[AT] My Kubota 3 poiont hitch rotary tiller

[Mike Sloane]

It sounds like a good machine, Cecil, but the JD 40 may not be geared 
slow enough for tilling - for the tiller to work properly, you need to 
keep the PTO speed up and the ground speed down. Your garden is pretty 
well loosened up, so you may be able to get by. What you really need is 
a Farmall 340 with a TA. ;-)

Mike

Cecil E Monson wrote:

>     I changed the subject line just a little as I now have the
> tiller home. For those who are Kubota fans, it is an FL-1270 rotary
> tiller made for up to 22 hp tractors with category 1 3pt hitch and
> also can be used with PTO speeds of between 540, which is standard
> for us, and 1000 rpm, which is available on Kubotas as well as some
> other foreign tractors. It weighs just under 500 pounds so it is not
> something I can pick up and carry around. Seems to have plenty of
> depth adjustment on the skids for tilling up to 8 inches deep. The
> width of the cut is 50". It has provisions for up to 8 inches of
> offset to cover rear wheel tracks. I am hoping this is what I think
> it is. Since I got older in life I have come close to adopting the
> motto, "Be careful what you wish for, you may get it."  I hope this
> does not fit the motto.
> 
>     Charlie, I will take to heart your experience with the PTO
> on the D-12 Series III. I can always try this out on the JD 40 which
> should handle it easily. Both tractors have weights on the front so
> the weight should be no problem. Not that the JD 40 is expendable, it
> is just that I don't want to break anything made of unobtainium. ;-(
> 
> Cecil

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