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Ashland L-115 User Manual

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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASHLAND LAND LEVELER

Model L-115

Land forming is becoming more and more important with each passing year to obtain increased

yields per acre. By leveling your fields, you are able to eliminate wet spots and low areas, thereby

enabling earlier seed bed preparation, elimination of drowning out your crop, proper cultivation

during early growth, and assured harvest of your crop at the proper time.

Land leveling permits faster travel speeds of equipment, which is very important, especially in

harvesting when getting the crop off while the weather is suitable can often mean the difference

between profit or loss.

Ashland Land Levelers are designed for maximum leveling effectiveness with a minimum of power

and expense. With proper location of blade on the long rigid box frame, positive leveling action is

obtained which is difficult to maintain in competitive makes of machines using numerous pins and

linkages to control the action of the blade.

By its very simple design and construction, the Ashland Land Leveler requires very little operating

skill. However, the following procedure should aid the operator just beginning to level.

When the land leveler is being set up, care should be taken that the blade is level with

the rear wheels. This should be checked before the unit goes out into the field. The

unit should be run over a flat slab of concrete and with the blade in a partially raised

position. A measurement should be made at each end of the blade and adjusted

accordingly. The measurement should be the same on each side. The adjustment is

made at the slotted hole in the moldboard where attached to the frame standard. With

the land leveler in ground level position, the indicator should be either bent or a

marking made accordingly to show level position on the indicator.

The field to be leveled should be plowed and disked to give your Ashland Land Leveler the effective-

ness which it is designed for. The land leveler will drag the worked up ground off the high spots in your

field and deposit it in the low spots.

If the field to be leveled has never been leveled and certain areas are quite irregular, it will be

advantageous to work over these small areas first. In doing so, it will be necessary for the operator

to control the blade with the hydraulic control to obtain the most efficient use of the machine. Due to

the length of the machine, the depth of cut will increase automatically when traveling over high sports

or rises in the field and generally it will be necessary for the operator to raise the blade slightly

depending on how large a tractor is being used. When traveling through a low area or dip in the field,

the load in front of the moldboard will empty. Some operators feel this should not occur, however, this

shows that dirt is being deposited in the low area which is the primary purpose of the land leveling.

In areas of severe irregularity, the above operation should be repeated until the desired contour of

the land is obtained. The entire field should then be gone over one or more times as desired. Once

your fields have been leveled, you will find it necessary to repeat the planing operation the following

year because the dirt deposited in the low areas will tend to settle, therefore repeated operation is

necessary.

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