Section 4: Operating Procedures
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General Operating Instructions
Before putting your Land Pride 35 Series Disc Harrow
into service you must thoroughly review the Operator’s
Manual. Once you have read the Operator’s Manual and
properly attached your Land Pride Disc Harrow on your
tractor drawbar, you should be ready to raise it into
transport position and head for the work site. You should
have already removed any sizable tree limbs, rocks, or
debris from this area. You might have already plowed this
area previously in preparation for planting. Do not
attempt to disc wet or mucky soil and all areas should be
well drained and capable of being walked on without
having the soil stick to your shoes.
Discing action will commence as soon as you lower the
disc from transport position, the unit touches the ground,
and tractor begins to move forward. Your travel speed
forward will be determined by soil conditions and
available tractor horsepower. Never try to disc in reverse
and when you reach the end of a pass, raise the unit up
into transport before turning. Trying to turn sharply with
the unit in the ground will cause extreme side loading on
the discs and may cause damage. Making disc gang
adjustments is relatively easy by raising the disc off of the
ground, pulling the locking pin, making the required gang
angle adjustment, and then reverse the process till your
back in action.
Ground conditions and the finish you require will
determine how you position the angles of your front and
rear disc gangs. Both of the front and rear disc gangs
have five angle adjustment positions. The best ground
finish will usually be achieved when the rear gang is set at
a slightly lesser angle than the front gang. The more
aggressive you set the angle of the gangs, the more
aggressive the cutting action in the soil profile will be. The
more aggressive the cutting action is, the more
horsepower will be required to pull your unit. Achieving
the desired effect may require a little experimentation in
your given conditions. If the soil is building up on or
sticking to your discs then the soil is too wet and discing
operations should be discontinued until the ground is dry
and more workable. Optional disc scrapers are
recommended and will significantly improve overall
performance in conditions where soil continually tends to
buildup or stick to discs.
Once you are finished using your disc and you have
traveled to your equipment storage area, lower it out of
transport position parking it on a dry and level surface.
Clean it, service it, and make it ready for the next use by
replacing any parts that may have become excessively
worn or damaged during field operation.
With a little practice you will be able to achieve excellent
results from your Land Pride 35 Series Disc Harrow. See
“Features and Benefits”
section or
“Specifications &
Capacities”
for additional information and performance
enhancing options.
