ATTACHING TO TRACTOR
WARNING
Never stand between tractor and rotary tiller while backing up tractor to the hitch.
STEP 1 Attach to tractor's category 1 three point hitch as described in the Tractor's Operator’s Manual.
STEP 2
Determine if the PTO shaft needs to be shortened.
NOTE:
Due to the many variations in the tractor hitch points and distances between equipment gearbox input shaft and tractor PTO out put shafts, some combina- tions may require PTO shafts to be shortened as described by the following steps.
STEP 3
Raise and lower rotary tiller in order to locate the shortest distance between equipment gearbox input shaft and tractor PTO output shaft. With the rotary tiller in the shortest distance position shut down the tractor and SECURELY BLOCK ROTARY TILLER IN POSITION.
WARNING: IF THE TILLER IS RAISED UP SO THAT THE PTO SHAFT IS AT AN ANGLE SHARPER THAN 35 DEGREES PTO MUST BE STOPPED!
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