Tilling
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| Now You’re Ready to | |
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| Use Your MANTIS® XP | |
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| Tiller. | |
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| If you’ve seen other tillers, your | |
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| MANTIS Tiller may surprise you. | |
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| It tills best when you pull it | |
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| backward! You see, when you pull | |
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| your MANTIS Tiller backward, | |
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| you give extra resistance to the | |
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tines, so they dig deeper. (Picture 1) | |||
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| erase your footprints. So your soil stays | ||
| light and fluffy. With other tillers, by | ||
| contrast, you walk right over the soil | ||
| you’ve just tilled, packing it down, so it’s | ||
| less plantable. | ||
| Run Your MANTIS XP Tiller | ||
| like a Vacuum Cleaner. | ||
| Place your Tiller at the head of the row | ||
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or area you want to till. Start it up. Then | |||
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| use an easy rocking motion. First, pull | ||
| your Tiller backward. Then use an easy | ||
| rocking motion. Again, pull your Tiller | ||
| backward. Then, let it move forward just a | ||
| little bit. Then pull it backward again. | ||
| This will help you till deeper. | ||
| Keep repeating these steps until you’ve | ||
| tilled an entire row. Start again on the | ||
| next row. It’s much like running a | ||
| vacuum cleaner! (Picture 2) | ||
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You Can Even
Control Depth.
For Deeper Tilling:
Move your Tiller slowly back and forth, as you would a vacuum cleaner. Work the same area over and over until you’ve dug to your desired depth. (Picture 3)
For Shallow Tilling:
Switch the tines to the cultivating position. (See page 13 to learn how.) Then move your Tiller quickly over your soil surface.
For Big Weeds or Tough Roots:
Let your Tiller rock back and forth over the tough spot, until the tines slice through the weed or root.
Your MANTIS XP Tiller Handles Special Tilling Projects.
Want to turn part of your lawn into a colorful flower border? Your MANTIS XP Tiller makes it easy! Just run your Tiller back and forth until the sod begins to break up. Then continue tilling. Your Tiller will chop the clumps of sod until they’re fine. Then, it will work them into the soil. Pretty soon, you’ll have a soft, fresh planting bed.
! WARNING • DANGER !
THE OPERATOR OF THIS TILLER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
ACCIDENTS OR HAZARDS OCCURRING TO HIMSELF, OTHER PEOPLE
OR THEIR PROPERTY.
! WARNING • DANGER !
IF YOUR TINES GET JAMMED OR ENTANGLED, SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AT ONCE.
REMOVE THE OBSTRUCTION WHILE THE ENGINE IS OFF.
NEVER TRY TO REMOVE AN OBSTRUCTION WHILE THE ENGINE IS RUNNING.
SERIOUS INJURY CAN RESULT.
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