I may never buy such a machine BUT I enjoyed watching this video, the technical explanations and the calm and composed demeanor of the presenter who does not appear like the typical schmuck salesperson!.. Good job with the machine and the presentation 👏!!!
Well he doesn't have to try too hard to sell it. He has the confidence that the unit sells its self. People like him don't have time for drama. Either you like it or not.
I've personally seen this machine at work in France with extremely rocky soil. Rocks the size of my head and many other sizes. The land was never farmed due to the rocks. After tilling the 3 hectares, the farmer wept with joy! He had spent the early part of his life picking up and stacking the rocks as he walked the farm and had some impressive terrace walls. I wasn't aware that the machine was also available in the US.
I don't want the machine to bury the rocks to just have them pop up months or years down the road but I do want one that actually picks the rocks up and puts them into a container.
Why? Rocks is home to microbes and also are pack full of nutrients that is made available to your plants if you have the right microbes wich you will not if tilling the soil. And keeping it bare..
I had a contractor lay a couple of thousand sq metres of lawn in stony using one ground about 10 years ago. Made a great job. Can thoroughly recommend the machine.
I used to be a demonstrator for a turf company in the UK back in 1990 who had a Rotordarian franchise and this machine was their best seller. It's a fantastic machine if used correctly. As part of demonstration I would find rocks the size of your head and place them on the area I was working. It buried it with ease. Most of the sales came from race courses,golf course construction and farmers. Also the ground was NEVER pre-worked before a demonstration.
@@wagonwheel9426 I never had any problems using it on ploughed ground where heavy clay was present, you just need to adjust your speed to suit the conditions.
@@spookybaba can I ask you what your interest in a rotordarian is please, your profile doesn't suggest your in anyway associated in agriculture nor horticulture??
First time land owner..retired and bought a home on 9 acres. Going to build a large garden for the wife. Bought a nice used 45hp tractor and tiller. I’ve never owned Either. Would love to get this Rota Dairon unit. I’m going to sell my motorcycle for a life of tractors, dirt, and produce. 😊
So close to a perfect machine. Make it filter the rocks AND grass heads out into a collection chamber. It would help so much for people like me that have grass is more resilient than wild hogs.
I have 4 of the Rotodairon units. We have used them since the mid 1990's. Mostly used in sports field construction and renovation. We even have a small one for our mini trackloader (toro Dingo) that is my favorite home lawn preparation implement. I would love to have one of the 13' models for use in field preparation on our sod farm. They are solid well build units that will ast for many years with inspection and maintenance.
This would be fine for smaller things such as landscaping, tracks, football fields, etc. Fuel consumption is a concern for larger farms. Large tractor rotor tillers were tried decades ago but didn't work out due to high fuel usage.
Super neat, I never knew something like this existed, thanks RUclips recommendations! Too bad no one local rents them out, I would love to use one to clear some land . Although, I have no other uses to actually own one.
Forward rotating tillers are always pounding the harder debris down burying the rocks. Reverse rotation tillers hook rocks and flip them to the surface. 👍
When I was building golf courses 20 years ago, we had the same machine, but it was called a Blecavator. We used it on grass,rough untilled land and even some land that was mostly rock and it worked great. The only problem we had was that it would rip the rototiller teeth off and at $80 a piece it got pretty expensive. I'm not sure what the unit cost now but you could pay 8 guys to work before a little landscaping company could afford to buy one of these.
I wish RotaDairon made a machine like this one but in a size of a compact bobcat. It's a great piece of technology, but for the 50% of Americans whose yard space is pretty small and involves lots of tight work around buildings/fences/obstacles, a machine this size isn't practical to negotiate a tight back yard or side yard. Also, how does the RotaDairon do when encountering tree roots? Here in heavily wooded Appalachia, a lot of yard space is loaded with not only rocks but also shallow tree roots. I'd love to turn my sideyard into a smooth well tilled growing bed like this, but I can't figure out what piece of machinery could do it.
There is actually a smaller version of this machine and it can be used on a mini track unit that you stand on the back of our local Kubota dealer had one a few years ago that they rented I think the mini machine was called a Dingo
Similar machine has been developed at School of Mechanical Engineering of University of Beldrade 50 years ago. Major disadvantage is low operating speed.
