160cm Rotary Tiller Gear Drive with Slip Clutch 40-65HP
FIRTLGM160
Rotary Tiller 160CM Gear Drive with Safety Slip Clutch
The Millers Falls FIRTLGM160 Gear Driven Rotary is a heavy-duty tiller designed to effectively cultivate soil and prepare it for planting. It offers numerous advantages, such as facilitating seed germination, promoting plant emergence and root growth, and enhancing soil moisture retention. It also helps to suppress weed competition and can incorporate chemical ameliorants and manures, making it versatile for different farming needs.
This tiller is suitable for both commercial applications and lifestyle farms. It is particularly effective in dry, hard soil or virgin ground. Its robust construction is specifically designed to withstand tough Australian working conditions. It features replaceable and curved hardened steel tynes that are 6mm thick and 80mm wide. With 7 flanges and 6 tynes per flange, it ensures efficient tilling.
The FIRTLGM160 model is a reverse-till model, which means it requires fewer passes compared to traditional tillers, making seed bed preparation more efficient. It is equipped with a heavy duty durable gear drive system.
The Millers Falls tillers are designed to thoroughly mix and cultivate the soil with their massive sidewise curved tynes. This ensures that the cultivated soil becomes a suitable base for sowed seeds. These tillers are also effective in destroying old turf, making them suitable for various farming industries, including vineyards and orchards.
These tillers are built to withstand Australian conditions and are manufactured to Millers Falls highest quality standards. They are laser cut from steel plates and utilize a tab and weld design, ensuring maximum accuracy and strength. The gearboxes used in these tillers are over-engineered for reliable performance in harsh farming conditions.
To ensure thorough tilling of topsoil, these units have six heavy-duty tiller cutting blades per flange and three cutters on each end of the unit. They have four adjustable depth settings and a maximum tilling depth of 160mm, ensuring versatility for different soil types and crops. The PTO-driven units are equipped with a 50Hp gearbox coupled with a slip clutch for maximum protection of the gearbox and PTO shaft.
The Millers Falls FILGM160 Rotary Tiller is designed for various tasks, including tilling soil for seedbed preparation, planting, and landscaping. It is a heavy-duty and gear-driven model with a working width of 1550mm. Weighing 375 kg, its weight allows the tynes to penetrate the ground with ease. Both the skid shoes and rear deflector are adjustable, allowing for different finish results. With a rotor swing diameter of 480mm, this rotary tiller can dig deep, up to a depth of 160mm. It requires a minimum of 40 - 65 hp to operate effectively.
Note: Requires addition of 85W140 gearbox oil prior to operation
Product Features:
Heavy-duty adjustable drag board with zinc plated springs
Heavy duty cast Iron Central gear box.
Adjustment on skids that allow for depth control.
Rear deflector keeps soil and debris beneath the tiller for thorough pulverisation
Supplied complete with PTO drive shaft with Safety Slip Clutch
For use with 40-65 hp tractor
Suits Type CAT 1 3-point tractor linkage
Rugged steel construction
Durable high-quality powder spray painting.
Specifications:
Model: FIRTLGM160
Working Width: 1550mm
Tilling depth: 100-160mm
Tilling Width: 180mm
Number of Tynes: 42
Number of Flanges: 7
PTO Speed: 540r/min
Rotor shaft speed: 243 rpm at 540 rpm
Rotor swing diameter: 475mm
Assembled Dimensions: 1845 x 925 x 750 mm
Shipping Dimensions: 1780 x 810 x 770 mm
Weight: 380 kg