Operator's Manual

OnePassOperation
•Starting
Puttractoringearandstarttractormoving.
Lowerthecoreprocessortotheground.
EngagethePTOtothetractor.
Lowertheaeratortotheground
•Stopping
Lifttheaeratorfromtheground
DisengagethePTOtothetractor
Liftthecoreprocessorfromtheground
Stopthetractor
Note:OnlyraisetheaeratorandtheCoreProcessor
enoughtodisengagetheoperation.
Note:TheCoreProcessormaynothavetoberaised
ifthereisadequateturfforturning.
TowHitchOperation
Therecommendedmaximumtowingspeedis3MPH
(1stgearlowrangehighidlefortheWorkmanVehicle)
1.Toavoiddrivingoverthecores,offsettheCore
Processorbeforemovingforward.
2.LowertheCoreProcessortostartprocessing.
3.Attheendofthepass,raisetheCoreProcessor.
Note:TheCoreProcessormaynothavetoberaised
ifthereisadequateturfforturning.
OperatingTips
Thecoreprocessorwillleaveavarietyofnished
resultsdependingontheconditions.Ingeneral,ifthe
conditionsaregoodforaeration,theywillbegoodfor
processing.Soilmoisture,surfacemoistureordew,soil
compositionandamountofsoilprocessedallcanaffect
thenishedappearance.
Theamountofsoilprocessedcanbeinuencedbythe
tinesize,holedepthandholespacingoftheaerator.
Smallertinesizeandwiderspacingwillleavelesssoil
onthesurfaceandrequirelesspostprocessing.Some
soilmoistureisnecessaryforgoodaeration.
Properheightadjustmentisrelativelyeasytoattainbut
criticaltoasuccessfuloperation.Thebrushshouldbe
setatorslightlyabovetheheightofcutoftheturftobe
processed.Finetunethebrushheightusingthetoplink
ontheonepasssystem,oradjustmenthandleonthe
towhitch.Ifthebrushistooaggressive,theprocessor
willuseexcessivehorsepowerandprematurelywear
thebrush.Ifthebrushisnotaggressiveenough,some
coreswillbemissed.
Finalizeyourheightadjustmentonaremoteareaofthe
propertybeforeusingoncriticalareas.
Beforestartingoperation,surveyareatodeterminethe
bestdirectiontowork.
Alwaystrytomakealong,continuousrunwithaslight
overlaponthereturnrun.
Note:Tomaintainastraightlinewhenoperating,sight
anobjectintheforeground.
Important:Donotmakesharpturnswhenusing
thecoreprocessorasdamagetoturfmayoccur.
WhileOperating
DANGER
TIPOVERCANCAUSESERIOUSINJURYOR
DEATH.
•NEVERoperateonsteepslopes.
•Operateonslopesupanddown,neveracross
theface.
•Whengoinguphillordownhill,donotstopor
startsuddenly.
•Stayalertforholesintheterrainorotherhidden
hazards.Toavoidtippingorlossofcontrol,do
notdriveclosetoaditch,creekordropoff.
•Ifmachinestopsgoinguphill,disengage
aeratorandbackslowlydownhill.Donot
attempttoturn.
•Checktheconditionoftheprocessortipafter
thecompletionofeachfairwayorsportseld.
Replaceanybrokenorloosetips.
Transporting
Whenmovingfromoneworkareatoanother,proceed
asfollows;
•Insertthestoragepinsintherearholeposition.
•MakesuretoraisetheCoreProcessor.
•Donotexceed15MPH.
•Ifusingthetowhitch,repositionthecoreprocessor
behindthevehicle,retractthetowhitchand
movethelatchhandlepintothelockedposition
(
Figure35).
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