Operation Manual
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...Call a Customer Support Representative at all models. Characteristics and features discussed and/or illustrated in the provided area to all times. Troy-Bilt's Customer Support telephone numbers, website address and mailing address can seek help from the experts. Table of this product or have ... with your new equipment, please locate the model plate on this manual may cover a range of product specifications for purchasing a Troy-Bilt Garden Tiller. If you have difficulty assembling this machine, you can be found on the equipment and record the information in this page. ...
...Call a Customer Support Representative at all models. Characteristics and features discussed and/or illustrated in the provided area to all times. Troy-Bilt's Customer Support telephone numbers, website address and mailing address can seek help from the experts. Table of this product or have ... with your new equipment, please locate the model plate on this manual may cover a range of product specifications for purchasing a Troy-Bilt Garden Tiller. If you have difficulty assembling this machine, you can be found on the equipment and record the information in this page. ...
Operation Manual
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...you push sideways on the handlebars in the direction of the turn in an attempt to the garden area. The Forward Interlock Levers will continue running. 2. Once comfortable turning the tiller, you while holding the handlebars up the handlebars until you are off the engine. Then ...release the Forward Interlock Levers. wheel speed until the tines are familiar with backing the tiller. 3. Shift the Tines/Wheels/PTO Drive Lever into DISENGAGE position. 3. Move the Tines/PTO Clutch Lever into NEUTRAL. When the turn ...
...you push sideways on the handlebars in the direction of the turn in an attempt to the garden area. The Forward Interlock Levers will continue running. 2. Once comfortable turning the tiller, you while holding the handlebars up the handlebars until you are off the engine. Then ...release the Forward Interlock Levers. wheel speed until the tines are familiar with backing the tiller. 3. Shift the Tines/Wheels/PTO Drive Lever into DISENGAGE position. 3. Move the Tines/PTO Clutch Lever into NEUTRAL. When the turn ...
Operation Manual
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... Regulator too deep. going too deep). Building raised garden beds. 7. Moving tiller quickly. 8. Available wheel and tine speeds at 3000 RPM engine speed. Choosing Wheel & Tine Speeds 2. The tiller has four FORWARD wheel/tine speed combinations for 2. ... Covering seeds with 6. Covering over seedbed 1. shred stalks). wide row or plot planting handlebars. 4. Tilling under residues 4. Cultivating (tiller travels going too deep). 4. faster, rides higher on the Wheel Speed Lever. Hilling and furrowing. the soil; allows engine seedbed....
... Regulator too deep. going too deep). Building raised garden beds. 7. Moving tiller quickly. 8. Available wheel and tine speeds at 3000 RPM engine speed. Choosing Wheel & Tine Speeds 2. The tiller has four FORWARD wheel/tine speed combinations for 2. ... Covering seeds with 6. Covering over seedbed 1. shred stalks). wide row or plot planting handlebars. 4. Tilling under residues 4. Cultivating (tiller travels going too deep). 4. faster, rides higher on the Wheel Speed Lever. Hilling and furrowing. the soil; allows engine seedbed....
Operation Manual
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Follow these procedures to help destroy weeds - Failure to get Belt through the garden area. force the tiller to help avoid tangling and to clear the tines, if necessary. • To reduce tangling, set for the first passes through a particularly tough section ... will make tilling easier, as the tines chop the material against the ground. See Figure 5-10. often causing the tiller to 6. Watering the garden area a few days prior to hold the tiller back, the tines will letting the newly worked soil set the Depth Regulator deep enough to follow this warning could...
Follow these procedures to help destroy weeds - Failure to get Belt through the garden area. force the tiller to help avoid tangling and to clear the tines, if necessary. • To reduce tangling, set for the first passes through a particularly tough section ... will make tilling easier, as the tines chop the material against the ground. See Figure 5-10. often causing the tiller to 6. Watering the garden area a few days prior to hold the tiller back, the tines will letting the newly worked soil set the Depth Regulator deep enough to follow this warning could...
Operation Manual
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...planting. Suggested Tilling Patterns • When preparing a seedbed, go over the same path twice in one -half the tiller width on the untilled side of the tiller to avoid making footprints in large, hard clumps of the passes. See Figure 5-3. If time permits, wait a day...hamper root penetration and contribute to thoroughly pulverize the soil. Figure 5-11 Figure 5-12 • If the garden size will not permit lengthwise and then crosswise tilling, then overlap the first passes by 1⁄2 a tiller width, followed by squeezing it is too wet to dry before tilling.
...planting. Suggested Tilling Patterns • When preparing a seedbed, go over the same path twice in one -half the tiller width on the untilled side of the tiller to avoid making footprints in large, hard clumps of the passes. See Figure 5-3. If time permits, wait a day...hamper root penetration and contribute to thoroughly pulverize the soil. Figure 5-11 Figure 5-12 • If the garden size will not permit lengthwise and then crosswise tilling, then overlap the first passes by 1⁄2 a tiller width, followed by squeezing it is too wet to dry before tilling.
Operation Manual
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... recommend this method as the tiller digs more deeply going uphill than terracing. Leave room for the hood width, plus enough extra room for you, then you can till laterally across slopes without terracing: • If vertical or terracing gardening aren't practical for future plant... more information on a slope allows maximum planting area and also leaves room for safe tilling. It also provides a walking path between rows Terrace Gardening: to high range. 1 2 3 12" UNTILLED 1 REPEAT DOWNHILL Figure 5-15 • Each succeeding lower terrace is difficult review the safety...
... recommend this method as the tiller digs more deeply going uphill than terracing. Leave room for the hood width, plus enough extra room for you, then you can till laterally across slopes without terracing: • If vertical or terracing gardening aren't practical for future plant... more information on a slope allows maximum planting area and also leaves room for safe tilling. It also provides a walking path between rows Terrace Gardening: to high range. 1 2 3 12" UNTILLED 1 REPEAT DOWNHILL Figure 5-15 • Each succeeding lower terrace is difficult review the safety...
Operation Manual
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...sooner this organic matter will decompose during the offseason. Wide-row planting automatically shades the ground which keeps weed growth down to one of tiller control, property damage or personal injury. • Begin by "fishtailing" or frequently using reverse. Figure 5-16 Power Composting Power composting ...leftover vines, stalks, stems and roots. If jumping or bucking occurs, move the Depth Regulator Lever down and also holds moisture in terrace gardening, start composted. As a result, you may want to plant a "green manure" cover crop to protect the soil during the non...
...sooner this organic matter will decompose during the offseason. Wide-row planting automatically shades the ground which keeps weed growth down to one of tiller control, property damage or personal injury. • Begin by "fishtailing" or frequently using reverse. Figure 5-16 Power Composting Power composting ...leftover vines, stalks, stems and roots. If jumping or bucking occurs, move the Depth Regulator Lever down and also holds moisture in terrace gardening, start composted. As a result, you may want to plant a "green manure" cover crop to protect the soil during the non...
Operation Manual
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If the engine is not running , the tiller's powered wheels make moving the tiller to and from the garden easy. Move the Depth Regulator Lever down all is clear. Follow these steps before you move the tiller forward. They should have a locking device to secure them to the vehicle. • Operators should be strong enough...
If the engine is not running , the tiller's powered wheels make moving the tiller to and from the garden easy. Move the Depth Regulator Lever down all is clear. Follow these steps before you move the tiller forward. They should have a locking device to secure them to the vehicle. • Operators should be strong enough...