3.05 - Corrugated Roller Adjustment
The rear roller serves the following purposes:
1. controlling the working depth.
2. Levelling the ground after tilling.
3. Compacting which results in helping bury the material that is distributed. The roller
rings help push seed into soil which greatly speeds up and improves germination.
A turnbuckle connected to the frame and to the roller support bar adjusts the working
depth of the tines.
By shortening the turnbuckle, the corrugated roller raises thereby lowering the tines to a
deeper depth
(see fig. 5)
. Lengthen the turnbuckle lowers the roller which in turn raises
the tines to a more shallow working depth.
Under most conditions, the working depth for the aerating rotor needs to be only
between 2 and 7 cm. (
3
/
4
” - 1 ½”). The maximum obtainable depth is 18 or 22 cm. (7” -
9”) depending on the Green-Rite model.
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2
3
Fig. 4
1. roller arm
2. tickler tines
3. rear roller
1
2
3
4
Fig. 5
1. turnbuckle
2. seed tubes
3. roller arm
4. rear roller
