UNPACK CARTON

_CAUTION: Be careful of exposed staples when handling or disposing of cartoning material.

IMPORTANT: When unpacking and assembling tiller, be careful not to stretch or kink cable(s).

1.Cut cable ties securing handle column and reverse rod.

2.Slide handle column onto handle mount.

3.Remove all packing from carton.

ASSEMBLE HANDLE

1.Slide reverse rod through hole in reverse rod bracket as shown.

2.Slide bushing over lower reverse rod

and snap into bracket hole.

NOTE: Make sure tine control cable is routed in front of reverse rod bracket.

3.Attach reveres rod bracket to handle column using two (2) carriage bolts and two (2) flange Iocknuts and tighten securely.

4.Cut away carton.

5.Insert plastic cable clip into hole in handle column.

•Secure upper reverse rod to lower reverse rod using clevis pin, washer and cotter pin.

INSTALL DEPTH STAKE ASSEMBLY

1.Loosen nut "A".

2.Insert stake support between engine bracket halves with stake spring down,

3.Bolt stake support to engine brackets with bolts, lock washers and nuts. Tighten securely. Tighten nut "A".

4.Depth stake must move freely. If it does not, loosen support bolt.

HANDLE HEIGHT

Bracket Halves

Depth

Stake

Bolt

6.Route tine control cable through plastic cable clip on handle column.

7.Cut cable ties securing tiller to skid. Remove tiller from skid by pulling backwards.

ASSEMBLE REVERSE ROD

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Hex Bolts, Lock Washers, and hex Nuts

•Handle height may be adjusted to better suit operator. (See "HANDLE HEIGHT" in the Service and Adjust- ments section of this manual).

TILLING WIDTH

•Tilling width may be adjusted to better handle your tilling conditions (See "FINE ARRANGEMENT" in the Service

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and Adjustments section of this

manual).

 

 

 

 

TINE OPERATION

 

 

• Check line operation before first use.

 

 

(See "rlNE OPERATION CHECK" in

 

 

the Service and Adjustments section of

 

 

this manual).

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Lower Reverse Rod

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917.29249 specifications

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