Use and Care Manual

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Refer to Fig. 5
\I For tractors equipped with sleeve hitch, refer to
operator's manual on your hitch for any hitch pre-
adjustment instructions.
• Remove stabilizer bolts from your ~itch.Disk
.Harrow should be free to move side to side on hitch .
• ' Mount the Disk Harrow to the sleeve hitch, with
hitch pin.
e Disking breaks down large clods of plowed dirt,
preparing a smooth seed bed. Depending on ground
conditions, several passes may be required. It is
recommended that disking be done in a "zlq-zaq", then
"criss-cross" pattern.
• The
Disk Harrow may also be used for early
cultivation by moving the disk gangs out to maximum
width to straddle young row crops. The Disk Gangs can
be reversed
to throw dirt inward or outward. When set
to throw dirt in, the dirt will smother grass and weed
seedlings between the plants.
NOTE: NEVER DISK WHEN THE SOIL IS WET!
Take
a handful of soil and squeeze it in the palm of your
hand. If it forms a ball and doesn't crumble, soil is
too wet for disking. Disking in soil that istoo moist
will cause soll to pack between Disk Blades. Running
tractor over moist soils will cause soil compaction,
resulting in hard packed soil conditions when it dries out.
e Startdisking slowly at first, use third or fourth
gear, as larger clods are broken down and pulverized .
• The addition of a concrete block (or other weight)
may be required for good penetration. Weight should be
added AFTER the Disk Harrow has been attached to the
rider/tractor Drawbar and may be secured' with rubber
tie-down straps, bailing wire, nylon rope, or any suitable
binding material to the
four holes in Tray flanges.
TANDEM DISK HARROW
Refer to Fig. 6 & 7
• An additional Disk Harrow can be assembled ( as
described in Fig'. 4) to form a Tandem Disk Harrow.
Attach front and rear ,gangs using a 1/2" x 1- 1/2" Hex Bolt
and a 1/2
11
Lock Nut. Allow about 1/8
u
gap between
. the two hitch bars.
A WARNING
• DO NOT attempt to lift the Tandem Arrangement
with the Tractor Hitch.
• When
properly set, the Front Disk Gang will throw
dirt out, and the Rear Disk Gang will throw the dirt in.
• The
Front Gangs Inner Blades should be set close to
throw dirt out, and the Rear Gang Blades reversed, with
inner blades set apart 8
t1
- 10", to throw dirt in. .
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Fig. 5
Hex Head Bolt, 1/2
11
x 1-1/2
11
Fig. 6
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lnner Blades to be \..... .~.
as close as possible
without touching.
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Fig. 7