Optional Trunk Base - Gearmore SPEDOVATORS Operation & Service Manual

10.4 TRUNK BASE SCRAPER (OPTIONAL)
The Trunk Base Scraper removes the clods that surround the trunk (Fig. 29, pos. 3) after the disc passes.
Weight
When the trunk base scraper (Fig. 30, pos. 2) is working, it is pushed downwards by the spring (pos. 4)
and can swing through the slot (pos. 1) to compensate for the unevenness of the soil.
Fig. 29
TRUNK BASE SCRAPER INSTALLATION
Remove the screws carried in stock
a)
(pos. 3 & 5) and place the trunk base
scraper angle (pos. 4) on the soil scraper
angle (pos. 6).
Insert the screws (pos. 3 & 5), tighten
b)
the nuts and start working, taking into
account that the trunk base scraper edge
must always hit the clods that lay at the
base of the trunk that has to be disced
(see Fig. 29).
A further adjustment of the sensitivity can be obtained by replacing the spring (pos. 7).
c)
If you need a more sensitive spring, e.g. in case of very young plants, contact your
authorized dealer.
- 20 lbs.
Fig. 30
Fig. 31
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