Operator's Manual

Theamountofsoilprocessedcanbeinuencedbythetine
size,holedepthandholespacingoftheaerator.Smallertine
sizeandwiderspacingwillleavelesssoilonthesurfaceand
requirelesspostprocessing.Somesoilmoistureisnecessary
forgoodaeration.
Properheightadjustmentisrelativelyeasytoattainbutcritical
toasuccessfuloperation.Thebrushshouldbesetator
slightlyabovetheheightofcutoftheturftobeprocessed.
Finetunethebrushheightusingthetoplinkontheonepass
system,oradjustmenthandleonthetowhitch.Ifthebrushis
tooaggressive,theprocessorwilluseexcessivehorsepower
andprematurelywearthebrush.Ifthebrushisnotaggressive
enough,somecoreswillbemissed.
Finalizeyourheightadjustmentonaremoteareaofthe
propertybeforeusingoncriticalareas.
Beforestartingoperation,surveyareatodeterminethebest
directiontowork.
Alwaystrytomakealong,continuousrunwithaslight
overlaponthereturnrun.
Note:Tomaintainastraightlinewhenoperating,sightan
objectintheforeground.
Important:Donotmakesharpturnswhenusingthe
coreprocessorasdamagetoturfmayoccur.
WhileOperating
DANGER
TIPOVERCANCAUSESERIOUSINJURYOR
DEATH.
•NEVERoperateonsteepslopes.
•Operateonslopesupanddown,neveracross
theface.
•Whengoinguphillordownhill,donotstopor
startsuddenly.
•Stayalertforholesintheterrainorotherhidden
hazards.Toavoidtippingorlossofcontrol,do
notdriveclosetoaditch,creekordropoff.
•Ifmachinestopsgoinguphill,disengageaerator
andbackslowlydownhill.Donotattemptto
turn.
•Checktheconditionoftheprocessortipafter
thecompletionofeachfairwayorsportseld.
Replaceanybrokenorloosetips.
Transporting
Whenmovingfromoneworkareatoanother,proceedas
follows;
•Insertthestoragepinsintherearholeposition.
•MakesuretoraisetheCoreProcessor.
•Donotexceed24(15mph).
•Ifusingthetowhitch,repositionthecoreprocessor
behindthevehicle,retractthetowhitchandmovethe
latchhandlepintothelockedposition(Figure35).
Figure35
1.Latchhandle3.Unlockedposition
2.Latchhandlepininthe
lockedposition
SoilMoisture
Soilmoisturelevelsbeyondthesaturationpointwillmake
processingdifcult.SurfaceMoisturewilltendtomixwith
theprocessedmaterialandwillcreatesomebuildupand
clumpingonthereardischargeareaandrearrollerscraper.
Whenpossible,driercoresprocessbetter.Beawarethatin
wetconditions,buildupwilloccurinthebrushhousingthat
willrequirethoroughcleanout(Seechart-Figure36).
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