OPERATION
PA8 & PA10 05/21
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16. TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
Problem
Possible Cause
Remedy
Tillage depth is insufficient
Not enough weight in weight tray.
Add weight to the weight tray.
Ground is too hard
Irrigate field or wait for rain fall.
Ground Speed is too fast.
Decrease ground speed.
Aerator is set too high.
Remove one of more cylinder stops.
Tines are worn or bent.
Replace tines.
Tines are incorrectly installed.
Check placement of tine cutting edge.
Obstacles are entangled in tines
Clear rotor and/or tines of obstacles.
and/or rotor.
Tractor has insufficient power.
Shift to a lower gear and increase
tractor rpm.
Tines balling up with soil
Soil is too wet.
Wait until soil dries.
Rotor is plugged with trash.
Remove trash from rotor.
Tines are worn or bent.
Replace tines.
Tines are incorrectly installed.
Install tines correctly.
Tractor speed is too fast.
Decrease tractor speed.
Rotor will not turn
Obstacles are entangled in tines
Clear rotor and/or tines of obstacles.
and/or rotor.
Rotor is plugged with trash.
Remove trash from rotor.
Aerator is bouncing on the
Obstacles are entangled in tines
Clear rotor and/or tines.
ground
and/or rotor.
Tines are not installed correctly.
Tines breaking or bent
Making too sharp a turn with tines
Raise Aerator out of the ground to
sideways
in the ground.
make sharp turns.
Bending frame and/or tines
Operating Aerator over concrete,
Do not operator Aerator over solid
asphalt, tree stumps, rocks, curbs,
objects.
& other solid objects.
Too much weight in weight tray.
PA8: Added weight not to exceed
2,220 lbs.
PA10: Added weight not to exceed
2,960 lbs.
Aerator makes intermittent
Tines are loose.
Tighten tines.
clicking noise
Summary of Contents for Bush Hog PA10
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