Easy garden tilling.
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I saw a small tiller, looked like about a 40" 3 point tiller a while back at a F&H store. Forgot to get the brand before I left. A local fabrication/repair shop will make the PTO reversing unit for me. The old converted to sleeve hitch tiller is not going to last forever.
It was so fine when you grabbed a handful, it would sorta feel like you were picking up flour. One pass.
Noel
After the neighbor saw what a 3 pt. tiller would do he said he almost felt like getting his snowmobile out and tearing around in it.
A lot of last falls leaves got worked into the garden where the new strawberry patch is going to be planted. This week the 3 pt. tiller will blend them in with the soil. As Noel said the soil will feel like flour when it's done.
Ah, depends how things go Doug. At least it’s dug. Sister in laws is dug too. That’s a start. I’m so worn out today I just don’t know.
Grandson approved.
Noel
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Disc harrowed all 5 of mine, then used the PoulanPro tiller to finish just 2 of them. Got a cold snap right now. Will have to cover 2X from frost before Thursday. The weekend will finally hit the 70s, I'll get tilling then. My poor arms. I can see it now. LOL I don't have a rear PTO tiller yet. I was hoping on a real Yanmar tiller, but in my greater region, those vintage ones are extremely rare. Easy to maintain and repair though.
We will keep preaching at you to get some rest, Noel! You won't be able to do nothing if you worked yourself to death!
DAC
Well I lied again. Forgot the Mitsubishi was the tractor I used with the 3 pt. tiller and made flour out of dirt. It had a 4 spd PTO which allowed me to run the tiller at higher RPM's. The JD I use now only has the 540 rpm PTO so the tiller runs slower and doesn't break the dirt up as fine. I did the garden today and it sure didn't turn out as nice as it did with the Mitsubishi. Still nice but definitely not flour. 
I'm guessing that in Japan there isn't a standard PTO speed like here. The Mitsubishi was a Grey market tractor not intended for this country. I wish they put more than one speed on PTO's as it comes in handy. When running things I didn't have to have the throttle opened up. Operating the PTO generator during a power outage I could select a higher speed and set the tractor at high idle and it worked nicely.
Ah ha, CCW pto on the Satoh beaver. The snow blower on my sons ford 1210 is a CCW pto rotation, but someone or the factory rigged it up to be run by a CW pto rotation on the ford. Works fine. Just that we thought it strange that the blower needs a CCW pto rotation. Never seen a blower made that way.
Thanks Roger. That solves that mystery.
Noel
Thanks Roger. That solves that mystery.
Noel
You need the reverser gear box. Those are made in Rockford, IL for your machine. About a 25min drive from my place near Raytheon Aerospace by my eye doctor. I pass the place at least twice a week. They've sold these gear boxes to Valley Products back in the day too.
Reversing Modular Gearbox – RJ Link International, Inc.
You can also buy them here for a little markup too.
PTO Reversers | Speed Reducers | Dixon, IL
Since I'm the administrator at the Gray Market tractor Listserv groups, I know of these things.
My YM2610 is a 4-speed selector PTO. IF operated at PTO-1 selection and the 500 or 540, then shifting the PTO selector will get higher rpm speeds. BUT, if I lower the engine RPMs, I can hit 540 in all of them due to engine speed adjustments. My tach even shows this,
And 4-speed PTO shifter next to the seat.
