Grillo Cultivator

[NFG]

Hi all,

 

Heres our G85d cultivator with plough kit - our neighbour was very amused by my wonky furrows (sorry no pic to laugh at) but it was a first for me.

 

Its a beast & pulls well without too much throttle 8.3 Hp engine, got 2 forward & reverse gears, difflock, slightly larger wheels with weights & a pair of extenders to widen the track for stability. Seems easy to use as well.

 

Theres a good selection of attachments available & I think I saw one running a log splitter on You tube.

 

N

[ScottF]

These two-wheel tractors are well underrated in my view. We do wildflower ground prep, cutting etc with the BCS equivalent of one of these and it's brilliant.

 

How robust is the general construction of the Grillo device?

[NFG]

Hi Scott

 

We're extremely pleased and overall construction is really very solid, our neighbour has an old Gondolin and it seems every bit as well built.

 

The controls seem well thought out, for example reverse & power transfer are interlocked to prevent PTO going backwards & cultivating your feet ! Its a little bit notchy in the gearbox but starting to feel easier already. You can swivel the handles easily so you dont walk on the tilthe, swapping the handle bars around to reverse them (for a grass clipper bar) seems straight forward also.

 

The other cultivator we looked at was BCS which seem very good, but we have extremely good support & the chap in our local dealer lives nearby.

 

Certainly makes easy work & very impressed so far.

 

N

Edited May 14, 2014 by NFG

[Triassic]

You could also tow a log trailer with it http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Rot-E-Taek_hauling_logs.jpg

[NFG]

Hi,

 

Yes there is a trailer hitch

 

so if the car breaks down we can go to local shops like Tom & Barbara

 

 

 

N

[PeteB]

I used to use a Howard Rotovator in my youth for doing my Boss's field. A hell of a lot easier than digging a large plot over. I see the size of the veg patch at my girlfriends parent's and think "When they ask me to do that - I'll invest in a two wheel tractor and cut n collect the grass and turn that in a few times pre-season to improve the clay ground a tad!

 

Thanks for sharing - post a picture of your wonky ploughing too.

[NFG]

I used to use a Howard Rotovator in my youth for doing my Boss's field. A hell of a lot easier than digging a large plot over. I see the size of the veg patch at my girlfriends parent's and think "When they ask me to do that - I'll invest in a two wheel tractor and cut n collect the grass and turn that in a few times pre-season to improve the clay ground a tad!

 

Thanks for sharing - post a picture of your wonky ploughing too.

 

Hi,

 

The Howard rotovator is a good one, plenty still going strong now, yes a little tractor would help a lot & its good if you get one that can take different attachments.

 

I kept hitting large stones in the area where I tried to plough so dug them out then rotovated the lot, perhaps late Autumn I'll try turning it all over with the plough & post some pics.

 

N