I have that same tiller. It’s massive. It’s on a Branson 4520C. Just bought it a month ago. Tilling areas up for next season. First run on a virgin field and did well.
We were considering a 4520r before we purchased the 35 but couldn't fit it in an opening which is why we went with the 35. The 45 suited us better but storage we couldn't make it fit. The tiller has worked 3 seasons for us now and other than checking the oil and bolt tightness we have had zero issues. I know most of the parts are foreign sourced on this and assembled in the USA, this isn't a big deal either. For the cost of the tiller it has performed better than expected and though I wouldn't recommend it, going through chert rock it does ok too! Still no damage from that either! We would purchase another but don't see that happening for a long time as it seems to be built very well. I expect we will replace some tines several years down the road being we only use the tiller maybe 60 to 70 hours a year if that much! Thanks for commenting 👍and subscribing! Ric
Is this Hank?? No way! Wow, thank you! Ric and I love your channel and watch your videos all the time. Super cool to hear from you! We recently started our channel after being inspired by influencers like you. Any tips you can share about growing our channel would be so awesome. We love watching you and Gina on your farm and we hope that people would love to watch us on ours too. Hope to see y'all at the Moultrie Ag Expo, it will be our 1st one!
Well really if you are serious about ground hogs you might get deep enough but I can’t say for us we have been able too. The entry and exit holes(usually 5 or more as they typically have one primary entrance and exit and the rest are just pathways to different areas, less important). Groundhogs have fairly large and frequent litters around here. We have better luck with live traps that are baited with cantaloupe as it is a favorite for them. Even when we remove a family another will soon reuse and reopen the old passages. They are a massive problem abound a large diverse garden. Good luck! Ric
Yes sir! It was a must have for our needs just with planting, secondly it can do light grading work with ease yet when not in a tilling fashion works as a great ballast to provide balance for bucket work! How much longer " till " your 25 comes in?
@@CornucopiaFarmstead Dealer says mid May to first of June. Apparently some of the larger dealers bought large amounts to have on site, which leaves smaller dealers to wait in line. Meanwhile, the work is piling up waiting for it. Normally I manually clean up after my animals but my old bones don’t bounce back like they used to. This tractor will be a God send for my back LOL! Here in Michigan the growing season is short and sometimes like this year, the cold sticks around a little longer. So, when we are ready to plant I’ve got a rear tine walk behind tiller which is tedious. I am definitely going to look into a rig like yours. I’ve got to recover from the grapple and box blade attachments first. Only thing I finance is my house, so I save until I can buy outright. Keep me posted on that tiller and how it’s holding up. I appreciate your efforts in making your videos. Thanks
@@mojorizn72 Wow, the pandemic i believe is going to have some very long lasting effects that affect more than just toilet paper. Supply chain and work force issues seem as if they will take a greater toll on everyday life more than what we think. Hopefully you can get your rig asap and you will be able to get going the right direction along with making your work easier on the body. We invested in the Branson to help make all of our processes both more efficient and create a better workflow. The implements and attachments are awesome and in my opinion well worth the cost, hard to swallow, but well worth it! We dont have a grapple and many others and like you have to consider each investment as we can afford them! The tiller, man that is one of the best choices we made for sure! Time, like water, you can't get enough of it! Get the tiller when you can and boy will it save the body and give you more time for other things. The walk behind has its place and we still use it, but has its place for sure. For your growing season consider a high tunnel/hoop house/green house. They can extend your season while also providing protection from wind and excessive rain. We planted last year on the same ground without any protection and had much loss due to rain and wild damage. Our high tunnel should be here in a few weeks and we will have a vid series on the concept of it along with the build. They are an investment but well worth it given all the positive attributes they provide. For the cost, they are worth the investment also for what they provide for sure. Grants are available for assistance with them also, look up "NRCS high tunnel" and that will point you in the right direction for that. Do that very soon as the deadline for next years funding is coming soon. It is possible you could be awarded a grant for next year if you start now/soon. We enjoy helping others while maybe helping to educate(both right and wrong way,Lol) with our videos. My line of work has always been about educating so I enjoy making these vids too. Success is an awesome thing and even more so when that success is shared with loved ones and friends. We hope to continue using this platform for some time and would love to see others have great success too! Thanks for the interaction and support, we appreciate it! Keep us posted, and can't wait to hear/see your new rig roll in! Ric
Yes sir! Quick work and time well spent! Your vid on the valve trane was great! Did you figure out how that happened? Our 3520 has about 115 hours on it and we have noticed that engine really likes high quality oil. I used an oil our dealer recommended and it ran noticeably different, and not in a good way. I went with a diesel oil Cummins reccomends and it has ran much smoother.
