How to Improve Garden Tiller Traction

Increase Tire Size

1). Purchase pneumatic tires for your rototiller. Pneumatic tires are wider and will cover more of the ground, which will give you better traction in clay soil. You may need to purchase new rims for your rototiller along with new tires, since the tires may be of a different size.
2). Jack up larger tillers such as a lawn tractor with a tiller attachment. Small, portable tillers will not need to be jacked up prior to changing a tire.
3). Loosen the lug nuts on the tire rim with a wrench.
4). Remove the rim of the smaller tire. Slide the pneumatic tire in place on the rim.
5). Tighten the lug nuts on the new tire.

1). Examine the top of a mini-tiller. Some small tillers have empty compartments built into them for the purpose of adding sand. This sand can add up to 13 pounds of weight. The extra weight will increase the traction of tillers in sandy soil. Pour clean builder's sand into the compartment and close it.
2). Fill a plastic quart, half-gallon or gallon milk container with builder's sand. Plastic milk containers have looping handles built into them that are suitable for tying the container onto your tiller. If your tiller does not have an empty compartment for adding sand, a milk container is an option for adding ballast.
3). Tie the plastic container to the tiller using sturdy garden twine. Cut the twine from a spool with garden shears.
4). Add a liquid tire ballast to tires through their valve stems to increase the weight of the tire.