Have you considered adding a rock crusher? I ask because an Aussie Co found by using powderized rock you do not need to fertilize, for years, as rocks are made of minerals. They, via airplane, sprayed powdered rock on a strip of land that soon grew vegetation. After ten years the strip turned into a forest. No extra water, fertilizer nothing but powdered rock. The only "extra" thing about their process was the sourcing of random rocks from multiple sights for mineral diversity. As a skeptic I would however like to see the process repeated. Unfortunately I probably won't live long enough for another ten year study. But it was fascinating if the process was that easy. As a selling point, after being proven a second or third time, wouldn't hurt your sales any either. Make a million and send me some. ;)
Just incredible to see what the human mind can do, like always the most exciting part of a product or project is the machinery behind it..and what it took to invent said machinery in the first place. There’s a lot of people who could care less about something like this but not me …it’s incredible 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I’m the same way. I love thinking how things were first thought into existence. Most things are thought up by the common man who is doing the work and trying to find a better more efficient solution to fix a known problem. The old saying that “Necessity is the mother of all inventions. A show I used to watch a lot was a show called “How’s It Made”. The one episode I remember was an episode on the evolution of nails. The Romans were the first culture who “mass produced” iron nails for attaching and securing wood building materials. Roman blacksmith slaves could make about a dozen three sided nails 3 inches long in a full day’s work. Then they toured a modern nail factory where a machine spit out hundreds of thousands an hour. Simply amazing what technology can do. I’m a commercial Sheet Metal worker (Union Tradesman). Almost 30 years-I turn 55 next year and I’m retiring. When I first got in the trade we would have to stretch 2 to 300 feet of extension cords to run our power hand tools. Cords would get pulled out of the plugs, cords all nicked from getting ran over. As an apprentice I would have to go climb down the scaffolding walk through 12 inches of mud and plug a cord back in hoping not to get electrocuted in the process. I remember the first cordless drill the company bought. They only bought one and of course the foreman kept it all to himself even though he wasn’t working with his tools. Man it was awesome getting that first cordless drill and not having to mess with all the extension cord hassle. Now when my battery goes dead I make the apprentice run back to the gang box to get a fresh battery. They bitch and moan about being a gopher. I tell them “you have no idea about how hard I had it, I tell them at least you’re not dragging 2 to 300 feet extension cord. Fast forward 30 years I wonder what these apprentices will be telling their apprentices. In 30 years there might not be any tradesman just Robots.
“Call for price” almost always means the thing costs a bloody fortune. When you call they don’t want to tell you how much it costs they only want to tell you the monthly payments and not even how long you have to make said payments! I guess they’re hoping for an idiot to go ahead and order the thing without realizing how much they are going to pay for it or something. If I see “call for price” I don’t even bother anymore the last thing I want is to deal with some salesman who will never leave you alone until he makes a sale. I’m still getting non stop phone calls from the last time I called for a quote of something I was interested in!
Either there's a huge error in the video that not 1 single person in this thread caught, or this is a hunk of junk. The video says you can process up to 4000 sq. ft. per hour. I'm sorry, but that works out to a little more than 10 hours per acre. I don't have that much time to spend turning my field over.
It would be nice if it could put the rocks out on one side like a windrow vs burying them. Some have suggested a holding area but to simply eject in a row might be very easy to accomplish. If we are successful this year we will be shopping around
There is another attachment that will level and pulverize the ground and wind row the rocks,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,look up Rukus Rake I just purchased one recently. We had one from Bobcat for a long time but this one is going to be a big upgrade because it can tilt as well as angle.
Is this machine useful for salad beds? I like the smooth surface, but would the buried stones interfere with rooting of vegetables. Perhaps the screen can be removed and it works like a regular rotavator.
It sure does make a nice looking seed bed. Only problem is you only ran it through already prepped surface when showing it in film. I’d like to see it going across sod in a video vs just a picture. I don’t think the seed bed will be as nice with a single pass….
These are needed for small mini loaders for small backyards to clear an area for lawn prep, soften soil, then easily trench reticulation for lawn without struggling through hard soil,sprinkle some gypsum dust if clay, add some sandy compost if clay and bags of lawn seed and go back over it and there’s your lawn done.
I like the X's on the blades. Most people I know don't do that when torqueing down the bolts and wonder why they're missing a blade when they go to service it.
yes, it does all this in one pass. every site is different though. we always recommend you loosen the soil first. sometimes you can put it in ground as is and you're 👌
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like a small one of these would be great for grading/leveling and area prior to laying pavers. Set the depth to about an inch over your inch minus, dump your stone dust, then go to town.
This looks like a great implement but is there a way of collecting the rocks to get rid of them permanently? Seems it would be better to remove them than to push them deeper into the ground.
@@whiskeybuilder6335 I've seen some on the skid steers fabricated out of steel and cylindrical in shape where they scoop into the soil, collect the rocks rotate to remove the soil and then dump the rocks where one needs. These seem to be very efficient
Neat, but why not just remove the rocks alltogether? it seems to me that burying them is just kicking the problem downthe road for the next machine to break it's blade on.
