Comments on: Rototiller breakdown http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/04/26/rototiller-breakdown-2/ Daily photo-journal of organic market gardening: growing local food with two acres and some tools...! Fri, 16 May 2008 21:52:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: willing hands organic farm http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/04/26/rototiller-breakdown-2/#comment-25270 willing hands organic farm Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:39:08 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/?p=1148#comment-25270 Ha ha! I sooooo hear you on the repairs.  At least you can repair it yourself, and it could have been worse. I have a BCS walking tractor with a Palladino flail mower attatchment. Twine got wrapped so deeply around the roller ends, it cut off part of the seal.  Course I did not realize what was happening-the engine quit every time I engaged the PTO.  When I looked underneath and saw the twine I figured I would just cut it off. The more I cut the more appeared till it wouldn't budge. I called my son who said "not good Ma".  Anyway, he ended up taking everything apart and fixing it. If I had to take it to the shop it would have cost a pretty penny. Knowing how to use tools, make repairs, and how stuff works is vital to farming. If a person had the great luxury of growing up around tools and a dad or grandfather to teach them how stuff works, well that is half the farm's success right there! Happy Tilling, Julie     Ha ha! I sooooo hear you on the repairs.  At least you can repair it yourself, and it could have been worse. I have a BCS walking tractor with a Palladino flail mower attatchment. Twine got wrapped so deeply around the roller ends, it cut off part of the seal.  Course I did not realize what was happening-the engine quit every time I engaged the PTO.  When I looked underneath and saw the twine I figured I would just cut it off. The more I cut the more appeared till it wouldn’t budge. I called my son who said “not good Ma”.  Anyway, he ended up taking everything apart and fixing it. If I had to take it to the shop it would have cost a pretty penny.
Knowing how to use tools, make repairs, and how stuff works is vital to farming. If a person had the great luxury of growing up around tools and a dad or grandfather to teach them how stuff works, well that is half the farm’s success right there!
Happy Tilling,
Julie
 
 

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