@@CornucopiaFarmstead after talking with dealer we determined that the nut locking the adjuster loosened from not being torqued properly. What is the recommended Cummins oil?
@@fixitdad9669 wow, I can see that happening but a rare occurrence for sure. I have worked on many different engines with many different valve tranes, having a tappet nut come loose I have never seen. You definitely got lucky on that one! As for the oil believe it or not the only oil that Cummins actually reccomends with there stamp of approval is Valvoline Premium Blue heavy duty 15/40. I switched to it after 94 hours and have since put another 20 hours on the engine at various rpms and loads. I have noticed a significant improvement in cold start along with high rpm usage. Breakdown of the oil is much less than previously. I will continue to use it and plan on just changing the oil at 50 to 75 hour increments rather than 200 hour increments. That engine is a really nice running engine and I figure that is cheap insurance given how we use the machine! If you decide to use it let me know what you think, I would love to hear your opinion on it! Thanks for commenting and we hope you enjoy our vids, we have plenty more coming on many different things! Ric
Amazing, who needs a rinky-dinky "quit-hitch," PTO quicky-junky-jukky-convertalator. Man just 'like that" you dialed it in & did it the old fasioned- He-man way on the hook-ups. Nice tractor & rotor-tilling job.
Appreciate it sir! I was raised to work and never really knew the difference between working hard and just working, it has always just been work to me. I suppose some thing's are needed, but some things I feel I dont need. Right tool for the job and the person I suppose. We have been very thankful our machines do what they are supposed to do. Thank you for the compliments and thanks for taking the time to leave a comment too. All the best Ric and Mel
Is that a forward-rotating tiller or reverse-rotating? 6ft wide? I was planning to get a tiller this year, but I got a good deal on a used ditch flail mower, so I bought it and had the rear hydraulics installed instead. Enjoyed the video.
It is a forward rotating, very strong and built well too. It has a slip clutch also. Where we till has been alot of new ground broken. With that said it has many rocks of various ear busting size unfortunately. Surprisingly it hasn't caused any damage to the tines and has no damage to the gear drive or clutch. Very surprised as we were expecting to shear some bolts and damage the times. The steel they use in the tines seems to be a good choice! A flail mower is another one of those that we need, but like with your choice you go with what you need in the moment it seems. For the hydraulics that is a must for sure, but like everything else the cost involved slows us down so we just try to problem solve around that! We have many other projects in the works and will try to have vids with these too when possible! Thanks for watching and we are happy people enjoy our content! Please like and subscribe if you dont mind, we are hoping to showcase what a farmstead can be both good and difficult! Thanks again!
