I too have the long cable. One must keep it tied in front as
well. Hint on moving alone; the pully is geared something like 10 or 20 to
1... moving the belt or pully with one hand will walk the tiller along a few
inches to attach. Don't pinch your fingers.
My guess is tiller weighs 280 lbs or so, the 42" tiller around
350. The tiller has lots of places to grab on to. The blower is far
more aquard... nothing good to hold on to.
-----Original Message-----
From:
elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu on behalf of Darryl McMahon
Sent: Fri 11/12/2004 4:47 PM
To: Christopher Zach
Cc: 'Elec-trak list'
Subject: Re: (ET) Tiller
information needed
> > I don't have a snowblower and I'd guess its a bit
smaller, but it's
> > HEAVY ... two men have plenty to do loading
it.
>
> Oh great. Yaknow, I'm really going to need a second shed
in my yard.
> Mainly to hold all this *STUFF* I keep installing on the
tractor.
I have both the tiller and 36" blower. The blower is
definitely heavier (and I
have the small version). However, as noted
above the tiller is no lightweight.
Definitely a 2-man job to lift
it. One person can roll it on the tines - I've done
that a few
times.
> > Yes, my tractor is wired for a rear PTO with a
andersen style
> > connector - its in parallel with the front PTO so
you cannot.
> > Plus you need a small connector for the lift power
(12/18V).
My tiller came with a very long PTO cable. No problem
at all draping it over the
fender, through the footwell and up to the main
PTO at the hood.
>
> 18 volts is simple enough; I guess that
just ties into the tractor.
My tractor came with the rear lift and a
plug that hooked up to the rear 18-volts
of batteries. Nice offset
from the batteries used by the front lift.
>
> > yes you
can. It has separate controls - a switch mounted on top
> > of it
"up-off-down".
>
> So you have to reach back to lift/lower it. Is
this a pain in practice?
Not too bad. You get to know where it is
pretty quickly. Of course, with my small
garden (short runs), I use
this more than most.
>
> > You will also need the tiller
bar which must be mounted to the rear
> > axle. see http://markus.lorch.net/et/more-pics/082004-et-tiller-3.jpg
>
>
This apparently comes with that too. Thanks for posting the picture
>
though, now it makes more sense as to how this all puts together. Do
you
> leave that bar on forever, and does it interfere with the normal
uses
> for the tractor?
I leave the bar on forever. Good
foot holds for extra ballast (my son) when extra
traction is
required. I have not encountered any significant issues with the
bar,
other than catching a piece of fence when I took a corner too sharp in
a tight
maneuvering situation. Makes a handy place to secure rope for
pulling, e.g. taking
the boat out of the lake in the fall until the trailer
is on dry ground.
>
> Chris
--
Darryl
McMahon http://www.econogics.com/
It's your
planet. If you won't look after it, who
will?
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