Tillers

I not with Husqvarna but I personally I have used a few rear tine tillers over the years. It has mainly been my TB Horse. They take some time getting use to as they do operate differently than front tine tillers and do have a few minors operating problems for new users until they adjust usage habits to the equipment.

When working new ground with cover you got to work you way down to max depth in several passes to allow the tines break up and work the soil. Counter rotating tines do tend pile up dirt and other materials until soil is properly worked. Just set you depth gauge to a shallower depth at first and give the tines time to work up the soil. Once the soil get work up you be able to get to max depth without much problem. There will still be some pile up of dirt and other materials in front of the tines as with counter rotating tines that is where the soil first exits the soil surface.

One thing I can say about the counter rotating tine versions when using them to hard ground they don't try jerk you arms off. When I first got my TB horse twenty years ago there was no mention starting shallow on hard ground and it gave a good jerk as it got up on its rear tines as they grab the hard compacted soil and try to run away. Once I got use to it operating style I would not use a front tine on open areas; unless, necessary which there are time that you need that close in front tines work. It might worth mentioning that I have worn out two set of tines on my TB Horse.

Now if I remember correctly MTD does make a rear tine tiller that has tines that can be switch between counter and regular rotations. I have also use one of them and it gives the benefits of both versions on one machine.