Operation
TILLING TIPS
The key to successful tilling is to begin with a shallow cut on the first pass, and then work an inch or two deeper on each successive pass.
ss 4ILLING depth WILL vary WITH gROUND CONDITIONs.
ss7HEN BEGINNING to TILL IN UNBROkEN gROUND or IN eXTREMELY hard SOIL set the DETENT PIN IN the HIGHEST HOLE of the drag stake (fOLLow INSTrUCTIONS UNDER 4ILLING SECTION . 4HIS WILL ALLow for SHALLow TILLING.
7ITH the drag stake IN THIS POSITION make severAL LIGHT passes over the area to be TILLED. Reset for deeper depths WITH SUCCESSIve passes.
ssIf tILLer jumps or skIds UNCONTROLLabLy Lower the drag stake by pLaCINg the DETENT PIN IN a HIGHER HOLe. 4HIS WILL ALLow for SHALLower TILLING.
(OLD to the HANDLEBARS to CONTROL SUDDEN LURCHEs.
sweedsIf TALL grasses VINEs or other materIALS CLOG or jam the
TINEsRevERSE THE TILLERETO UNWINDLvEGETATION
!WARNING
EXTREME CAUTION MUST BE TAKEN IN SELECTING TILLING DEPTH. IF YOU ATTEMPT TO TILL TOO DEEPLY FOR SOIL CONDITIONS, THAT IS, WITH THE DRAG STAKE IN TOO HIGH A POSITION, LOSS OF CONTROL COULD RESULT.
IF REMOVING MATERIAL FROM THE TINES BY HAND, STOP ENGINE AND REMOVE SPARK PLUG WIRE FIRST.
Immediately release the drive control levers if the tines jam or you strike a foreign object. With drive control levers in neutral position, push throttle control to stop position to stop the engine. Disengage the spark plug wire. When tines have stopped, remove foreign objects and check for damage.
CULTIVATING TIPS
ss Set the depth REGULATOr Lever WITh the DETENt PIN IN ONe f the HIGHEr HOLEs. 4HIS WILL ALLow for SHALLow CULTIvATION ECESSAry to turN over weedsANDABREAK UP AND AErATETTHE SOIL
If you PLAN to use your TILLER for CULTIvATING |
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ss 0LANT rows ON 20" - 22" CENTERS for ease of turNING | ||
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