The Titan actually has 4 depth settings via skid adjustments, I believe each is 2 inches. From my experience the depth on each seems to be 1 and 3/4 inches rather than 2. With what we till here we always till at 8 inches which seems to finish around 6.5 inches which is sufficient. Soil mixture and content will play a roll in final depth ofcourse. In tilling this area it is a guessing game as you never know what the rainfall will be. To much the soil will either runoff or will become compacted. It's a tough decision. With the rain we have had this year our shallow crops suffered from to much depth and later compaction. Its a tough call in Northwest Ga! Consider that along with the crop you are planting when you till. Lastly using weed barrier will help to kill off the deep weed sprouts once tilled. Let us know what you think when you start running it in! All the best, Ric and Mel
Good afternoon! Thank you for the nice words! I am sure you will enjoy yours as we do ours. We went with the Everything attachments wicked tooth bar. The bar is made of AR450 steel which is what you want with ground contact steel on equipment in my opinion. It is mounted in the middle and on both sides with 3 hardened steel 3/4 inch bolts and they wear well. It is only removed when I have to make smooth back drags otherwise I just leave it on the bucket. It works really well for cutting while digging and in my opinion is worth the investment. I can't say the same for EA as there service is terrible and concerns for packing are lack luster at best and in my own personal experience they do not believe they do wrong and place all blame on anything wrong to the purchaser. Having said all of that the wicked tooth bar is superior compared to other which I can say as we have the piranha bar and other single tooth bars at our tree nursery, the tooth design of the wicked tooth bar works really well and am glad I purchased it even with the hassle from those folks! I hope this helps albeit raises concerns, if you need to dig and do some serious work the bar helps greatly! Again thanks for commenting 👍 and subscribing! Ric
! I wanted to pull the trigger on one so bad! I have never used a quick hitch before , and frankly my inexperience with them was ultimately the reason I didnt purchase. I know from time to time fitment might be an issue, and as far as quality???? Really surprised at what and how much one can be purchased for? Is there a brand you would reccomend, negatives? Thanks for commenting! We are currently swamped with replanting, baby chicks, hoop houses just to name a few!
You know, I have a Chinese lineage. Frankly it is very offensive when people like yourself make comments like that. Maybe someone can be offensive to your and your families heritage and find it mysteriously humorous? Good luck with that jimmy. I’m done with people who want to be “online bullies” .
I have that same tiller. It’s massive. It’s on a Branson 4520C. Just bought it a month ago. Tilling areas up for next season. First run on a virgin field and did well.
We were considering a 4520r before we purchased the 35 but couldn't fit it in an opening which is why we went with the 35. The 45 suited us better but storage we couldn't make it fit. The tiller has worked 3 seasons for us now and other than checking the oil and bolt tightness we have had zero issues. I know most of the parts are foreign sourced on this and assembled in the USA, this isn't a big deal either. For the cost of the tiller it has performed better than expected and though I wouldn't recommend it, going through chert rock it does ok too! Still no damage from that either! We would purchase another but don't see that happening for a long time as it seems to be built very well. I expect we will replace some tines several years down the road being we only use the tiller maybe 60 to 70 hours a year if that much! Thanks for commenting 👍and subscribing!
Ric
Good job👍
Is this Hank?? No way! Wow, thank you! Ric and I love your channel and watch your videos all the time. Super cool to hear from you! We recently started our channel after being inspired by influencers like you. Any tips you can share about growing our channel would be so awesome. We love watching you and Gina on your farm and we hope that people would love to watch us on ours too. Hope to see y'all at the Moultrie Ag Expo, it will be our 1st one!
Yeah there awesome I have a Ford 3000 diesel tractor with a 6 foot tiller my wife likes it to
I need to smooth out holes from ground hogs. Might get one of those.
Well really if you are serious about ground hogs you might get deep enough but I can’t say for us we have been able too. The entry and exit holes(usually 5 or more as they typically have one primary entrance and exit and the rest are just pathways to different areas, less important). Groundhogs have fairly large and frequent litters around here. We have better luck with live traps that are baited with cantaloupe as it is a favorite for them. Even when we remove a family another will soon reuse and reopen the old passages. They are a massive problem abound a large diverse garden. Good luck! Ric
Good stuff. Tiller will be my next attachment.
Yes sir! It was a must have for our needs just with planting, secondly it can do light grading work with ease yet when not in a tilling fashion works as a great ballast to provide balance for bucket work! How much longer " till " your 25 comes in?
@@CornucopiaFarmstead
Dealer says mid May to first of June. Apparently some of the larger dealers bought large amounts to have on site, which leaves smaller dealers to wait in line. Meanwhile, the work is piling up waiting for it. Normally I manually clean up after my animals but my old bones don’t bounce back like they used to. This tractor will be a God send for my back LOL!
