Disc or tiller?

[Tmag]

You won't be sorry for choosing a tiller if you have the money. I bought a 5' disc and will go to the tiller when I can afford one.

[animalhse]

I use my disk with a 6' piece of I-beam laying on top for added weight. Its attached to the rear with draw chains that so I can drop the beam behind me and drag it after the first pass to smooth the surface.

[bboswell]

I have both a 6' tiller and a 7' disc. I use both a lot but for your application I would suggest the disc.

Disc won't do as pretty of a job but it will do it and it will do it faster with less maintenance.

[Russ79]

Both have their benefits and both have their downfall. Unless you spray to kill the grass and weeds on a new plot first your disc will be hard pressed to get down thru the vegetation to disc very well- you will have ot make a lot of passes. Also, if the ground is hard the disc will struggle. There are two kinds of tillers- ones that till in the direction the tractor is going and one that tills in the opposite direction of the tractor. The one that counter rotates will really get down in the ground but you will spend a lot of time cleaning the grass out when tilling new ground. Discs are cheaper and will work better if the ground has stumps, random sticks, or some rocks. I spend a lot of time when using my tiller on ground that has solid "stuff" laying around just changing out shear pins.

[bboswell]

Most tillers I have seen can be set up for either rotation direction. You want the it rotating opposite the travel direction.

[GIL HUNTS]

As others mentioned. A disc will do ya. Put some extra weight and cross cut it twice, you'll be fine. Good luck.

[jmangrem]

Here's my solution to this problem.

[Ol Thumper]

We have always used a disc but went with a tiller this past year and the reults were well worth it.. Were hooked on a tiller from now on..