Bucket-Mounted Rototiller Powered By Gas Engine

Bucket-Mounted Rototiller Powered By Gas Engine ENGINES Don Ritchhart Lincoln Ill 91 years old recently sent FARM SHOW photos of a loader-mounted rototiller he put together that’s powered by a pull-start gas engine Ritchhart raises or lowers the loader to control the rototiller’s depth He built a rectangular frame that bolts onto the bottom of his Bobcat tractor’s loader bucket and bolted a 3-ft wide rototiller off an old pull-type garden tiller to the bottom of the frame The rototiller is belt-driven by a 10 hp gas engine The entire unit rides on a single wheel off a riding mower that functions as a gauge wheel “It’s easy to use and I have a good view of everything in front of me I just tilt the bucket to adjust the depth of the rototiller’s tines ” says Ritchhart “The rototiller was equipped with a small pulley which just happened to match up with the engine ” Ritchhart built the unit last summer and used it to prepare the ground where a big above-ground swimming pool had stood “The owner wanted to reseed the ground with grass but there was a lot of sand on top with some sod growing on it and dirt below the sand I wanted to mix the sand and dirt together ” He spent only about $500 to build the unit “My friend and neighbor bought the rototiller and wood chipper at an auction and gave them to me I paid someone to weld the frame together which was my biggest cost ” Ritchhart used existing holes in the bucket to bolt the frame on and didn’t make any modifications to the bucket at all “I can remove the entire rototiller by pulling three bolts ” he notes Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Don Ritchhart 1631 N Kankakee St Lincoln Ill 62656 ph 217 732-6071

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