MTD 217-310-000 - Manual (Page 11)

HOW TO USE YOUR
TILLER
The tiller is a precision built machine designed for seed
bed preparation, cultivating, furrowing and mulching.
It is engineered to minimize the hardest work in the
vegetable or flower garden, to till the soil for planting
and cultivating, and for performing many other useful
labor saving tasks in the garden. With the proper
amount of care and maintenance, this machine will pro­
vide the owner with many years of excellent service.
WHEEL POSITION
During digging as the tines enter the ground and the
front of the tiller lowers, the wheels must be raised to
level the unit. This is essential for proper engine opera­
tion. This adjustment is made by removing the clevis
pin and hairpin cotter from wheel yoke, raising the
wheels to the desired height, and replacing the clevis
pin and hairpin cotter. See figure 22.
Wheel Yoke in
this position
for deep dig.
FIGURE 23.
Wheel Yoke in this
position for shallow
dig, cultivating and
transport.
2. Depth Bar Adjustment: The depth bar acts as a
brake for the tiller and controls the depth and
speed at which the machine will operate. See
figure 24. Remove the clevis pin and hairpin cot­
ter to raise or lower depth bar.
Depth
Bar
OK» Hairpin
Cotter
Clevis
Pin
Wheei
Yoke
Wheel Setting
For Deep Digging
Shallow Dig
Fast Forward
Deep Dig Slow
Forward
FIGURE 22. FIGURE 24.
CONTROLLING SPEED AND TILLING DEPTH:
1. Wheel Yoke Adjustment: Place wheel yoke so
that the wheels are forward (nearest point between
wheels and tines) for shallow tilling, cultivating and
transport. This will also increase the forward
speed. See figure 23. Turn yoke around (farthest
point between wheels and tines) for deep tilling.
Forward speed will decrease. See figure 23.
By increasing the depth of the depth bar, the for­
ward speed of the machine is reduced, and the
working depth is increased. When the depth bar
is raised, the working depth of the machine is re­
duced and the forward speed is increased. The
working depth of the machine may be predeter­
mined by setting the depth bar and wheels so that
the wheels are about four inches from the ground
when the tines and depth bar are resting on the
ground. This setting will permit a working depth of
about four inches.
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