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Connect the Turf-Tidy to the tractor.
With turnbuckles 10 we can adjust the machine height to the ground. The size A should be
805 mm (32”). When correctly adjusted, we will use the maximum stroke of the head.
For PTO information, see Chapter 5.
Next the hydraulic hose should be connected to a (single) acting outlet of the tractor. Use a
correct quick connector 3.
* A flow reducer is built in right after the quick connector. That may never be taken
out, since the drop speed of the head and hopper would become unsafe high and
damage may appear.
Standard the Turf Tidy is equipped with an electrically operated switch valve 11. This valve
will switch the single input from the head to the hopper, when activated.
When 12 Volt DC is applied to the solenoid, the valve switches. It may take up to 12 Amp.
An electrical switch 7 is standard built into the cable. The connector 4 is not standard
delivered all the times, as we have many different systems.
However we advise to connect one of the wires e.g. 5 to the mass and the other one 6 to the
Brake Light connector point at the tractor ( used for trailers lightening). So when we use the
brake, the switch valve switches, when switch 7 is on.
* This means that when we tip the hopper, the tractor driver has to put the brake on,
which is what we want during emptying the hopper.
In case such a brake light connection point is not available, a continuous 12Volt point may be
connected to the wire 6. (5 has to be on the mass). By using the switch 7, the driver can swap
between the two hydraulic systems.
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Be sure a fuse is built in the 12 Volt supply point.
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Guide the hydraulic hose and electric cable nicely, so they aren’t caught.
@ If the wire is too short, it may be extended, so it can be positioned at the correct place for
the driver.
@ It doesn’t make a different which wire is 12 Volt and which one is connected to the mass.
