Operating Instructions - Tar River SSP-250 Operator's Manual

Spreader Poly SSP-250, SSP-400
Attaching to the tractor
1. Back the tractor to the spreader carefully. Turn off the tractor and set the park brake. Be sure
there is nothing between the tractor and the spreader including people or animals. There is a
possibility of serious injury or death.
2. Slide the tractor lower arms over the welded pins on the spreader. Secure with lynch pins.
Next, connect the top link to the spreader and secure with the top hitch pin.
The spreader disc must be horizontal to spread material uniformly. Adjust the tilt by twisting
3.
the Top Link Arm in or out.
Adjust the height of the spreader to approximately 28"-30" from the bottom of the spreader
4.
disc to ground level, (Fig. 1).
Install the PTO on the spreader and then
5.
the tractor. Be sure to secure both ends
with proper pins or bolts. Serious injury
or death can occur from improperly
secured PTO shaft. It may be necessary
to shorten the PTO. See instructions on
"Shortening a PTO Driveline".
Shortening a PTO Driveline
1. With the implement attached to the tractor's three point hitch, and the PTO driveline not installed, separate
the PTO driveline. Attach the implement end to the implement and the other end to the tractor PTO input
shaft.
2. Raise the implement by using the tractor's hydraulic 3-point
hitch to it's maximum lift height.
3. Hold the half shafts next to each other and mark them so each
end is approximately ½" from hitting the end of the telescopic
profiles.
4.
Shorten the inner and out guard tubes equally.
5. Shorten the inner and outer profiles by the same length as the
guard tubes. Using a rat tail file, round off all sharp edges and
burrs. Grease the telescopic profile generously before
reassembling.
Do not shorten too much, the proper overlap is a minimum of 1/3 the length of each

Operating Instructions

profile.
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Fig. 1