PO Box 1200 305 Commerce Drive Winfield, Alabama 35594 POST HOLE DIGGERS PHD-06S, PHD-09S, PHD-12S www.kingkutter.
TO THE PURCHASER This manual contains valuable information about your new King Kutter Post Hole Digger. It has been carefully prepared to give you helpful suggestions for operating, adjusting, servicing and ordering repair parts. Keep this manual in a convenient place for quick and easy reference. Study it carefully. You have purchased a dependable and sturdy post hole digger, but only by proper care and operation can you expect to receive the service and long life designed and built into it.
It is the purchaser and/or operator’s responsibility to…. z Read and understand the information contained in this manual. z Operate, lubricate, assemble and maintain the equipment in accordance with all instructions and safety procedures in this manual. z Inspect the equipment and replace or repair any parts that are damaged or worn which under continued operation would cause damage, wear to other parts, or cause a safety hazard.
CONTENTS ITEM PAGE Safety ......................................................................... 6 Safety Decal's And Locations ..................................... 8 Assembly Instructions .............................................. 10 Operating Instructions.............................................. 11 Lubrication Schedule ............................................... 11 Safety Training ......................................................... 12 Operational Safety ...........................
SAFETY READ AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS MANUAL AND ESPECIALLY IN THE SAFETY SECTION. FAILURE TO DO SO CAN RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. TAKE NOTE! THIS SAFETY ALERT SYMBOL FOUND THROUGHOUT THIS MANUAL IS USED TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO INSTRUCTIONS INVOLVING YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS.
EQUIPMENT SAFETY GUIDELINES z Safety of the operator and by standards is one of the main concerns in designing and developing a digger. However, every year accidents occur which could have been avoided by a few seconds of thought and a more careful approach to handling equipment. You, the operator, can avoid many accidents by observing the following precautions and insist those working with you, or for you, follow them.
ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Attach arch to lower hitch points. If tractor has Category 2 hitch, use bushings provided on arch pins. 2. Attach arch to boom with pin and cotter pins provided. 3. Attach gearbox to boom with pins and cotter pins provided. 4. Attach PTO shield to top of gearbox with bolts provided. 5. Prepare PTO for attachment. a. Remove any foriegn material or paint from input shaft ongearbox. b. Separate PTO driveshaft. Use a good grade of gun grease and put a light coat on U-joint drive shaft.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS 1. Lower auger point slowly to ground. Auger point should be about 4” to the rear of the plumb line of the center of the top of the auger. 2. Set brake or use Park position. 3. Engage PTO shaft clutch at half throttle and slowly lower auger into ground. In some types of soil it may be necessary to hold auger back from screwing itself into the ground with the hydraulic control lever. 4.
SAFETY TRAINING z Safety is a primary concern in the design and manufacture of our product. Unfortunately, our efforts to provide safe equipment can be wiped out by a single careless act of an operator or bystander. z In addition to the design and configuration of equipment, hazard control and accident prevention are dependent upon the awareness, concern, prudence and proper training of personnel involved in the operation, transport, maintenance and storage of this equipment.
PREPARTION z z z z z z z Never operate the tractor and post hole digger until you have read and completely understand this manual, the Tractor Operator’s Manual, and each of the safety messages found on the safety signs on the tractor and digger. Personal protection equipment including hardhat, safety glasses, safety shoes, and gloves are recommended during assembly, installation, operation, adjustment, maintenance, repairing, removal, or moving the implement.
OPERATIONAL SAFETY z z z z z z z z 14 The use of this equipment is subject to certain hazards that cannot be protected against by the mechanical means or product design. All operators of this equipment must read and understand this entire manual, paying particular attention to safety and operating instructions, prior to using. If there is something in this manual you do not understand, ask your supervisor, or your dealer, to explain it to you. Most accidents occur because of neglect or carelessness.
OPERATIONAL SAFETY continued... z z z z z z z z z Never allow the auger to contact such items. Never assume an area is clear. Always Check! Always stop the tractor, disengage PTO, set brake, shut off the tractor engine, remove the ignition key, lower implement to the ground and allow auger to come to a complete stop before dismounting tractor. Never leave equipment unattended with the tractor running.
OPERATIONAL SAFETY continued... z z Always check tractor manual for proper use on slopes. When using a unit, a minimum 20% of tractor and equipment weight must be on tractor front wheels. Without this weight, tractor could tip over, causing personal injury or death. The weight may be attained with a frontend loader, front wheel weights, ballast in the tires or front tractor weights.
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PHD PARTS Ref. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 12 13 14 15 16 Part Name Boom Complete Lynch Pin Pin w/Cotter PIns Arch Complete Bushing (2 REQ) PTO Shaft Complete Shear Bolt Pkg. (3/8” X 2-1/2” Grade 2, Locknut,Roll Pin 3/16” X 2”) PTO Sheild Gear Box Auger Tube Bolt Pkg.1/2”x 3-1/2 Grade 2 Bolt, Nut, Lockwasher (2ea.) Auger Point Bolt Pkg. (1/2”x 3-Bolt, Nut, Lockwasher) Auger Complete 6” Auger Complete 9” Auger Complete 12” Auger Point Auger Teeth & Bolt PKG. 1/2” x 1-1/4” HHCS Bolt, Locknut (2 EA.
1. Limited Warranty. King Kutter, Inc. (“King Kutter”), P.O. Box 1200, Winfield, Alabama 35594, warrants to the original retail purchaser (“Purchaser”) that the product that is the subject of this sale is free from defects in material and workmanship at the time of sale. Under this warranty, King Kutter will repair the defective product free of charge to the Purchaser, with either new or used and reconditioned replacement parts.
