Troy-Bilt 8 HP - Manual (Page 24)

Transporting your tiller
The power driven wheels allow
you to easily move your tiller to
and from your garden when the
engine is running. Or, you can
move the tiller (on level ground)
without the engine running by us­
ing the “FREE WHEEL” position on
the Wheel Speed Lever.
A
WARNING
To help avoid personal injury, al­
ways put the Tines/PTO Clutch
Lever in the “DISENGAGE” posi­
tion before transporting, loading or
unloading the tiller.
To transport tiller:
1. Place the Tines/PTO Clutch
Lever in the “DISENGAGE” position.
2. Move the Depth Regulator Lever
all the way down to the “TRAVEL”
setting.
3. If using
engine power,
select the
“SLOW” or “FAST” wheel speed
position on the Wheel Speed Lever
and use the Wheels/Tines/PTO
Drive Lever to drive the wheels.
4. If the
engine is stopped,
put
the Wheel Speed Lever in “FREE
WHEEL” and manually move the
machine.
To load or unload tiller:
1. Use loading ramps that are wide
and strong enough to support both
the machine and the operator (ma­
chine weighs between 280 and
325 pounds).
2. Place the Tines/PTO Clutch
Lever in the “DISENGAGE”
position.
3. Put the Wheel Speed Lever in the
“SLOW” wheel speed position and
reduce the engine throttle speed.
4. TO GO UP RAMPS, use “FOR­
WARD” drive and follow the tiller
up the ramps (Figure 3-11).
5. TO GO DOWN RAMPS, use “RE­
VERSE” drive and back down the
ramps. Never go down the ramps
in “FORWARD” drive as the tiller
could tip forward, exposing you to
the tines (which should be disen­
gaged). See Figure 3-12.
Changing belt speeds
Your Tiller has both “LOW” and
“HIGH” speed belt ranges. By
moving the belt from one range to
the other you can obtain a total of
four different forward wheel speeds
and two different tine speeds. These
extra wheel and tine speeds permit
you to tailor your tiller’s action to
your specific needs in the garden,
with less strain on the engine.
Changing from one belt range to
the other is simply a matter of mov­
ing the belt from one set of grooves
on the engine and transmission
pulleys to the other set of grooves.
See Photo 3-13. This change can
be made very quickly in the field
and without any tools.
3-13: Belt range positions.
By combining the use of the
“LOW” and “HIGH” speed belt
ranges with the “SLOW” and
“FAST” speed positions on the
Wheel Speed Lever, you can ob­
tain four different forward wheel
speeds (Figure 3-14). The two dif­
ferent tine speeds (Figure 3-14)
are determined by the belt range
position alone.
At 3000 RPM (Revolutions Per Minute)
engine speed, the w/heel and tine speeds are:
WHEEL
SPEED
BELT LEVER WHEEL TINE
POSITION POSITION SPEED SPEED
Low Range Slow .5 MPH 146 RPM
Low Range Fast 1.2 MPH 146 RPM
High Range Slow .7 MPH 200 RPM
High Range Fast 1.72 MPH 200 RPM
3-14: Wheel and tine speeds.
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