GET RICH! or FUN WAY TO GO BROKE? Tilling Gardens with Subcompact Tractor!

Published 2022-05-08
Tilling gardens with a subcompact tractor seems like a great side business until you realize how much it costs the tractor owner. Tractor Time with Tim loves to till especially in tight spaces like suburban homes but he doesn't make money at it.

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All Comments (21)
  • @wizzlefits
    I've tilled several gardens this year and haven't charged a dime. But I've received a boat load of plants, and a couple bags of mushrooms. 😁
  • @martinmcgee5503
    I am an electrician by trade , but last 35 years had office job with a utility company. I look back at some of my most satisfying times where I would help a friend or church member by crawling in attack to install a ceiling fan or wire a basement for a couple rooms and barely charging anything. I was able to see folks in their living space and really know them better and see goodness in people.This was payment for me. Now I am too old to do these things, but wouldn’t change having had this experience. Keep up the Great videos Tim and Christy!
  • @samengler539
    Sometime making money isn’t always what life’s about. I get more satisfaction making someone else happy with the work I do that they can’t do. I guess it’s a proud thing I have. Good job Tim .
  • I can't get enough of tilling by Tim! It's the best thing going!
  • @1993razorback
    Great job like always Tim! I always enjoy your commentary and your realistic, yet kind approach doing something your passionate about - the title of the video says it all!
  • @jessestyron6148
    glad any of you fellas out there help make it happen and thankful that you are in a position that would allow to give back in professional endeavors.
  • Doing a favor for a local food grower may pay dividends beyond cash, as this world spirals into a food crisis. I'd say you done great for yourself and him both 👍🏼
  • @johnhundt5179
    Great video, I have a ls my125 and I started a landscaping/mowing operation last year and your right these tractors are awesome no matter what paint you have, it sounds wired but I enjoy doing it and I still work a regular job until the business cash flows. Been watching your channel and others for years, that's why I started, use to dairy farm but family issues made me retire from it, this is a great second.👍
  • Great video again Tim! I can see why you enjoy tilling. It sure seems fun and job satisfaction is clearly evident. Happy Mothers Day Christy!!
  • @Kcolby47
    There’s a lot of sound philosophy in your dad’s proverb. There’s more reward to doing some things than the obvious. I treasure my dad’s words of wisdom over the years. Thanks for sharing. Blessings.
  • I'm guessing the video will make more than this job!! Tilling is fun and satisfying....we do about 12 acres each year with a 5' tiller. Actually dusted off the disc harrow yesterday that hadn't been used in a couple years! Good vid, Tim.
  • @khtractors
    Making money tilling gardens is all situational. Where I live in a rural area several people raise gardens. I drive the tractor to almost all tilling jobs and try to schedule in several along the route I’m going. It proves out good that way. I have one tractor to keep the tiller on during the spring so I can just hop on and go. I’m really impressed with that tiller your using, it does good.
  • @allenhunt3070
    Fun job and video Tim. I admire how you keep going over the ground to get it as good as you can.
  • @boomer1049
    Hey Tim I got a 1026r with a 655 tiller and do about 40 gardens each spring and do them on a route. It pays just fine!
  • I love that slow forward speed gear that allows complete tilling of soil!
  • Another good informative video as as always. I've always been using a rear tine walk behind tiller with dual direction tines, but i have recently purchased a 1992 john deere 322 diesel engine garden tractor with a series 30 hydraulic tiller. Been fixing it up to use. Can't wait to start using it. 30 years old and can still get all the parts for it. Nothing like a deere.
  • I have to pull 46 miles and do this next weekend providing it's dry enough. It's for a brother in law so I'll go broke. lol The Lord has provided a means for me to do this so I can't complain. He needs bushes pulled, a waterline, landscape rake, and the tiller. We'll be fortunate to finish in two days. As I get older they time me with a calendar.
  • Urban garden you are in good shape with the soil. My property was once a Saw Mill. It moved out 50 years ago. Ground is wild and is covered in good grass. If I dig deep and keep that soil there, all sorts of weed show up as deep sleep seed is brought to the top and away we go. Best is to till deep - scoop out and put in planting soil. Have to be cautious, it can trap you in a year or two - after the garden is gone and back to grass - drive over and fall into a hole ! The soft soil creates a bathtub effect.
  • @70Superbird
    "Yeah Baby!!" I dig your Austin Powers imitation when turning your tractor between the tree an the fence! Groovy!
  • Well lets see, tractors, tillers, lots of work and no profit. Sounds right up my alley. :)