OLD THREAD, I KNOW

Reading through this OLD TTREAD, I am wondering just what model tiller this would be. I see that are all different, colors that is, (except for that ugly thing just north of me) ^ but they all look the same.
Looking for one as I type this.

:Sorry: That Ugly thing north of you in this thread is a Deere Hydraulic tiller, it will outperform any of the Cub Cadet tillers on the 1st Page of this thread IE breaking new Ground and Being tilled enough to Plant in one Pass :biggrin2:

Sergeant, how would the Deere tiller do against the 004 Cub Cadet? Did Cub make this or someone else?
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Haban had designed it for MTD 1st, don't know if they actually Produced it On the Haban Line before it was shuttered after Haban had sold itself to Agri-Fab in 2000 due to Bankruptcy .

I actually had the 30-inch Hydraulic tiller on MY 2206 which was purchased new with the 2206 in 2002. The Hydraulic tiller went with the 2206 In 2018 when I Bought the XT3 GSX. I still found while the Cub Hydraulic tiller was more user-friendly, meaning you didn't have to switch the frame around to back till. Flip a Lever On the MTD/cub and you could till in either direction

The Deere 42-inch Hydraulic still did a nicer Job on 1 Pass tilling compared to the MTD Cub Hydraulic tiller I used. That said, the MTD/Cub Hydraulic tiller did do a Better Job than the Brush Hog Mechanical tiller 40 or 42-inch tiller designed for the Supers.

When the 3000 series 1st came out MTD/Cub Did Market a 48-inch PTO tiller In Canada using a 2000RPM rear PTO But In the states at first they marketed the 8HP 3 point Tiller which had been Marketed for the Standard size Cyclops and earlier standard size Garden tractors. 2000 the 42-inch Hydraulic Finally Came out for the 3000 series

Deere engineers actually designed the own Hydraulic tiller But Had another company Produce it for them

I really wish the MTD engineers had been smarter with there 2011 2000 series design and Made it so the 30-inch Hydraulic tiller and electric lift sleeve Hitch could Have worked On the 2000/XT3 series as they had adapted one for a 2000 series commercial In 2011/2012. I would Have Kept the 30-inch Hydraulic tiller then Because it was great for cultivating . Will see how the Bercomac does as I still haven't set it Up On the XT3 GSX yet.

But the 3 Hydraulic tiller's I know of In the US always outperformed the Mechanical PTO tillers Deere, MTD/Cub and Ingersoll Much better tillers at Breaking new ground in a single Pass

I would Rate them
1. Ingersoll
2. Deere
3. MTD/Cub

Had a Neighbor In NY Let me try out the Ingersoll Hydraulic tiller On his 3014 I had a 3016PS at the time . But wife said No to tiller and Hydraulic PTO at the time for the Ingersoll 3016PS unless I got rid of tiller on JD 240 at the time.

See she created a tiller collecting Monster I have the Deere 647 48-inch Mechanical Deere 42-inch Hydraulic , Deere 30-inch Mechanical , Bercomac 30-inch Mechanical and IH Number 2 38-inch Mechanical tillers

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Could one of you folk you who own these tillers , send a pic along with measurements of the PTO shaft PLease . I just picked up a tiller {yeah its heavy}but someone has converted the PTO to run on the newer subcompact tractors with 540 PTO. I will need to fabricate a new PTO & regear the outer chain drive . Does the OEM shaft have a constant velocity joint at the gear box ? did the OEM shaft come with a slip clutch or shear bolt? Ive got 100 lbs to hang off the front , might need more ? This more like a rotavator than a tiller! Thanks in advance