I'm watching this rotatiller as it looks like it was designed for large acreage applications, I live on about 5 acreages of land that was transformed from gardening and pasture, and there's no known rocks ,it's all just heavy fescue grass and grass clumbing , how heavy is your recommended tiller weigh, and what would be the preferred PTO hp for operating this tiller, I don't have the right off handy money readily to go buy at this time, is this tiller a rental or would I have to buy it out right, my lawn mower areas aren't that bad, but my brother is preferring to have a football golf course type of smoothness, what size would you recommend, and I would like to buy a massey Ferguson 1700 series that is a 1735 or 1740 ,this is why I'm playing the lottery, the 6 foot tiller sounds interesting,
I’ve got a Maschio G420T that looks the same, except my compaction roller is different. I’d be curious what your price point is on your high horsepower agriculture models are. Do you sell factory direct or have dealers?
I understand it buries rocks that bounce back and gets buried; however, my issue is grass when prepping an established lawn for sod. Currently I have to till it with my tiller, switch to my powered rake and then remove thatch. If this machine buries rocks AND grass I would consider. Any input from anyone that has used one for this application?
I call BS. All of the videos and clips show preexisting fields or areas that have little to no vegetation. And no you cannot just throw sod on top of vegetation that has not been buried or removed because the thatch that is left will breakdown under the sod and create heat which could cause root death. Not to mention when it breaks down it can be lumpy when it breaks down if thatch is bunched up. I think I asked for input from someone who has this implement. Do you have one?
@@brianatkins3371 don't need one. There's nothing flat around my area to use it on, and our yard rocks are literally the tops of the knees of the Appalachians, so this thing is out of it's element here. The level of mastication this thing would do to existing grass and vegetation is pretty easy to imagine, tho. Wouldn't be anything but beneficial to the dirt and whatever will be growing on it next IMO, especially if you're using a grass type that's actually robust.
Is this something you can just rent? I'm considering buying some land in Oklahoma, but the soil appears to be pretty rocky there. I want to turn it into something tillable.
Why would you want to bury the rocks? I would want to separate and remove them. Rocks will just find their way back to the surface after a few freeze/thaw winter cycles
I sure would love to rent one of these to redo my yard. I have about 5 acres of grass and it’s terrible with humps, bumps and weeds. Do you know of an easy way to search for a rental store that carries these? It seems way better than a Harley rake.
I'm confused by his math here. At 2:14 he states "one guy with Rotadairon can do 4,000sq feet an hour" while the brochure on the screen states 35,000sq ft. In addition, his videos demonstrate a top speed in excess of 8ft per minute which would be close to the 500ln ft per hour.
The SqFt/hour is dependent on several factors. Which machine one is using, its work width, the ground speed of the power unit, site conditions (previously loosened soil, obstacles, etc), is it a straight shot as in golf course construction or are you processing a small back yard and frequently lifting it out of the ground, readjusting, and tilling another 80'? The mini-skid unit (STH36) can knock out roughly 6,600SqFt/hour @ .5MPH assuming it's a straight shot. Tilling 80', lifting, turning, readjusting, tilling...closer to 4000SqFt/hour. The brochures are just intended to give an example of what is possible.
Its a shame you won't share the general price as of a certain date.. " Starting at $50,000 as of such and such." I think I called a couple years ago and was told they start around $35,000 for the small one.
Interested in no-till. Would like to see a machine that could make divots. In bare soil I'd want a dense divots. It areas where grass cover could be enhanced I'd want quite a bit more spacing.
The problem is that we need to be working in a direction that gets more farmers using no-till farming techniques. When farmers till the ground, it kills the microbiome that breaks down plant materials into new soil thus making the plant material rot in a way that releases a lot of CO2
It’s a great tool for someone that needs it every year, but if your just trying to get a leveled lawn like I am then it’s not worth the buy, you guys need to have rental deals with local dealers, Sunbelt rental, etc etc.
depends. what's your power unit? site conditions?is the soil previously loosened? let's assume your field is previously loosened mostly dry sandy loam with a little clay and rocks and debris throughout and you can handle an RX300. requires 110-160HP, it's got a 10' work width, and 8.5" till depth. at a speed of .25mph you will process approximately 26,400 SqFt(.61 acres)/hour. so approximately 20 days @ 8 hour days. and most machines don't bury debris. the rotadairon does.
we always recommend loosening the soil ahead of time (especially w clay). that said, every site is different and depending on your goals there are times where you can put it in the ground with no previous ripping or loosening and do just fine. here's an example of super rocky soil that hasn't been loosened. ruclips.net/video/3FB7S6UXC3Q/видео.html
I've looked at the prices and went into a link associated with grass. PROBLEM: I want to collect the rocks, not burry them !? Do you have an appliance that can push the stones to one side? And now, the problem of obtaining RotaDairon in Europa, preferably secondhand? And replacing parts and Service? Thank you
I wish there was one for ridding mower to use in my garden that is not so big for that size tractor but it is too big for the electric/gas ones I have seen.
