Veg Bought a New Garden Tiller

Txkstew

Txkstew

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Between Savings, a good Tax Refund, Stimulus Check, and 4 weeks back paid Unemployment, I was feeling ok about cutting loose with some cash. A few years ago, I was walking into Home Depot, and there was a Cub Cadet tiller by the door. It had dirt stained tires, and a price sign with like $499. A new one next to it was marked $799. I was very close to buying it, but decided not to. Well I've been using an old front tine tiller my son found at a local flea market for $50. It's worked good for the last 3 years, but now seems to need more work than I want to expend. With the way the world seems to be spiraling off to distant Galixies at this time, I figured it might be a good investment to buy a new tiller. It was hard to find one in stock local, but I did locate one 25 miles away. It turns out, Cub Cadet was having a $100 off sale on one of their models. The other one has a Honda engine and is normally $100 more than the regular engine model. So I had to make a choice, Honda engine that I'd like to have, or $200 less for the one on sale model. I went cheap ($849 out the door). I tell you, it's a real grubbing machine. It's a job to muscle it around, but it digs deep without a strain. I think I'll be happy with it.

I'm way late for planting a full garden here in Zone 9, due to being out of town for work back in March, so I think I'll just plant things like Okra, Purple hull peas, and maybe some pepper plants. I can't wait for a Fall garden where I can shine.

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Jaybird

Jaybird

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I have a cub cadet tiller looks just like that but a bigger engine. Had it for five years and love it. Don't leave it out in the rain. The chain drive isn't sealed. You will be happy with it. Congrats!
 
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Publius

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All of these tilers are shipped dry as in there is no lubricant in the gear box. Most don't know the difftents until they put sone grease in it and wow what a difference. Some years back I did a thread on this and see if I can find it and post the link to it.
 
Jaybird

Jaybird

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Publius said:
All of these tilers are shipped dry as in there is no lubricant in the gear box. Most don't know the difftents until they put sone grease in it and wow what a difference. Some years back I did a thread on this and see if I can find it and post the link to it.
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The case isn’t sealed on these either. Left mine out year before last. Last year ended up having to split it in two and my nephew rebuilt it for me. Greased the crap out of it. I keep it in the garage now.
 
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Publius

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Ok; you seen that old review I posted back in 2014 and the photos showing how so yeah put some lithium grease in that transmission and one tube will do it and you can add little more a few years later. I'm still running my Cub tiller and so far so good it's holding well.
 
Txkstew

Txkstew

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The last few days, we've been weedeating and now tilling the new addition to my long time garden. The new tiller is doing the job, but I've smoked the drive belt a few times. It gets hung up on roots or just get bogged down in grass cuttings and their roots. I raked most of the grass cuttings and put them in the compost bins.

Once the new area is cleared of underground obstacles, I'm sure it will be easy tilling from now on. The new area will need some fill dirt to level out the low spots, and lots of compost to make the area match the old, nice fluffy soil in the existing garden. I've always wanted more area, to plant additional varieties, so now I'll have it.

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packyderms_wife

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
Txkstew said:
The last few days, we've been weedeating and now tilling the new addition to my long time garden. The new tiller is doing the job, but I've smoked the drive belt a few times. It gets hung up on roots or just get bogged down in grass cuttings and their roots. I raked most of the grass cuttings and put them in the compost bins.

Once the new area is cleared of underground obstacles, I'm sure it will be easy tilling from now on. The new area will need some fill dirt to level out the low spots, and lots of compost to make the area match the old, nice fluffy soil in the existing garden. I've always wanted more area, to plant additional varieties, so now I'll have it.

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Are you pushing the tiller too fast? That'll cause it to bog down at times.
 
Tundra Gypsy

Tundra Gypsy

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Nice. We are looking for a small type tiller/cultivator. I have a small area that needs to be tilled. Hubby can't get the Troybuilt going, as it has been sitting for a couple of years. He wants a battery operated, small tiller, doesn't want to mess with gas ones anymore. Sigh. I don't care, I just want my two long beds tilled yesterday... :)
 
Txkstew

Txkstew

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packyderms_wife said:
Are you pushing the tiller too fast? That'll cause it to bog down at times.
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It's self propelled. You can't push it, it pulls you. You can rock it side to side to get it to dig in a little. It tends to want to pull off to the already tilled side, and you have to guide it back to the untilled path. It's a learning curve to get the best results.
 
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