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To make a job of it you need a MINIMUM of 5 HP, i use a Merry Tiller with a 6.5 HP Honda Engine on. This is the 4th engine ive tried. i started off with a 2.5 HP (pathetic) then a 4 HP (better but still overheated) then 5 HP, (almost there) then the 6.5 HP. It takes me about 5 hours now to till a 17 pole allotment.Ive now built a toolbar for by 30 HP quad bike, that cuts through it like a Vindaloo through a Nun.
Ive now built a toolbar for my 30 HP petrol 4 stroke quad bike, that cuts through it like a Vindaloo through a Nun
Thanks for the advice - I'm so liking the howard :) do they (350) go in the back of an estate, and if so does it need a load of strong blokes or can the tines be disengaged and drive it up a coupld of scaffold planks ?But a quad bike that sounds even more fun and I could drive to the allotment with it ... need pics of it in action please !
While we are on this subject.....................I dont know much about the Howards. Which ones have the drive supplied to the train by belt (and therefore can have a different replacement engine fitted) and which have some sort of of Howard Specific direct drive fitted (and therefore cant accommodate a different engine).Theres a several on ebay with knackered engines, and I know where i can get brand new Korean Honda copy 6.5 HP engines with a 20mm output shaft for £70, which means if i can pick up the rotavators for £100 or less gives room for a few quid profit . Plus ofc if i can get the old engine running again for just parts is another few quid back.
Quote from: lincsyokel2 on April 09, 2012, 14:20:16While we are on this subject.....................I dont know much about the Howards. Which ones have the drive supplied to the train by belt (and therefore can have a different replacement engine fitted) and which have some sort of of Howard Specific direct drive fitted (and therefore cant accommodate a different engine).Theres a several on ebay with knackered engines, and I know where i can get brand new Korean Honda copy 6.5 HP engines with a 20mm output shaft for £70, which means if i can pick up the rotavators for £100 or less gives room for a few quid profit . Plus ofc if i can get the old engine running again for just parts is another few quid back.Are you thinking of buy and reselling or is it for your own use?
Even the non-belt Howards (the 400, 700 and Gem) can have alternative engines fitted, the mounting patterns of most engines is the same no matter what brand... THe obvious issue with the big ones is the space they need to turn in at the end of a row.... I have to plant my spuds up/down a plot rather than crossways... the 6m wide plot would only have 2m of row on it... by going up down I use the road as one headland and then tidy up the other one with the smaller machine afterwards ....