As with a tiller, to avoid tire tracks you shift the machine to the left at the end of the run and back up on untilled ground to reach the start point.
I've tried tillers with horizontal times like this one and they don't work in Texas black gumbo. They have to be the vertical tines similar to a Yanmar tiller in order to dig this type of soil. I could see this tiller bouncing right up over this soil in that digging in like the other tillers with horizontal tines. You need to be tough to be in Texas, LOL
We have used our on fields that were plowed with a tractor first but you have to slow down or maybe overlap the passed to get it pretty smooth for a lawn but it sure beats a lot of hand work. We had ours now for over 15 years and although we only use it occasionally when we have the right situation it is priceless. I think ours is 54 inches and we use it behind a Kubota tractor which is about 60 horsepower but when we first purchased it we had a tractor that was only 40 hp and it worked fine.
I may never buy such a machine BUT I enjoyed watching this video, the technical explanations and the calm and composed demeanor of the presenter who does not appear like the typical schmuck salesperson!.. Good job with the machine and the presentation 👏!!!
Well he doesn't have to try too hard to sell it. He has the confidence that the unit sells its self.
People like him don't have time for drama. Either you like it or not.
Also, you're not related to the presenter. Not at all. No. Total stranger, just making a random, glowing review. Right.
Same here 😁
I have a 30' circle to smoothe out .. 👀
Salesman. They're all salesmen. It doesn't matter what sex they are, they're all salesmen.
Video only shows machine working pre-tilled soil….. would be interesting to see it work rougher untilled ground..
I've personally seen this machine at work in France with extremely rocky soil. Rocks the size of my head and many other sizes. The land was never farmed due to the rocks. After tilling the 3 hectares, the farmer wept with joy! He had spent the early part of his life picking up and stacking the rocks as he walked the farm and had some impressive terrace walls. I wasn't aware that the machine was also available in the US.
My Daddy would have loved this piece of equipment. Thanks for making this video.
I don't want the machine to bury the rocks to just have them pop up months or years down the road but I do want one that actually picks the rocks up and puts them into a container.
Is that even possible?
@@AllodialTitle Yes.
Use a fucking rock picker then first derp derp. This is for seasonal beds
It's almost for the grass only.
Why? Rocks is home to microbes and also are pack full of nutrients that is made available to your plants if you have the right microbes wich you will not if tilling the soil. And keeping it bare..
I had a contractor lay a couple of thousand sq metres of lawn in stony using one ground about 10 years ago. Made a great job. Can thoroughly recommend the machine.
Lay off the wine before posting
Lmao 🤣
I used to be a demonstrator for a turf company in the UK back in 1990 who had a Rotordarian franchise and this machine was their best seller. It's a fantastic machine if used correctly. As part of demonstration I would find rocks the size of your head and place them on the area I was working. It buried it with ease. Most of the sales came from race courses,golf course construction and farmers. Also the ground was NEVER pre-worked before a demonstration.
Sounds about right :)
Will it work in heavy clay?
@@wagonwheel9426 I never had any problems using it on ploughed ground where heavy clay was present, you just need to adjust your speed to suit the conditions.
I feel for you having lived in the UK for a short time myself. Where are you based now?
@@spookybaba can I ask you what your interest in a rotordarian is please, your profile doesn't suggest your in anyway associated in agriculture nor horticulture??
First time land owner..retired and bought a home on 9 acres. Going to build a large garden for the wife. Bought a nice used 45hp tractor and tiller. I’ve never owned Either. Would love to get this Rota Dairon unit. I’m going to sell my motorcycle for a life of tractors, dirt, and produce. 😊
Best of luck!
I’ve used an older dingo driven unit. It’s an amazing tool. Worked our 1 acre pasture nicely.
So close to a perfect machine. Make it filter the rocks AND grass heads out into a collection chamber. It would help so much for people like me that have grass is more resilient than wild hogs.
Never would have thought this would be an exciting prospect. When you’ve had to till your own garden, your perspective changes lol
Something else to add to my list of things I don't have a use for,but absolutely must have
Lol
I have 4 of the Rotodairon units. We have used them since the mid 1990's. Mostly used in sports field construction and renovation. We even have a small one for our mini trackloader (toro Dingo) that is my favorite home lawn preparation implement. I would love to have one of the 13' models for use in field preparation on our sod farm. They are solid well build units that will ast for many years with inspection and maintenance.
Biggest one we have is 12'. The clip in this video is a few years old and the manufacturer stopped making the 14' models.
