Ventrac KL 480 Tiller Operating On A Hill

When we got our Ventrac, we got the Tough Cut Mower to brush hog the pasture that was getting out of control, and it worked really well. We also invested in the KL 480 Tiller, as we knew we wanted to put in some food plots for deer and turkey, and some of the terrain is fairly steep. So when spring rolled around, we hooked up the tiller to break ground on the food plots and turn some soil. This was our first experience using the Ventrac Tiller on a grade, and Mike offers a review of some of the pros and cons he ran into as he broke in the equipment and tilled a few acres to get the plots ready for planting.

[@smetlogik]

Cool project. Be fun to see how this turns out since I don’t have to operate the tiller. 😂. Those roots and rocks. 😮

[@SharingTheOutdoors]

Some of that was really stressful. I hit a few things where I was praying I hadn't broken a blade. Probably not cheap to fix!

[@smetlogik]

@@SharingTheOutdoors I bet, that stuff always looks better in the YT How To vids, then you buy one and it's a whole different story.

[@dannymcnally6211]

That’s awesome. Keep in mind, once you work the land for a couple years, it gets easier to till.. 👍

[@SharingTheOutdoors]

Yes , I know the previous owner had cattle on it, but it’s been quite a number of years since much more than a brush hog has worked it. Almost like starting fresh but without having to remove tree stumps. Lot of weeds, one of the reasons I wanted to till and cut the roots, that will eliminate a lot of regrowth

[@Kurtdog63]

Clover good for several heavy frosts. Ours in Kentucky usually good thru November peak of the rut. The white clover comes back every year if you set mowing deck high and just keep the grass and tall weeds cut short that are mixed in with the clover.

[@SharingTheOutdoors]

Great advice. The tough cut mower for the Ventrac is adjustable, so I'll be able to maintain the clover and chicory by mowing like that. The sunflowers and the plot of LabLab I want to put in will be cut and plowed under, and I want to put cereal rye on those plots this fall after that. This pasture has a significant weed problem, and I'm trying to control that with no, or as little spraying as possible.

[@dannymcnally6211]

That Maryland bridge collapse is something else. I’m sure you guys traveled that bridge before.

[@SharingTheOutdoors]

Once or twice. Really didn’t have much of a call to go to Dundalk, or Sparrows Point and East Baltimore often. Though I did take 695 out to my bow shop, Macrotech, but that was on the west side and I’d get off just before the bridge

[@bkbowhunter1]

Looks good gata get those deer coming in for dana 😂

[@SharingTheOutdoors]

You know that’s right😀

[@sshumkaer]

with it being 4x4 no reason to think it flip

[@SharingTheOutdoors]

I know, it’s just always in the back of my mind in these hills.