Here in Michigan the growing season is short and sometimes like this year, the cold sticks around a little longer. So, when we are ready to plant I’ve got a rear tine walk behind tiller which is tedious. I am definitely going to look into a rig like yours. I’ve got to recover from the grapple and box blade attachments first. Only thing I finance is my house, so I save until I can buy outright. Keep me posted on that tiller and how it’s holding up. I appreciate your efforts in making your videos. Thanks
@@mojorizn72 Wow, the pandemic i believe is going to have some very long lasting effects that affect more than just toilet paper. Supply chain and work force issues seem as if they will take a greater toll on everyday life more than what we think. Hopefully you can get your rig asap and you will be able to get going the right direction along with making your work easier on the body. We invested in the Branson to help make all of our processes both more efficient and create a better workflow. The implements and attachments are awesome and in my opinion well worth the cost, hard to swallow, but well worth it! We dont have a grapple and many others and like you have to consider each investment as we can afford them! The tiller, man that is one of the best choices we made for sure! Time, like water, you can't get enough of it! Get the tiller when you can and boy will it save the body and give you more time for other things. The walk behind has its place and we still use it, but has its place for sure.
For your growing season consider a high tunnel/hoop house/green house. They can extend your season while also providing protection from wind and excessive rain. We planted last year on the same ground without any protection and had much loss due to rain and wild damage. Our high tunnel should be here in a few weeks and we will have a vid series on the concept of it along with the build. They are an investment but well worth it given all the positive attributes they provide. For the cost, they are worth the investment also for what they provide for sure. Grants are available for assistance with them also, look up "NRCS high tunnel" and that will point you in the right direction for that. Do that very soon as the deadline for next years funding is coming soon. It is possible you could be awarded a grant for next year if you start now/soon.
We enjoy helping others while maybe helping to educate(both right and wrong way,Lol) with our videos. My line of work has always been about educating so I enjoy making these vids too. Success is an awesome thing and even more so when that success is shared with loved ones and friends. We hope to continue using this platform for some time and would love to see others have great success too!
Thanks for the interaction and support, we appreciate it! Keep us posted,
and can't wait to hear/see your new rig roll in!
Ric
@@CornucopiaFarmstead
Awesome info on the tunnel. Thanks
Makes quick work with that tiller! Great video!
Yes sir! Quick work and time well spent! Your vid on the valve trane was great! Did you figure out how that happened? Our 3520 has about 115 hours on it and we have noticed that engine really likes high quality oil. I used an oil our dealer recommended and it ran noticeably different, and not in a good way. I went with a diesel oil Cummins reccomends and it has ran much smoother.
@@CornucopiaFarmstead after talking with dealer we determined that the nut locking the adjuster loosened from not being torqued properly. What is the recommended Cummins oil?
@@fixitdad9669 wow, I can see that happening but a rare occurrence for sure. I have worked on many different engines with many different valve tranes, having a tappet nut come loose I have never seen. You definitely got lucky on that one!
As for the oil believe it or not the only oil that Cummins actually reccomends with there stamp of approval is Valvoline Premium Blue heavy duty 15/40. I switched to it after 94 hours and have since put another 20 hours on the engine at various rpms and loads. I have noticed a significant improvement in cold start along with high rpm usage. Breakdown of the oil is much less than previously. I will continue to use it and plan on just changing the oil at 50 to 75 hour increments rather than 200 hour increments. That engine is a really nice running engine and I figure that is cheap insurance given how we use the machine! If you decide to use it let me know what you think, I would love to hear your opinion on it! Thanks for commenting and we hope you enjoy our vids, we have plenty more coming on many different things!
Ric
Amazing, who needs a rinky-dinky "quit-hitch," PTO quicky-junky-jukky-convertalator. Man just 'like that" you dialed it in & did it the old fasioned- He-man way on the hook-ups. Nice tractor & rotor-tilling job.
