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Section 3: Operating Instructions
12/06/11
CA2560 & CA2572 Core Aerators 325-020M
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General Operation Instructions
By now you should have read your Operator’s Manual
and properly installed your Land Pride 25 Series Core
Aerator on your tractor. If you haven’t, please do so now.
Using the Core Aerator is a fairly simple task but there
are a few things you need to consider before beginning.
If you are aerating in an area that uses a sprinkler
system, you will need to mark the sprinkler heads with
small warning flags so they can be avoided. Also you will
want to avoid any sizable rocks or foreign material that
might be embedded in the soil that could cause damage
to the aerating spoon. Most important, do not work over
underground electrical wiring or gas lines.
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DANGER
Do not work over any underground electrical wiring or gas
lines. If there is any doubt, call your public service agency. Be
sure to ask how close you can work to their flags or marks.
Making contact with electrical wiring or gas pipes can cause
serious injury or death.
Now that you know where you are going to aerate and
what precautions need to be taken, it is time to start the
tractor and travel to the site where you intend to aerate. It
is best to start in the middle of the field and gradually
work your way to the outer perimeter with each pass.
This will also help keep you from compressing freshly
pulled cores.
Begin by lowering the three-point hitch until the Aerator is
fully on the ground with all the weight off of the tractor.
Put the three-point in float position and pull ahead slowly
to get the spoons into the ground. Gradually increase
ground speed to approximately 5mph. Do not make
sharp turns with the Aerator in the ground as equipment
damage may result. At the end of each pass lift the
Aerator out and off of the ground until you have realigned
the tractor for the next pass. Look back often to observe
your pattern and to make sure you are getting good soil
penetration. If you aren’t achieving the desired
penetration, you may need to add more weight or wait
until after a rain or after irrigation has been applied to
softened the ground.
Usually allow about twelve to twenty-four hours after
pulling the cores before pulverizing the solid parts left on
the ground with a drag mat. The pulverizing action of the
drag mat breaks up the soil portion of the core which is
redistributed into the undisturbed thatch layer setting off
a microbial action that accelerates thatch breakdown.
The vegetation portion of the core remains on the surface
for debris collection or destruction by a mulching mower.
With very little practice you should become very
proficient and effective with your Land Pride 25 Series
Core Aerator.
At the completion of the aeration task the Aerator should
be washed, cleaned and lubricated. Any lodged cores
should be cleaned out of the spoons. Units being put up
for the winter should also have water drained from the
weight tanks and storage stands should be put in place.
Store in a dry and well drained area.