Tilling
How about a family- size vegetable garden?
Nowadays many gardeners prefer small gardens — especially in the suburbs, where space is at a premium. But, if you’re fortunate enough to own a large lot, you can create a bigger garden — a half acre or more.
! IMPORTANT !
To change the tines on your 4 Stroke Mantis® XP Tiller, rotate the handles forward and allow tiller to rest on the engine.
Your MANTIS XP
Tiller Makes Weeding
a Pleasure!
As a tiller, your MANTIS XP Tiller works the soil down to 10” (25.4 cm) deep. But, as a cultivator, it gently cultivates the surface, only 2" to 3" (5.09 cm to 7.62 cm) deep.
First, you must switch the tines to the weeding position. This
takes less than a few minutes.
Then, your MANTIS XP
Tiller’s sharp “tine teeth” will slice up those pesky weeds, burying them as you go along. And, since the tines in this position won’t dig too deep, they won’t hurt your plants’ precious root systems.
The result? Your Tiller will cut your weeding time in half, and turn a tiresome chore into a pleasure.
How to Switch From Tilling to Cultivating Position
To switch between tilling and cultivating, you will simply move the tines from one side of the tiller to the other.
When the tines are in the tilling position, they will appear as shown in Picture 1. When running, the tines rotate to the front of the tiller and the points of the tines will contact the ground first, allowing it to aggressively cut and break the soil for tilling.
When the tines are in the cultivating position, they will appear as shown in Picture 2. In this position, when the tines rotate, the long flat part of the teeth will contact the ground first for a less aggressive cultivating action.
1.First, you will need to
understand that your Mantis XP has an inner and an outer set of tines on each side of the tiller as shown in Picture 3
2.Make sure the tiller is turned off.
3.Remove the retaining pins from the outer set of tines (Picture
4)and remove the outer tines.
4.Only after you have removed the outer set of tines, then remove the retaining pins from the inner tines and remove the retaining pins from the inner tines and remove the inner tines from the transmission axle (Picture 5)
5.Place the
6.Place the right side set of outer tines onto the
Your Mantis XP tiller also has the ability to till or cultivate at either a 9" or 16" width. The tiller is sent to you set up for 16". To run the tiller at a 9" width, simply remove the inner and outer tines as noted above. Then just put the outer tines back onto the transmission axel and secure with a retaining pin on each side.
! WARNING • DANGER !
DO NOT REACH YOUR FINGERS
AND\OR HAND BETWEEN
THE TINE BLADES.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE INNER SET OF TINES UNTIL YOU HAVE FIRST REMOVED THE OUTER SET OF TINES.
Inner Tines
Outer Tines
Picture 1 | Picture 2 | Picture 3 | Picture 4 | Picture 5 |
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