14
TILLING TIPS
The key to successful tilling is to begin with a shallow cut on the
first pass, and then work an inch or two deeper on each successive
pass.
s4ILLING
depth
WILL
vary
WITH
g
ROUND
CONDITION
s.
s7HEN
BEGINNING
to
TILL
IN
UNBRO
k
EN
g
ROUND
or
IN
e
XTREMELY
hard
SOIL
set the
DETENT
PIN
IN
the
HIGHEST
HOLE
of the drag stake (f
OLL
ow
INST
r
UCTIONS
UNDER
4ILLING
SECTION
.
4HIS
WILL
ALL
ow for
SHALL
ow
TILLING
.
7ITH
the drag stake
IN
THIS
POSITION
make sever
AL
LIGHT
passes
over the area to be
TILLED
. Reset for deeper depths
WITH
SUCCESSI
ve
passes.
s
If t
ILL
er jumps or sk
I
ds
UNCONTROLL
ab
L
y
L
ower the drag stake by p
L
a
CIN
g
the
DETENT
PIN
IN
a
HIGHER
HOL
e.
4HIS
WILL
ALL
ow for
SHALL
ower
TILLING
.
(OLD
to the
HANDLEBARS
to
CONTROL
SUDDEN
LURCHE
s.
s
If
weeds
TALL
grasses
VINE
s
or other mater
IALS
CLOG
or jam the
TINE
s
R
ev
ERSETHETILLERTOUNWIND
v
EGETATION
Immediately release the drive control levers if the tines jam or you
strike a foreign object. With drive control levers in neutral position,
push throttle control to
stop
position to stop the engine. Disengage
the spark plug wire. When tines have stopped, remove foreign objects
and check for damage.
CULTIVATING TIPS
If you
PLAN
to use your
TILLER
for
CULTI
v
ATING
s0LANT
rows
ON
20" - 22"
CENTERS
for ease of tur
NING
s
Set the depth
REGULATO
r
L
ever
WIT
h the
DETEN
t
PIN
IN
ON
e of the
HIGHE
r
HOLE
s.
4HIS
WILL
ALL
ow for
SHALL
ow
CULTI
v
ATION
NECESSA
ry to tur
N
over
weeds
ANDBREAKUPANDAE
r
ATETHESOIL
EXTREME CAUTION MUST BE TAKEN IN SELECT-
ING TILLING DEPTH. IF YOU ATTEMPT TO TILL
TOO DEEPLY FOR SOIL CONDITIONS, THAT IS,
WITH THE DRAG STAKE IN TOO HIGH A POSITION,
LOSS OF CONTROL COULD RESULT.
IF REMOVING MATERIAL FROM THE TINES BY
HAND, STOP ENGINE AND REMOVE SPARK PLUG
WIRE FIRST.
WARNING
!
Operation
Not
for
Reproduction