Operator's Manual

4.PulltheattachmentliftleverbacktotheRAISEposition
untiltheboomisintheTRANSPORTposition.
5.MovethethrottletotheIDLEposition,shutoffthe
engine,andremovethekey.
OperatingTips
•Cleantheareaoftrash,branches,androcksbefore
trenchingtopreventdamagingtheequipment.
•Alwaysselecttheshortestboom,thelightestchain,and
thelightestteethtohandlethejob.Inharddigging
conditions,selectahightensile-strengthchain,arock
boom,andananti-backexchainwithrockandfrost
teeth.
•Alwaysbegintrenchingwiththeslowestgroundspeed
possible.Increasethetrenchingspeedifconditions
permit.Ifthechainspeedslowsdown,reducetheground
speedtokeepthechainmovingatitsfastestrate.Donot
spinthewheelswhiletrenching.
•Alwaysusefullthrottle(maximumenginespeed)when
trenching.
•Alwaystrenchwhilethemachineismovingintheforward
direction.
•Trenchwiththechainata45-to60-degreeanglefor
bestresults.
•Youcandigatrenchfasterbycontrollingthedepthand
adjustingtheboomperiodically.
•Ifthetrencherbindsinthesoil,reversethechain
direction.Oncethechainisloose,changechaindirections
andcontinuetrenching.
•Ifyouneedthenishedtrenchtobecleanerthanwhatis
possiblewiththetrencher,youcanpurchaseacrumber
fromanAuthorizedToroServiceDealer.Thecrumber,
whichmountsontotherestraintbar,scrapesthetrench
cleanasyoudig.
•Ifthediggingspeedofthetrencheristooslowortoo
fast,adjustit.
•Usethecorrectchainforthegroundconditions;referto
SelectingtheProperChain(page13).
•Toobtainmaximumdiggingefciencyfromthetrencher,
alwayskeepgoodsharpteethatthenecessaryspaces.As
teethbecomeworn,replacethemimmediately.
•Somegroundconditionsmayrequireafasterchainspeed.
Movethechainspeedcontrolfurtherforwardfromthe
NEUTRALposition.Youcanreducethelifeofthedigging
chainbyusingitathigherchainspeedsforanextended
time.
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