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Section 2: Operating
Section 2: Operating
Operating Checklist
Hazard control and accident prevention are dependent
upon the awareness, concern, prudence, and proper
training involved in the operation, transport, storage, and
maintenance of the Rotary Tiller. Therefore, it is
absolutely essential that no one operates the Rotary
Tiller without first having read, fully understood, and
become totally familiar with the Operator's Manual. Make
sure the operator has paid particular attention to:
•
Important Safety Information, page 1
•
Section 1: Assembly & Set-Up, page 9
•
Section 2: Operating, page 18
•
Section 3: Adjustments, page 22
•
Section 4: Maintenance & Lubrication, page 25
Inspections
Perform the following inspections before using your
Rotary Tillers.
Operating Checklist
Check
Inspect tractor safety equipment to make sure it
is in good working condition.
Check all guards and shields to make certain they are
in good working condition, in place, and secured.
Carefully raise and lower implement to ensure
drawbar, tires, and other tractor parts do not contact
tiller
frame or driveline.
Check driveline to be sure it is securely connected at
both ends. Refer to "Driveline Installation".
Check drive chain tension.
Refer to "Drive Chain Tension".
tiller
Check
depth setting.
Refer to "Skid Shoe Adjustment".
Check driveline slip clutch to make sure disks will slip.
Refer to "Driveline Maintenance"
Check for worn, bent, broken, loose, and/or missing
tines
tines
. Replace
as needed.
Refer to "Tine Replacement"
Grease driveline shaft and all other grease fittings
Refer to "Driveline Shaft".
Check oil level in gearbox. Make sure all plugs have
been replaced when completed.
Refer to "Gearbox Lubrication" .
Check oil level in chaincase. Make sure all plugs have
been replaced when completed.
Refer to "Chaincase Lubrication" .
tiller
Check
initially and periodically for loose bolts
and pins. Refer to "Torque Values Chart" .
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Safety Information
!
DANGER
To avoid serious injury or death:
•
Do not engage power take-off while connecting or
disconnecting the driveline, or while someone is standing
near the driveline. A person's body and/or clothing can
become entangled in the driveline.
•
Keep away from rotating hex drive shaft located between
gearbox and drive end of tiller. A person can become
entangled in the shaft.
•
Keep yourself and all others away from rotating tines and
drive train. Always disengage power take-off and lockout
power source before making adjustments or servicing the
tiller. A person's body, hair, or clothing can become
entangled in rotating components.
•
Make all 3-point hydraulic adjustments from the tractor
seat. Never make hydraulic adjustments while standing
behind the tractor.
•
All guards and shields must be installed and in good
working condition while operating the implement.
Page
•
Tractor power take-off shaft shield, driveline shields, and
Tractor
gearbox shaft shields must be installed and in good working
Manual
condition to avoid driveline entanglement and projectiles
Tractor
flying off of the driveline.
Manual
•
Make certain driveline yokes are securely fastened at each
Tractor
end. A loose yoke can work free allowing the driveline to
Manual
rotate uncontrollably.
•
Tine impact on objects can throw projectiles resulting in
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bodily injury or death. Do not point discharge toward
people, animals, or buildings and keep people and animals
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away from tiller during operation.
•
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Keep front rubber dirt deflector on reverse tine tillers in
place while operating the unit. Objects in a reverse tine
tiller can be thrown forward toward the operator.
Page 26
•
Do not use a power take-off adapter. The adapter will
increase strain on the tractor's power take-off shaft causing
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possible damage to shaft and driveline. It will also defeat
the purpose of the tractor's power take-off shield.
Page 29
•
Never make contact with underground utilities such as
electrical power lines, gas lines, phone lines, etc. They can
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cause serious injury or death from electrocution, explosion,
or fire. Always call 811 (USA) or local utility companies
before digging so that they can mark the location of
Page 30
underground services in the area. For contact information,
see Dig Safe in the "Important Safety Information" starting
on page 1.
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