And thanks for your business :)
I would like to find a dealer in Nova Scotia Canada?
This would be fine for smaller things such as landscaping, tracks, football fields, etc. Fuel consumption is a concern for larger farms. Large tractor rotor tillers were tried decades ago but didn't work out due to high fuel usage.
Super neat, I never knew something like this existed, thanks RUclips recommendations! Too bad no one local rents them out, I would love to use one to clear some land . Although, I have no other uses to actually own one.
Utube is assho
Bit pricey, but for sure the best implement I have ever bought! Looks good behind a JD:-)
What model did you get? and what was the price?
💥 Now there’s a n implement I’ve never seen before. Neat how rocks get buried!
*Keep on tractoring!*
Forward rotating tillers are always pounding the harder debris down burying the rocks.
Reverse rotation tillers hook rocks and flip them to the surface. 👍
When I was building golf courses 20 years ago, we had the same machine, but it was called a Blecavator. We used it on grass,rough untilled land and even some land that was mostly rock and it worked great. The only problem we had was that it would rip the rototiller teeth off and at $80 a piece it got pretty expensive. I'm not sure what the unit cost now but you could pay 8 guys to work before a little landscaping company could afford to buy one of these.
so it puts the rocks under the ground where the roots grow? How is that helpful?
I wish RotaDairon made a machine like this one but in a size of a compact bobcat. It's a great piece of technology, but for the 50% of Americans whose yard space is pretty small and involves lots of tight work around buildings/fences/obstacles, a machine this size isn't practical to negotiate a tight back yard or side yard.
Also, how does the RotaDairon do when encountering tree roots? Here in heavily wooded Appalachia, a lot of yard space is loaded with not only rocks but also shallow tree roots. I'd love to turn my sideyard into a smooth well tilled growing bed like this, but I can't figure out what piece of machinery could do it.
You didn't watch the video , did you .
@@onthelake9554 🤣🤣🤣
There is actually a smaller version of this machine and it can be used on a mini track unit that you stand on the back of our local Kubota dealer had one a few years ago that they rented I think the mini machine was called a Dingo
Similar machine has been developed at School of Mechanical Engineering of University of Beldrade 50 years ago. Major disadvantage is low operating speed.
Please note: this is for drier soil, lose dirt. Get some core samples and avoid use on mud or clay.
yes. dry(ish) soil is best. totally fine on clay so long as it's been loosened recently. it's a tiller, not an asphalt grinder.
please show the one pass, as what you have shown is not a one pass seed bed
One pass is dependent on site conditions. Every site is different and some sites require loosening the soil. Others don't.
Try this one. ruclips.net/video/3FB7S6UXC3Q/видео.html
There was no reason for me to watch this but I thoroughly enjoyed the presentation!
Have you considered adding a rock crusher? I ask because an Aussie Co found by using powderized rock you do not need to fertilize, for years, as rocks are made of minerals. They, via airplane, sprayed powdered rock on a strip of land that soon grew vegetation. After ten years the strip turned into a forest. No extra water, fertilizer nothing but powdered rock.
The only "extra" thing about their process was the sourcing of random rocks from multiple sights for mineral diversity. As a skeptic I would however like to see the process repeated. Unfortunately I probably won't live long enough for another ten year study. But it was fascinating if the process was that easy. As a selling point, after being proven a second or third time, wouldn't hurt your sales any either.
Make a million and send me some. ;)
Just incredible to see what the human mind can do, like always the most exciting part of a product or project is the machinery behind it..and what it took to invent said machinery in the first place. There’s a lot of people who could care less about something like this but not me …it’s incredible 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
*mankind
@@troykelso , ya that to….
I’m the same way. I love thinking how things were first thought into existence. Most things are thought up by the common man who is doing the work and trying to find a better more efficient solution to fix a known problem. The old saying that “Necessity is the mother of all inventions. A show I used to watch a lot was a show called “How’s It Made”. The one episode I remember was an episode on the evolution of nails. The Romans were the first culture who “mass produced” iron nails for attaching and securing wood building materials. Roman blacksmith slaves could make about a dozen three sided nails 3 inches long in a full day’s work. Then they toured a modern nail factory where a machine spit out hundreds of thousands an hour. Simply amazing what technology can do.
I’m a commercial Sheet Metal worker (Union Tradesman). Almost 30 years-I turn 55 next year and I’m retiring. When I first got in the trade we would have to stretch 2 to 300 feet of extension cords to run our power hand tools. Cords would get pulled out of the plugs, cords all nicked from getting ran over. As an apprentice I would have to go climb down the scaffolding walk through 12 inches of mud and plug a cord back in hoping not to get electrocuted in the process. I remember the first cordless drill the company bought. They only bought one and of course the foreman kept it all to himself even though he wasn’t working with his tools. Man it was awesome getting that first cordless drill and not having to mess with all the extension cord hassle.
