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So i put down a handsome dollar for a new Troy Bilt Super Bronco with CRT last year. Ignoring the other issues I have with it my main issue is the Counter rotating tines.
Every year we put compost material from our food compost, a mixture of “yard waste” that is compostable and some Cow manure on top of the soil and expect to till it in with my $800 tiller.
The counter rotating tines have a major issue with packing all the “****” (pun intended) Right in between the front of them and behind the drive wheels. This is basically unstoppable even if I don’t have much of anything at all for the Rototiller to mix in. It builds up to the point where the tines don’t dig down deep AT ALL and the Rototiller stops propelling forward. So I have to lift the back up clean out all the stuff from underneath it and continue on.
If I just have pure dirt it works fine but anytime just a tiny amount of compostable material needs tilled in I have this problem at least once in every row. The longest length I till is about 38 feet.
I am beginning to think this is most likely common occurrence with counter rotating tines. I assume I basically cannot put anything on the surface and expect the tiller to mix it in. A few years ago I rented a forward rotating tine tiller and it was amazing but it also pulled me around the garden and was literally a “bronco”[emoji23].
The materials that cause the most trouble are leafs. We use maple.
I’m not going to pretend or act like I know a lot about gardening as I don’t. This is the third year my wife and I have been doing it with a garden that is about 40x32 (outside dimension).
Im Open to constructive criticism.
Sent while firmly grasping my redline lubed RAM [emoji231]
Every year we put compost material from our food compost, a mixture of “yard waste” that is compostable and some Cow manure on top of the soil and expect to till it in with my $800 tiller.
The counter rotating tines have a major issue with packing all the “****” (pun intended) Right in between the front of them and behind the drive wheels. This is basically unstoppable even if I don’t have much of anything at all for the Rototiller to mix in. It builds up to the point where the tines don’t dig down deep AT ALL and the Rototiller stops propelling forward. So I have to lift the back up clean out all the stuff from underneath it and continue on.
If I just have pure dirt it works fine but anytime just a tiny amount of compostable material needs tilled in I have this problem at least once in every row. The longest length I till is about 38 feet.
I am beginning to think this is most likely common occurrence with counter rotating tines. I assume I basically cannot put anything on the surface and expect the tiller to mix it in. A few years ago I rented a forward rotating tine tiller and it was amazing but it also pulled me around the garden and was literally a “bronco”[emoji23].
The materials that cause the most trouble are leafs. We use maple.
I’m not going to pretend or act like I know a lot about gardening as I don’t. This is the third year my wife and I have been doing it with a garden that is about 40x32 (outside dimension).
Im Open to constructive criticism.
Sent while firmly grasping my redline lubed RAM [emoji231]