[Cob] tiller cob and other machines

[Raduazo at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/26/2006 2:19:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
Soap at whidbey.com writes:

Do you  think 2 or 4 tine tillers
are the best for cob?



My tiller has four sets of tines. The outer set can be removed giving you a  
lot more power to a much smaller area. This should allow you to mix much  
stickier cob. Right now the cob is either too dry and I have to add a sprinkle  on 
a tarp or in the wheelbarrow or too wet. When it is just right the tiller  
does not have enough poser to rotate four rows of tines. The difficulty I have  
in removing the outer tines is that the connecting means on my tiller has  
become warn to the point that I will have to grind the pin off and get a new one  
or substitute a nut and bolt and lock washer of some sort.
    Another problem with 4 tines is that the tiller  tends to hop up and down 
more because it is like rolling a square wheel instead  of an eight sided 
wheel.
Ed