Gardening For Profit. John Deere 1025R Tractor Maschio Tiller 

Agreed!

Very kind. Thanks!

And right after they sprout.

Hi, how much do you charge for tilling? Do you bid the job by the square foot or by the hour?

I would charge $100 per hour Tractor cost divideded annual usage of 250 hours for 5-7 years Allow for insurance cost Fuel cost Annual maintenance cost You the operator can make a dollar or two

Thanks for watching, Andy!

It isn’t difficult, and it is LOTS of fun!

so to clarify this even more for me forward spins counter clockwise or clockwise

@@popefamily3629 Probably depends which side of the tiller you're standing. Forward means the rotor moves the same way as the wheels - it pushes you forward. Reverse means that it's dragging against the tractor, and dragging in and down.

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Ain't that the truth

I was thinking maybe 2 hours a day for a week…

He is neighbor. Planning on tilling again this year for him…if we get time

This just convinces me I need turf tires. I swear I was on the edge of rolling my 755 with r1’s today pulling into an un tilled garden. Root clump on the left front, furrow between rows on my right rear. There wasn’t room to come in square. The r1s sank into the furrow. It took a few minutes of dragging the loader and tiller to get situated. After that row I could keep my left tires in tilled soil and the rights high enough on the old mound to be level and leave nice soil behind. For the final pass I had to shovel off the left edge

Ehhh, there's no load when raised. Quit complaining, u-joints!

Yea, they don’t like being raised too high. I try to avoid that:

I've always wondered how the different tools were named. Both of my grandfathers were farmers (Nebraska and Kansas) and my parents grew up on the farms. WWII interfered and then they went into different careers than farming.

Really appreciate the comment. Your kind words mean a LOT!

Yep. Really not a good fit. 4’ is the correct size for 1025r.

@@TractorTimewithTim if it wasn't free I would've got a 4'. It will run a 5 decently tho.

I have run a 5ft tiller on our 2305 for many years now. The 3 pt lifts it fine, but I definitely need the loader on the front (don't have the suitcase weights). The 2305 handles it fine unless we get into wet clay, then it works it. It was originally purchased for a Kioti ck25, so I already had it, otherwise I would have gotten a 4ft tiller.

Yep. Wet soil makes a tiller pull much harder.

Not much if any I have a 1026r and 2 x748's

Cool! This one in particular is satisfying to me! The drone shots are soothing!

@@TractorTimewithTim the drone shots are indeed a great addition! i wish you had it when you did that 3 acre property, could have gotten some really long sweeping shots on that large property. Any chance you guys have a job coming up where, similar to the 3 acre video, you prep a yard for seed but actually do the harrowing and seeding as well? the Mrs and I just bought a big plot of land, I put an order in for a subcompact and I plan to do the whole thing start to finish myself. you guys are a big reason i decided to do it myself and not just hire someone!

Had an episode like that less than a month ago. My sister’s house.

@@TractorTimewithTim I never even thought about turning on my VPN, apparently some of your videos are shadow blocked in Canada? there are at least 3 I hadn't seen previously listed on your channel before!

Hmm. Probably more than 3. Would encourage you to look through our video list. The notification system doesn’t work well in my opinion.

I think you can probably handle a 60” on the 3025e. May have to go slow, or make multiple passes

@@TractorTimewithTim thanks for the info. Im thinking I will give it a try and if it doesn’t do as well as hoped I may go up to a 5 series. Best wishes to you and the Mrs.

Yep. Our front of his house.

Maybe. …but it doesn’t really work that way. The gearbox end of the tiller always leaves a furrow.

@@TractorTimewithTim I guess I can live with the ridges, but it still bothers me to see the tiller going across the garden “lop-sided” (just a bit out of level)

I don’t think so.

If you can tell me how to post a picture, happy to! So you know, we will put the vegetable garden in this weekend, but pumpkins/gourds we usually delay until early to mid June as we want the yields to start coming mid August for the stand.

@@shawnkeith465 I think that we will have to leave that to Tim to explain. You have a beautiful property Shawn.

Tilling is the least profitable thing we do for customers. They often think it should be free. Also, I don’t recommend quoting by the hour.

@@TractorTimewithTim Thank you for the reply, didn't know how to quote, he kinda caught me "off guard" LOL Not planning to till for folks anyway.

Maschio provided the tiller for our usage. We find the Maschio to be a tougher tiller.

@@TractorTimewithTim Thanks for your response I would like to get one but there’s nowhere near me that sells them and they want almost $600 just to ship one to me so I am thinking about maybe getting one of the 48 inch ideal models that have forward With reverse option on one attachment from good work tractors that at least has free shipping but I do like the weekend warrior it does seem very robust. I just don’t know if I can justify $600 in shipping

You can get the Maschio from any Deere dealer…the Frontier RT3049 is the same Tiller I have :-)

@@TractorTimewithTim oh wow Ty I didn’t know that, thanks so much I appreciate that.

"...plowing until it's fertile soil?" For goodness sake, DO NO PLOW OR TILL your soil! FYI plowing/tilling are the tools to build... DESERTS!! It's that simple! We have thousands of years of PROOF, all over the planet. Right in front of our eyes! The obvious slap us right on the face and no one seems to notice!! It's amazing how dummy we can be! Geez! Even on this video they mention what WE ALL KNOW. The lands that were left alone, were more productive than the ones tilled to death! So, how come this is a surprise? How can it be a surprise? Certainly it's not. We all know that lands ALL over the planet, inclusive where you are. Were more fertile before the "farmers" destroyed it! Those prairies included! Remember it passed from ever fertile land. That sustained literally millions of bison's and other fauna and flora. To totally depleted land (farmers) after just some years! Following into the "dust bowl"... You get the rather evident picture. ;-) Learn about the ECO (economical & ecological) simplicity of NO till, chop & drop, regenerative farming, etc. I just wrote two, of so many expressions that can literally change your life. And save you a ton of money, while at it, on "tilling" the soil to death! That is NOT a "farmers trap" if such, it would be a trap for ignorants! "Chop and drop" even what you call "weeds"! Keep a living root on the soil at all times! Mulch as much as you can! The results over the years are simply AMAZING! In case of doubts: On a small plot make a simple experiment. Replace the plow/tiller, by a simple lawn mower... Chop it and drop it, in place. The so called weeds (soil builders). Repeat when needed. Add seeds of your preference. In just a couple of years the results are damn obvious! ;-) Edit: Regarding the so precious water. Remember this at all times. The 3 S's ! - Slow, sink, spread. ;-) Cheers

For the tiller? I usually run 8x 42lb weights.

Frontier doesn’t make ANYTHING. All Frontier product is made by 3rd parties. In any case, your Maschio tiller is a good one. No reason for regret.

Thanks Tim, I didn’t realize that.

If you can't fine tune it to your liking, by making minute adjustments on the 3p hitch. Don't worry, pull out a rake, either tractor or handheld and I'm pretty sure in a very short time it will be solved! ;-)

If you figure out how to deal with the weeds, let everyone know.

@@TractorTimewithTim I thought no till was about preserving certain microbes, not weed management?

Yep. Unfortunately, weed management becomes an issue due to no till. The main point of tillage is to control weeds.

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Do some work for others…for free. Bid the project in your mind…for practice. You need lots of experience before you start charging folks for your work.