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mf 135 rotovator Q

  • 17-08-2013 3:53pm
    #1
    crackcrack30
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    Would a 135 run a 5-6ft rotovator on a ploughed garden easily....? or struggle.

    cheers....


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  • #2
    GY A1
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    crackcrack30 wrote: »
    Would a 135 run a 5-6ft rotovator on a ploughed garden easily....? or struggle.

    cheers....

    Had a 5 foot on our 135 a few times years ago and worked ok, just go in 1 st or 2 low and keep the revs up.


  • #3
    Milton09
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    crackcrack30 wrote: »
    Would a 135 run a 5-6ft rotovator on a ploughed garden easily....? or struggle.

    cheers....

    Yes, no problem.


  • #4
    Dampintheattic
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    Milton09 wrote: »
    Yes, no problem.

    Rule of thumb, is 10hp per foot of rotovator. That ratio leaves plenty capacity.


  • #5
    Avns1s
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    Dampintheattic wrote: »
    Rule of thumb, is 10hp per foot of rotovator. That ratio leaves plenty capacity.

    By that calculation you need 50-60 HP. That's a long way above the capacity of a 135.

    Having said that and from experience rather than formulae, the 135 will work the rotavator if you take is slowly as already mentioned.


  • #6
    Conmaicne Mara
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    Out of interest, could you work one on a 35?


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  • #7
    Milton09
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    Conmaicne Mara wrote: »
    Out of interest, could you work one on a 35?

    Yes, no problem, father worked one for years on a 4 cylinder 35


  • #8
    Bizzum
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    They used to say around home, an inch of rotovator per horsepower. But I've seen 5' rotos behind 135s. In fact I've used one and found stopping at headlands the problem as opposed to going along. The rotovator tends to push you along a bit.


  • #9
    letterkenny man
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    Bizzum wrote: »
    They used to say around home, an inch of rotovator per horsepower. But I've seen 5' rotos behind 135s. In fact I've used one and found stopping at headlands the problem as opposed to going along. The rotovator tends to push you along a bit.

    It does but if u lift the roto a small bit it won't push you on


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