Now when my battery goes dead I make the apprentice run back to the gang box to get a fresh battery. They bitch and moan about being a gopher. I tell them “you have no idea about how hard I had it, I tell them at least you’re not dragging 2 to 300 feet extension cord.
Fast forward 30 years I wonder what these apprentices will be telling their apprentices. In 30 years there might not be any tradesman just Robots.
What about roots and sticks?
No price on their website. I hate sites that want you to call. Do you KNOW what the internet is used for? NOT A PHONE BOOK!
exactly, i completely ignore sites that wants you to call them. They're actually turning away more customer by doing that.
“Call for price” almost always means the thing costs a bloody fortune. When you call they don’t want to tell you how much it costs they only want to tell you the monthly payments and not even how long you have to make said payments! I guess they’re hoping for an idiot to go ahead and order the thing without realizing how much they are going to pay for it or something. If I see “call for price” I don’t even bother anymore the last thing I want is to deal with some salesman who will never leave you alone until he makes a sale. I’m still getting non stop phone calls from the last time I called for a quote of something I was interested in!
Looks like the 60 in model costs around $25,000.
Either there's a huge error in the video that not 1 single person in this thread caught, or this is a hunk of junk. The video says you can process up to 4000 sq. ft. per hour. I'm sorry, but that works out to a little more than 10 hours per acre. I don't have that much time to spend turning my field over.
the SqFt/hour is variable depending on the model and ground speed. Sometimes it's 4,000, sometimes it's 30,000.
It would be nice if it could put the rocks out on one side like a windrow vs burying them. Some have suggested a holding area but to simply eject in a row might be very easy to accomplish. If we are successful this year we will be shopping around
There is another attachment that will level and pulverize the ground and wind row the rocks,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,look up Rukus Rake I just purchased one recently. We had one from Bobcat for a long time but this one is going to be a big upgrade because it can tilt as well as angle.
Is this machine useful for salad beds? I like the smooth surface, but would the buried stones interfere with rooting of vegetables. Perhaps the screen can be removed and it works like a regular rotavator.
It sure does make a nice looking seed bed. Only problem is you only ran it through already prepped surface when showing it in film. I’d like to see it going across sod in a video vs just a picture. I don’t think the seed bed will be as nice with a single pass….
These are needed for small mini loaders for small backyards to clear an area for lawn prep, soften soil, then easily trench reticulation for lawn without struggling through hard soil,sprinkle some gypsum dust if clay, add some sandy compost if clay and bags of lawn seed and go back over it and there’s your lawn done.
it would be great if you had this attachment for hand tillers for small hard to get to places
This concept needs to be made in a walk behind homeowners version, this thing is amazing.
I like the X's on the blades. Most people I know don't do that when torqueing down the bolts and wonder why they're missing a blade when they go to service it.
Will it mulch up roots as you level a yard? I removed a number of trees and there are many roots left. Some small some large.
If it does this in ONE PASS? Why did you show it working over ground already tilled?
yes, it does all this in one pass. every site is different though. we always recommend you loosen the soil first. sometimes you can put it in ground as is and you're 👌
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like a small one of these would be great for grading/leveling and area prior to laying pavers. Set the depth to about an inch over your inch minus, dump your stone dust, then go to town.
This looks like a great implement but is there a way of collecting the rocks to get rid of them permanently? Seems it would be better to remove them than to push them deeper into the ground.
I have one like this. A Muratori MZ4X. We never drive over rocks, rocks destroy the machine. Always collect rocks before you till.
I agree, especially in freeze thaw cycles where they come back up it's like they gobble up all the fertilizer
You figure out a rock catcher that I can dump and I'll buy one! That's what I want it to do. I'd rather it put the rocks on top so I can pick them up.
@@whiskeybuilder6335 I've seen some on the skid steers fabricated out of steel and cylindrical in shape where they scoop into the soil, collect the rocks rotate to remove the soil and then dump the rocks where one needs. These seem to be very efficient
@@whiskeybuilder6335 Easy. Buy an old potato digger! Works great.
The vibrations in the hands he can probably still feel a year on. Diamond blade saw?
The result looks smooth as a baby bed. Cool.
Neat, but why not just remove the rocks alltogether? it seems to me that burying them is just kicking the problem downthe road for the next machine to break it's blade on.
Looks like ground is already worked up before.. so not a one pass tool !
Every site is different. We generally recommend loosening the soil before using the machine but some sites don't need it.
Didn't see anything for a skid steer on the website?
Wonderful tool. It's perfect for the right application. I would love something like this. Thank you.
