Bolo Tines; Pointed Pick Tines; Cultivating Tines; Match Speed To Job - Troy-Bilt Horse Owner's Manual

(Photo 5/9) POINTED PICK TINES-For hard-
packed or very rocky soil.
(Photo 5/8) BOLO TINES- The best general
purpose tines for all soil conditions, Best for
tilling under cover crops.
(Photo 5/10) CUL TIVATING. TINES-For shal-
low tilling and close cultivating without root
damage.
(Photo 5/11) Match speed to job.
POINTED PICK TINES
Pointed Pick tines are ideal for hard or rocky
WARNING: For safety's sake, stop the en-
gine entirely before unwinding the tangled
material by hand.
BOLO TINES
Bolo tines are standard equipment on your
Horse Model Tiller (see Photo 5/8). They are
truly the best all-purpose tines for all soil con-
ditions. They are used for tilling sod, weeds,
cover crops, composted material, as well as for
regular tilling and CUltivating. They will till to
a depth of 6 to 8 inches, or more.
Bolo tines just about eliminate all but a small,
bearable amount of tangling.
Bolo tines require two holders and a set of
16 tines in all. There are left and right handed
tines alternated on both sides of the tiller to
give you the widest and most completely bust-
ed up path in your soil that's possible with
your tiller.
The most important thing to realize about bo-
lo tines is that they are by far the most effec-
tive in turning under cover crops. Bolo tines
permit you to take advantage of the Troy-Bilt's
ability to turn green cover crops with all of
their valuable minerals and nutrients right back
into the soil as you till your garden.
Bolo tines are also ,excellent tines for shallow
cultivation at High or Low speed.
necessary to remove entirely all of the crop
residue that might wind around the tines dur-
ing tilling. Naturally, you don't let it get so
large that it builds up to a point where it would
choke off the action of the tines. Before it does
this, try reversing the tiller to unwind and re-
duce the amount of tangling. And, if necessary,
stop the machine, put the Forward/Reverse
Lever in Neutral.
Under such conditions, a small pocket knife,
or a linoleum knife, can be helpful in cutting
loose some of the tangled material faster. You
will find, with yourTroy-Bilt Tiller, that there is
a very minimal need to go to this much trouble
to avoid tangling. Obviously, it can happen on
occasion with some crops and certain soil and
weather conditions.