Section 4: Operation
OPTIONAL ATTACHMENTS
The Edger Attachment
The Edger Attachment allows you to make clean, sharp edges wherever grass meets a walkway, driveway, terrace, patio, or other such surface. It’s an extremely handy landscaping and yard care tool that attaches quickly to your equipment. Simply set up in front tine tiller/cultivator mode (the tine hood must be off, and handlebar positioned over the engine), remove the tines, and install the edger blade and wheel on the tine shaft. Refer to Fig.
The Aerator Attachment
The aerator is an extremely effective way to open up the “pores” in your lawn’s sod, thereby allowing sprinkler water, commercial nutrients, rain, and air to enter the earth and nourish the lawn roots. It is especially beneficial when reseeding areas of grass, as lawn growth occurs much more quickly after you use the aerator tines.
This attachment is used when your equipment is in the rear tine tiller mode— the tine hood is securely mounted and the handlebar extends back over the tine hood. Simply remove the four tine gangs from the tine shaft, and in their place install the four aerator blades supplied with their own mounting hardware. See Fig.
Fig. 4-13: The edger attachment leaves sharp, clean edges between grassy areas and walkways, driveways, patio areas, etc.
Fig. 4-14: The aerator attachment uses four aerator tines (installed in place of the regular tiller tines) to open up airways in the soil for better absorption of moisture, air, and lawn fertilizer applications.
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