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Any recommendations for a tiller for my 1025? I would like to be narrow if there is choice. I hesitate to say this because of our bragging topic a few days ago but I'm not concerned about price as I am quality.
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Soil conditions will determine the size you can put on there. I run a 32 inch behind my JD 650, which has even less HP than you do. I used to live in area with rocky, sandy soil. It handled it no problem. Now I live in an area with very heavy clay. The engine has no trouble but the slip clutch will slip & burn if I am not paying attention. Of course, I would rather burn up the clutch than damage the engine.

The 1025 should be able to run a 32 inch without problem. The live PTO & hydro transmission you have will also make life easier for you than for me--you might even be able to go up to 36 or even 40 inch if your soil permits it.

Regarding brands, mine is a Farmer Helper that I bought through Betstco. It works well enough and can be offset to cover the tire track. I got a great late/off-season (Fall) price on it, so grabbed it. I am surprised at how pricey tillers have become. Other brands likely add other features that I don't have--but for more money. I am sure others will chime in with their experiences.
Good luck, Dave
 
Make sure the tines hang lower the the frame itself. Mounted a King Kutter brand, orange paint, on a 755 Deere. First pass just barely scratched the surface, second a bit better and so on. Skids were bottomed out to allow max depth also. My walk behind Troybilt would go deeper. The tines had a lot of paint on them yet, so not wore down. It is a 4 footer and the 755 handled it ok. Worked at a greenhouse 30 years ago and we had a Ford brand and a second one that I can't remember, but the tines hung down way below the gearcase. And wouldn't stop from burying themselves, that's what you want.
 
It did not come equipped with a drawbar so I had to make my own. I use it for pulling empty wagons and backing bale racks in shed and pulling road drag and 2 wheeled trailer moving grain auger around yard. A tractor can't do much pulling if it don't have a drawbar.
 
I should add, it came with a hole in the mount plate just like your lawn mower but that just don't work right if your serious about pulling stuff. Imagine if you had no drawbar on the 4020 and had to hook imp. between the wheels to the slide plate. You would be catching the disk tongue every time you turned around the end.
 
This may be more of a personal preference, but I would choose one with full gear drive over chain drive for the tines. I have broke several chains, but it was with a much higher horsepower than what you're using, so you'd probably be fine either way. Just my 2 cents worth. By the way, that's a very nice tractor you have
 
I'm a little partial to Land Pride. Forward or reverse tines is your choice. I would make sure before I bought one to make sure it's quick hitch compatible. You may not have a quick hitch but you might someday.
 
That makes sense now . I wondered what cost cutting measures we were trying to come up with by not selling a tractor without any kind of hitch . Thats a nice Little tractor would like to get one someday
 
Unless you plan to make narrow garden beds I would recomend one wide enough to cover your wheel tracks . Another option is an offset mounted tiller which would cover one track. Befco used to be a good short-line tiller. Another good feature is the ability to reverse the tine rotation. That is a nice little tractor, I bet it is handy to have around.
 
I have a 30 inch tiller for old GT270. It's too difficult to remove move and put in tiller. So get something easy I stall.
I have a pony tiller to go between rows.
The best thing are two 36 inch antique wheelhorse disks i pull behind an old craftsman mower. It has a 7 speed gearbox and I put bar tires on it.
The disk is BOSS approved. Easy to change the disk angle.
Might think about finding an old disk.

George

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I have two King Kutter tillers 4 and 5 foot,have used them for a good number of years given me good service and do a good job.With any tiller it works best to rip the land before tilling,easier on the tiller and does a nicer job.
 
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