What's something like this like in clay soil
I will never own one of these, but I use smaller tillers and I learned a bit by watching this. Nice video
can you add a grass seeding box to put seed on the ground before the roller
I'm not positive but I thought I saw one on one of the agriculture models
@@billvandorn5332 yeah on the bigger ones, i would like to see a small hopper on the smaller rotorvators
Yes. There are seeders for most machines. They generally work best when you've got a straight shot like golf course development.
I'm watching this rotatiller as it looks like it was designed for large acreage applications, I live on about 5 acreages of land that was transformed from gardening and pasture, and there's no known rocks ,it's all just heavy fescue grass and grass clumbing , how heavy is your recommended tiller weigh, and what would be the preferred PTO hp for operating this tiller, I don't have the right off handy money readily to go buy at this time, is this tiller a rental or would I have to buy it out right, my lawn mower areas aren't that bad, but my brother is preferring to have a football golf course type of smoothness, what size would you recommend, and I would like to buy a massey Ferguson 1700 series that is a 1735 or 1740 ,this is why I'm playing the lottery, the 6 foot tiller sounds interesting,
I’ve got a Maschio G420T that looks the same, except my compaction roller is different. I’d be curious what your price point is on your high horsepower agriculture models are. Do you sell factory direct or have dealers?
I understand it buries rocks that bounce back and gets buried; however, my issue is grass when prepping an established lawn for sod. Currently I have to till it with my tiller, switch to my powered rake and then remove thatch. If this machine buries rocks AND grass I would consider. Any input from anyone that has used one for this application?
If you can't lay sod over whatever this rig would do to your existing yard , there's some kind of issue that's probably not related to the equipment.
I call BS. All of the videos and clips show preexisting fields or areas that have little to no vegetation. And no you cannot just throw sod on top of vegetation that has not been buried or removed because the thatch that is left will breakdown under the sod and create heat which could cause root death. Not to mention when it breaks down it can be lumpy when it breaks down if thatch is bunched up. I think I asked for input from someone who has this implement. Do you have one?
@@brianatkins3371 don't need one. There's nothing flat around my area to use it on, and our yard rocks are literally the tops of the knees of the Appalachians, so this thing is out of it's element here.
The level of mastication this thing would do to existing grass and vegetation is pretty easy to imagine, tho. Wouldn't be anything but beneficial to the dirt and whatever will be growing on it next IMO, especially if you're using a grass type that's actually robust.
Is this something you can just rent? I'm considering buying some land in Oklahoma, but the soil appears to be pretty rocky there. I want to turn it into something tillable.
It sure makes a nice finish but it needs a rock basket. Covering the rocks not picking them is just hack job.
I'd like to lvl my pasture with this, but can't find one local to rent
Why would you want to bury the rocks? I would want to separate and remove them. Rocks will just find their way back to the surface after a few freeze/thaw winter cycles
Looking to see where I can rent one in the USA. Not having much luck.
I sure would love to rent one of these to redo my yard. I have about 5 acres of grass and it’s terrible with humps, bumps and weeds. Do you know of an easy way to search for a rental store that carries these? It seems way better than a Harley rake.
I have no big rocks but do have 4”-5” occasional pine roots. Can it handle those?
I don't have a need for one, but those who do would surely benefit by buying one of these!
How much money for 14ft for super heavy duty unit??? How many hp required.
go to the website
The manufacturer no longer makes the 14'. We have a12' though! 130-180 HP. Call for pricing. www.rotadairon.com
Price so outrageous that their website doesn't tell how much? Looks great, what is the price?
I'm confused by his math here. At 2:14 he states "one guy with Rotadairon can do 4,000sq feet an hour" while the brochure on the screen states 35,000sq ft. In addition, his videos demonstrate a top speed in excess of 8ft per minute which would be close to the 500ln ft per hour.
The SqFt/hour is dependent on several factors. Which machine one is using, its work width, the ground speed of the power unit, site conditions (previously loosened soil, obstacles, etc), is it a straight shot as in golf course construction or are you processing a small back yard and frequently lifting it out of the ground, readjusting, and tilling another 80'? The mini-skid unit (STH36) can knock out roughly 6,600SqFt/hour @ .5MPH assuming it's a straight shot. Tilling 80', lifting, turning, readjusting, tilling...closer to 4000SqFt/hour. The brochures are just intended to give an example of what is possible.
What does RotaDairon do with roots and vegetation/weeds?
Its a shame you won't share the general price as of a certain date.. " Starting at $50,000 as of such and such." I think I called a couple years ago and was told they start around $35,000 for the small one.
Interested in no-till. Would like to see a machine that could make divots. In bare soil I'd want a dense divots. It areas where grass cover could be enhanced I'd want quite a bit more spacing.
