Manual

Suggested Tilling Patterns

• Whenpreparinga seedbed,gooverthe samepathtwice inthe

first row,thenoverlapone-halfthetiller widthonthe restof the

passes.SeeFigure16.

Figure16

Whenfinishedinonedirection,makea secondpassat a right

angle,SeeFigure17.Overlapeach passfor the bestresults(in

veryhardground,it maytakethreeorfour passesto thoroughly

pulverizethesoil.)

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Figure17

Ifthe gardensizewill notpermitlengthwiseandthencrosswise

tilling,thenoverlapthe first passesby one-halfa tiller width,fol-

lowedby successivepassesat one-quarterwidth.SeeFigure18.

Figure18

Tilling on a Slope

Donotoperatethetiller ona slopetoo steepfor safeoperation.Till

slowlyandbesureyou havegoodfooting.Neverpermitthe tillerto

freewheeldownslopes.Failureto followthiswarningcould resultin

personalinjury.

1. Till onlyon moderateslopes,neveron steepgroundwherethe

footingisdifficult.

2. Tillingupand downslopesis recommendedoverterracing.Tilling

verticallyon aslopeallowsmaximumplantingareaandalso

leavesroomfor cultivating.

NOTE:Whentillingon slopes,be surethe correctoil levelis main-

tainedin theengine(checkeveryone-halfhourofoperation).The

inclineof the slopewill causethe oilto slantawayfromits normal

levelandthis canstarveenginepartsof requiredlubrication.Keepthe

motoroil levelat the full pointat all times.

Tilling Up and Down a Slope

1. To keepsoilerosionto a minimum,besureto addenoughorganic

matterto the soil sothat it has goodmoisture-holdingtextureand

try to avoidleavingfootprintsor wheelmarks.

2. Whentillingvertically,try to makethe first passuphillas thetiller

digs moredeeplygoinguphillthanit doesdownhill.Insoft soil or

weeds,youmayhaveto liftthe handlebarsslightlywhilegoingup-

hill. Whengoingdownhill,overlapthefirst passby aboutone-half

the widthof the tiller.