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WARNING:
Do not allow familiarity with tools to make you care-
less. Remember that a careless fraction of a second is
sufficient to inflict serious injury.
WARNING:
Always wear safety goggles or safety glasses with side
shields when operating tools. Failure to do so could re-
sult in objects being thrown into your eyes, resulting in
possible serious injury.
WARNING:
Do not use any attachments or accessories not recom-
mended by the manufacturer of this tool. The use of at-
tachments or accessories not recommended can result
in serious personal injury.
WARNING:
Do not allow hands, feet, or any other part of the body or
clothing near the rotating tines or any other moving part.
The tines begin to rotate forward once the switch trigger
is depressed. The tines continue to rotate until the switch
trigger is released. Failure to avoid contact could cause
serious personal injury.
ASSEMBLY
ADDING SAND
See Figure 6.
The cultivator is equipped with a Just Add Sand
™
weight
system, which improves the stability of the unit during op-
eration. The added weight of the sand also helps you work
with less effort and vibration.
To add sand:
Lift the lid of the Just Add Sand
™
tank and remove.
Pour dry sand into the tank. The tank will hold approxi-
mately 13 pounds of sand.
NOTE: Be careful not to pour sand into or onto the motor
housing.
Replace Just Add Sand
™
lid.
OPERATION
APPLICATIONS
Breaking up garden soil to prepare seed bed for planting
Shallow cultivating to remove weeds
STARTING/STOPPING THE
CULTIVATOR
See Figures 7 - 8.
Plug the cultivator into an approved outdoor extension
cord.
Route the extension cord through the extension cord
retainer rings.
JUST ADD SAND
™
LID
Fig. 7
Fig. 6
RETAINER
RINGS
EXTENSION
CORD
PLUG
CONNECTOR
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