depending on whose figures you use) 2 and 3 in vegetable production, GA # 1 in peanut production (Can't grow peanuts well in clay) and several other crops.  Its not considered the richest, but its well drained, without drying out too quickly...pH isn't bad, and is easily amended to balance.Last edited by lugweld; 11-07-2011 at 12:06 PM.Esab Migmaster 250Lincoln SA 200Lincoln Ranger 8Smith Oxy Fuel setupEverlast PowerPlasma 80Everlast Power iMIG 160Everlast Power iMIG 205 Everlast Power iMIG 140EEverlast PowerARC 300Everlast PowerARC 140STEverlast PowerTIG 255EXT
Reply:I expect the coulters came from from some used up stuff used like Lug said, and the frame looks like it maybe was a harrow once. The guy told the neighbor he was really happy with it in the field and with the ground speed.It was when he folded it up and went down the road the bad stuff happened to the box beam...Anyway I youtubed a bit and found a couple of hits. The real Great Plains turbo till is pretty impressive running 8-9mph through the field, here;[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUFIfd9P-Vg[/ame]This one shows the concept, including the really flat seedbed they are trying to get. From the looks of I suspect I'd try to "roll my own" too if I could.[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fummZstUo4[/ame]I searched long enough to run across this fella from OZ with a different solution... He11, I think I'd buy one![ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnVo45EDLBw[/ame]Matt