How To Use Your Tiller; Forward Motion; Stopping Tines And Engines; Tilling - Craftsman 917.298231 Owner's Manual

OPERATION
....... Fheoperalion of any Tiller can result in foreign objects thrown into tile eyes, which can result in severe
eye damage, Always wear safety glasses or eye shields before starting you r Tiller and while lilling We
recommend Wide Vision Safely Mask for over Ihe speclacles or standard safely glasses, available at
Sears Retail or Catalog Stores
HOW TO USE YOUR TILLER
Know how Io operate all controls before adding fuel and
oil or attempting to start Engine (To stop Engine pIace
Throttle Control in "STOP" position )
RESTARTING ENGINE
• When restading a warm Engine, ptace Throttle Conlrol in
"FAST" position NOTE: IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO
USE CHOKE (Fig 7)
FORWARD MOTION
• Move Throtlle Control to desired speed
• TINE MOVEMENT BEGINS WHEN TINE CONq-ROL IS
tN "RUNNING" POSITION (Fig 5)
TINE CONTROL
"OFF" POSITION
THROTTLE
CONTROL'_.4_
TINE CONTROL
"RtJNNING" POSITION
CHOKE
ONTROL
FIGURE 7'
FIGURE 5
STOPPING TINES AND ENGINE
• TINE MOVEMENTWILL STOP WHEN TINE CONTROL
IS RELEASED ( OFF POSIT ON),
• To stop Engine, place Throttle Control (Fig, 6) in"STOP"
position, NOTE: DO NOT USE CHOKE CONTROL TO
STOP ENGINE
TILLING
• The speed and depth of tillingis regulated bythe position
of the Depth Stake and Wheel Height
• The Depth Stake should always be below the Wheels for
digging, It serves as a brake to slow the Tiller's fonNard
motion to enable the Tines to penetrate the ground Also,
the more the Depth Stake is lowered into the ground the
deeper the Tiller will dig
FIGURE 6