Appreciate it sir! I was raised to work and never really knew the difference between working hard and just working, it has always just been work to me. I suppose some thing's are needed, but some things I feel I dont need. Right tool for the job and the person I suppose. We have been very thankful our machines do what they are supposed to do. Thank you for the compliments and thanks for taking the time to leave a comment too.
All the best Ric and Mel
Is that a forward-rotating tiller or reverse-rotating? 6ft wide? I was planning to get a tiller this year, but I got a good deal on a used ditch flail mower, so I bought it and had the rear hydraulics installed instead. Enjoyed the video.
It is a forward rotating, very strong and built well too. It has a slip clutch also. Where we till has been alot of new ground broken. With that said it has many rocks of various ear busting size unfortunately. Surprisingly it hasn't caused any damage to the tines and has no damage to the gear drive or clutch. Very surprised as we were expecting to shear some bolts and damage the times. The steel they use in the tines seems to be a good choice! A flail mower is another one of those that we need, but like with your choice you go with what you need in the moment it seems. For the hydraulics that is a must for sure, but like everything else the cost involved slows us down so we just try to problem solve around that! We have many other projects in the works and will try to have vids with these too when possible! Thanks for watching and we are happy people enjoy our content! Please like and subscribe if you dont mind, we are hoping to showcase what a farmstead can be both good and difficult! Thanks again!
Looks good. How deep will it cut into the ground?
Just watched your other video.
The Titan actually has 4 depth settings via skid adjustments, I believe each is 2 inches. From my experience the depth on each seems to be 1 and 3/4 inches rather than 2. With what we till here we always till at 8 inches which seems to finish around 6.5 inches which is sufficient. Soil mixture and content will play a roll in final depth ofcourse. In tilling this area it is a guessing game as you never know what the rainfall will be. To much the soil will either runoff or will become compacted. It's a tough decision. With the rain we have had this year our shallow crops suffered from to much depth and later compaction. Its a tough call in Northwest Ga! Consider that along with the crop you are planting when you till. Lastly using weed barrier will help to kill off the deep weed sprouts once tilled. Let us know what you think when you start running it in! All the best, Ric and Mel
Nice farm and sweet tractor and tiller - will have the same tractor soon. What kind of bar did you put on your bucket?
Good afternoon! Thank you for the nice words! I am sure you will enjoy yours as we do ours. We went with the Everything attachments wicked tooth bar. The bar is made of AR450 steel which is what you want with ground contact steel on equipment in my opinion. It is mounted in the middle and on both sides with 3 hardened steel 3/4 inch bolts and they wear well. It is only removed when I have to make smooth back drags otherwise I just leave it on the bucket. It works really well for cutting while digging and in my opinion is worth the investment. I can't say the same for EA as there service is terrible and concerns for packing are lack luster at best and in my own personal experience they do not believe they do wrong and place all blame on anything wrong to the purchaser. Having said all of that the wicked tooth bar is superior compared to other which I can say as we have the piranha bar and other single tooth bars at our tree nursery, the tooth design of the wicked tooth bar works really well and am glad I purchased it even with the hassle from those folks! I hope this helps albeit raises concerns, if you need to dig and do some serious work the bar helps greatly! Again thanks for commenting 👍 and subscribing!
Ric
Which tiller? UM-60 UL-60?
Hi Katrina, it's the UM 60. Thanks for watching! Best, Melissa
Invest in a quick hitch. You will be amazed at how easy it is to hook up equipment.
! I wanted to pull the trigger on one so bad! I have never used a quick hitch before , and frankly my inexperience with them was ultimately the reason I didnt purchase. I know from time to time fitment might be an issue, and as far as quality????
Really surprised at what and how much one can be purchased for? Is there a brand you would reccomend, negatives? Thanks for commenting! We are currently swamped with replanting, baby chicks, hoop houses just to name a few!
Have you had any problems with your china made tractor?
You know, I have a Chinese lineage. Frankly it is very offensive when people like yourself make comments like that. Maybe someone can be offensive to your and your families heritage and find it mysteriously humorous? Good luck with that jimmy. I’m done with people who want to be “online bullies” .