Another roto-tiller question (wheel usage)
Jon Danniken
My front tine roto-tiller has wheels (behind the front tines), and it also
has a hinged stake thingy behind the wheels. The wheels have a mechanism
which allows them to easily be removed as an assembly.
When you roto-till, do you take the wheels off of yours and use the hinged
stake thingy for rear support? Or do you leave the wheels on and use the
stake at the same time?
Thanks for any help with this,
Jon
ka...@notme.com
Could the hinged stake thingy be the plow? If so, that comes off when
tilling but back on when you lay out your rows. I'm no expert, but I'm
pretty sure the wheels stay on. They did when I was tilling.
Kate
brooklyn1
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brooklyn1
download a copy.
That stake thingie is a depth regulator adjustor, a stop of sorts, not meant
for accuracy but for approximate... it is not a support like a kickstand.
For deeper tilling adjust the arm higher, for shallower tilling adjust the
arm lower. Do NOT run unit with wheels removed.
brooklyn1
<Charlie> wrote
> Personally, I have given up on rototilling.
> It breaks my heart to see worm hamburger.
Very few worms are harmed during rototilling, the vast majority burrow
deeper then you can till as soon as they feel the vibrations of your
machine. Earthworms are both male and female, each produces both eggs and
sperm. Earthworms reproduces at a far greater rate than you can rototill
them, fortunately There is no shortage of earthworms, all the world's
earthworms weigh more than all other animal life combined. If not for the
preditors that live by feeding on earthworms the planet would be so over run
with earthworms so as to make the planet uninhabitable for any other animal
life. Don't argue with me, argue with Charles Darwin.
Phisherman
<jondanS...@yaSPAMhoo.com> wrote:
I hope you have a manual for your tiller. The wheels are only to make
it easy to get your machine from storage to/from the work site. The
stake is usually adjustable and allows deep or shallow tilling. Take
extra care about not losing the locking pin, maybe paint it red.
brooklyn1
"Phisherman" <nob...@noone.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:36:54 -0700, "Jon Danniken"
> <jondanS...@yaSPAMhoo.com> wrote:
>
>>Hi, this should be my last roto-tiller question for the time being. :)
>>
>>My front tine roto-tiller has wheels (behind the front tines), and it also
>>has a hinged stake thingy behind the wheels. The wheels have a mechanism
>>which allows them to easily be removed as an assembly.
>>
>>When you roto-till, do you take the wheels off of yours and use the hinged
>>stake thingy for rear support? Or do you leave the wheels on and use the
>>stake at the same time?
>>
>>Thanks for any help with this,
>>
>>Jon
>>
>
>
> I hope you have a manual for your tiller. The wheels are only to make
> it easy to get your machine from storage to/from the work site.
Actually those are drive wheels and free wheelers... engaged/disengaged by a
device at each hub. You do not want to forget to engage those wheels before
starting up the engine and engaging the tiller.
> The stake is usually adjustable and allows deep or shallow tilling.
The stake is always adjustable, otherwise it would be useless.
> Take extra care about not losing the locking pin, maybe paint it
> red.
First few times you pull/push the pin through the hole the paint will be
gone. It's much better to attach the pin to the machine with a cable
lanyard... drill a small hole through the end of the pin and attach a split
ring... otherwise when the pin falls out you'll never know until later and
you won't find it in freshly tilled earth no matter what color. Usually
there is already a split ring with that pin but it still needs to be
fastened to the machine with a cable lanyard.
Tillers don't have a kill device like a push mower, the tines will stop but
the tiller motor will still run when you walk away... don't ever take your
hand off the steering handle with the motor running and never attempt any
adjustments/repairs with the motor running unless the tine assembly is first
removed... the tine engagement lever is small and easily bumped. Some
idiots attempt to hose off the machine while the motor is running, a great
way to lose body parts. Whenever putting the tiller in reverse never stand
directly behind the machine.
Phisherman
<grave...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>Actually those are drive wheels and free wheelers... engaged/disengaged by a
>device at each hub. You do not want to forget to engage those wheels before
>starting up the engine and engaging the tiller.
Have you actually seen the OP's tiller? Not everyone has the same
tiller as you.
>
>
>The stake is always adjustable, otherwise it would be useless.
>
Wrong. Careful of your use of "always" unless you have seen every
tiller.
>First few times you pull/push the pin through the hole the paint will be
>gone.
Wrong again. Paint the head of the pin.
>Tillers don't have a kill device like a push mower, the tines will stop but
Sorry brooklyn, but there are a lot of different kinds of tillers.
Where have you been?
Hal
<jondanS...@yaSPAMhoo.com> wrote:
>My front tine roto-tiller has wheels (behind the front tines), and it also
>has a hinged stake thingy behind the wheels. The wheels have a mechanism
>which allows them to easily be removed as an assembly.
>
>When you roto-till, do you take the wheels off of yours and use the hinged
>stake thingy for rear support? Or do you leave the wheels on and use the
>stake at the same time?
Jon, I found it easier to remove the wheels and control the front tine
tiller I had with just rotating tines and the stake. I think the
wheels might be nice if you needed to move the tiller across a
driveway, patio or surface you don't want marked with tines. I didn't
need wheels to move it to prevent digging/marking up the pathway I
took to the garden, simply lifted the weight off the stake and walked
it on the tines to the place I wanted to start and dug in the stake to
hold the machine back as it began to dig. As I wanted to move forward
I lifted the stake to allow the tines to move the machine forward.
Experience in using the front tine, or "jumping jack" tiller makes it
easier.
--
Hal Middle Georgia, Zone 8
http://tinyurl.com/2fxzcb
Jon Danniken
> Could the hinged stake thingy be the plow? If so, that comes off when
> tilling but back on when you lay out your rows. I'm no expert, but I'm
> pretty sure the wheels stay on. They did when I was tilling.
Thanks Kate, I appreciate it.
Jon
Jon Danniken
>
> The wheels stay on as well as the stake thingie. Depth control and
> tiller control.
>
> The stake thingie is also used to keep the tiller from dragging you
> around and makes it so you don't have to backfight the thing so much.
> Set it at a depth that allows your tiller to work itself forward
> slowly.
Ah, that makes sense; thanks Charlie.
Jon
Not@home
couple of years.
Each of them had an arm behind the tines, and you could attach wheels to
the arm for transporting it (they were actually light enough to just
pick up), or attach an adjustable stake. The instruction manuals said
to take the wheels off when cultivating, and use the stake to control
the depth. Both worked well that way, although the Mantis didn't last
due to engine problems.
I find it hard to visualize how one would work with the wheels on and
the control stake behind them; it would appear that the wheels would
prevent the tines from digging in. But as some posters have said, there
are many brands out there and it would be best to find an operating
manual to insure safe operation.
cookero...@gmail.com
Tim R
> So the wheels aren't helpful when tilling?
However, within the thread:
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deeper then you can till as soon as they feel the vibrations of your
machine. Earthworms are both male and female, each produces both eggs and
sperm. Earthworms reproduces at a far greater rate than you can rototill
them, fortunately There is no shortage of earthworms, all the world's
earthworms weigh more than all other animal life combined. If not for the
preditors that live by feeding on earthworms the planet would be so over run
with earthworms so as to make the planet uninhabitable for any other animal
life.
that doesn't all sound right, especially since the US had no earthworms until Europeans arrived. (The worms arrived in ship's ballast, and began eating the forest floor litter. The ecology of the New World was totally different back then.)
songbird
...
consider native (what time frame):
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/earthworm-native-united-states-more-questions-from-readers-180958094/
songbird
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