Tiller- Reverse or forward?

Stumpy said:

No experience with tractor driven tillers but from hand held tillers I'd want a tiller that turns in the reverse (same direction as the wheels when backing up) for tilling in the forward direction. That would cause the tiller to dig an amount determined by the travel speed as long as it's in float and generate pulling forces in the 3pt. Pulling forces in addition to being what the 3pt was really designed for also increase weight on the rear wheels and thus traction. The only disadvantage I suppose is it puts a lot of load on the tractor as it had to resist the rearward pull of the tiller.

A forward rotating tiller would actually lighten the rear wheels in use but actually push the tractor along some. Without the 3pt locked I think it would rise right out of the dirt rather easily. Those are just how I see it but probably not how it is. I'm sure there are good arguments for both, try goggling forward vs reverse tiller and see what comes up.

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Traction isn't usually an issue with tilling. Besides, the tiller rides on runners, so the load imposed on the back of the tractor is negligable or non existent, so it doesn't have an effect. The only way that it does is if you don't souse the tiller all the way down, which means that the tractor is carrying the tiller. I have a forward rotation King Kutter, and it works wonderfully. It is so heavy, that it doesn't walk up and over things. It will jam if a large rock or root gets in there. I would imagine that a reverse rotation will, too, but maybe worse- instead of kicking the object out the back, it wants to kick it forward and up.
I have no experience with a tractor driven reverse rotation tiller. I would surmise two things, though. One, a reverse rotation would take a little more power to run; and two, I have not heard enough raves about how much better it tills to make it worth a $ more. My KK works great, and in many cases, I only have to till the garden once. In the cases where I have gone over it a second time, I would be surprised if a reverse rotation would have done it complete in one pass.
For what it's worth, I would rather have my tiller kicking the dirt, dust, rocks, and other debris out the back, instead of back at the base of the tractor.

Traction isn't usually an issue with tilling. Besides, the tiller rides on runners, so the load imposed on the back of the tractor is negligable or non existent, so it doesn't have an effect. The only way that it does is if you don't souse the tiller all the way down, which means that the tractor is carrying the tiller. I have a forward rotation King Kutter, and it works wonderfully. It is so heavy, that it doesn't walk up and over things. It will jam if a large rock or root gets in there. I would imagine that a reverse rotation will, too, but maybe worse- instead of kicking the object out the back, it wants to kick it forward and up.I have no experience with a tractor driven reverse rotation tiller. I would surmise two things, though. One, a reverse rotation would take a little more power to run; and two, I have not heard enough raves about how much better it tills to make it worth a $ more. My KK works great, and in many cases, I only have to till the garden once. In the cases where I have gone over it a second time, I would be surprised if a reverse rotation would have done it complete in one pass.For what it's worth, I would rather have my tiller kicking the dirt, dust, rocks, and other debris out the back, instead of back at the base of the tractor.

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