Can this be used on grass/weeds that isn't dead but cut short and what model do you recommend for a Kubota L4060?
There is another machine which grinds the rocks to dust. Few people seem to know about that one either.
Interesting concept. What's everyone else gonna do now ???
Cool hey what’s hanging in the barn, tobacco?
And just what is the price? Is it available in Europe?
The problem is that we need to be working in a direction that gets more farmers using no-till farming techniques. When farmers till the ground, it kills the microbiome that breaks down plant materials into new soil thus making the plant material rot in a way that releases a lot of CO2
CO2 is an awesome fertilizer and not to be feared. People go to great lengths to increase the CO2 of their grows.
People practice no-till for erosion control and labor reduction, not CO2.
Stupid comment
It’s a great tool for someone that needs it every year, but if your just trying to get a leveled lawn like I am then it’s not worth the buy, you guys need to have rental deals with local dealers, Sunbelt rental, etc etc.
Are there any made to work on j8hn deere 420 garden tractors like they use on plow days
Hi, what kind of cost comparison is this attachment vs Ventrac's Soil Cultivator?
Does what many other machine do, but much slower! How many weeks to till a hundred acre field?
depends. what's your power unit? site conditions?is the soil previously loosened? let's assume your field is previously loosened mostly dry sandy loam with a little clay and rocks and debris throughout and you can handle an RX300. requires 110-160HP, it's got a 10' work width, and 8.5" till depth. at a speed of .25mph you will process approximately 26,400 SqFt(.61 acres)/hour. so approximately 20 days @ 8 hour days.
and most machines don't bury debris. the rotadairon does.
Do I need to plough before using this? I have sticky clay soil
we always recommend loosening the soil ahead of time (especially w clay). that said, every site is different and depending on your goals there are times where you can put it in the ground with no previous ripping or loosening and do just fine. here's an example of super rocky soil that hasn't been loosened. ruclips.net/video/3FB7S6UXC3Q/видео.html
This is kind of like hiding your broccoli underneath your mashed potatoes!!😂
Why would you ever do that?!
Would an old 1944 Ford 2n or 9n Tractor be able to run it?
I like to see a video with this unit tilling a cover crop and incorporating it into the soil?
I tried the website but can’t get to the products. I am getting a ty25 tractor what size of these would be good to use?
I've looked at the prices and went into a link associated with grass. PROBLEM: I want to collect the rocks, not burry them !? Do you have an appliance that can push the stones to one side?
And now, the problem of obtaining RotaDairon in Europa, preferably secondhand? And replacing parts and Service? Thank you
My wife is 120lbs
Will this machine bury her with 1 pass ?
How do I find someone near me who owns one that I can pay to use this machine on my lot?
I’ve a 3020 gas narrow front what is the correct size? And cost I live in Michigan south of Kalamazoo
0:15 So... whatcha got hanging in the barn?
I wish there was one for ridding mower to use in my garden that is not so big for that size tractor but it is too big for the electric/gas ones I have seen.
if the rotor is on the right how do you make the second pass, do you have to drive around the field?
As with a tiller, to avoid tire tracks you shift the machine to the left at the end of the run and back up on untilled ground to reach the start point.
I've tried tillers with horizontal times like this one and they don't work in Texas black gumbo. They have to be the vertical tines similar to a Yanmar tiller in order to dig this type of soil. I could see this tiller bouncing right up over this soil in that digging in like the other tillers with horizontal tines. You need to be tough to be in Texas, LOL
Hallo, do you have some distributors in Europe?
How much for it? Does 25 hp tractor can handle it
Yeah, but how are you going to find a buried Anglo-Saxon gold hoard with one of these?
Does it only work on perfectly flat ground as you show in the video?
We have used our on fields that were plowed with a tractor first but you have to slow down or maybe overlap the passed to get it pretty smooth for a lawn but it sure beats a lot of hand work. We had ours now for over 15 years and although we only use it occasionally when we have the right situation it is priceless. I think ours is 54 inches and we use it behind a Kubota tractor which is about 60 horsepower but when we first purchased it we had a tractor that was only 40 hp and it worked fine.
I can’t find where to buy one on your website?
I'm not sure why this was suggested but it's cool af to watch
I'd love to try one of these. Where are you located and how big of a unit do you have?
Thank you
Can it do driveway 1/4 mile from the road to the house. apparently how much for the unit you used, on this display.
yes. call for pricing :) 888-382-4468
What sort of price and model is the largest one that will do good on a 90hp skid steer?
they need a mini version of this for home use
What is hanging in the barn?
Is it a reverse rotation and do you have aslip clutch on the pto
What about rocks and boulders that get churned up