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Section4: Operation
oTurn the vehicle's engine off and apply
its parking brake.
o Positionthe ioading vehicie sothat the
rampangie is asflat aspossibie (the
less inclineto the ramp, the better).
Leading the Tiller
1. Use ioading ramps that arestrong and
wide enough to safely hold the weight of
the tiiier and the operator combined--
your tiller weighs between280 and 325
Ibs,
2. Move theTines/PTOClutch Lever
(Figure4-2) into DISENGAGEposition.
3. Setthe Depth Regulator iever(Figure
4-2) to the Travel position.
4. Move WheelSpeedLever (Figure4-2)
into SLOWposition and reducethe
enginethrottle speed.
5. Sisiftthe Wheelsfrines/PTO Lever
(Figure4-2) into FORWARDposition and
foiiow the tiiier upthe ramps (Figure4-7).
Checkthe wheels asyou movethe tiiier
forward. Ensurethat they move up the
center of each ramp.
6. Preventtiiier from roiiing in vehicie.
LeaveWheei SpeedLeverin FASTor
SLOWposition, chock wheels with blocks
and tie down the tiller.
Figure 4=7: To go up ramps, use
unmeadingthe Tiller
iMPORTANT:fgeverunload tire tiiier in
FORWARDdrive, Thetiiier couid tip
forward and exposeyou to the tines
(which shouid bedisengagedas
instructed).
1. Use loading ramps that arestrong and
wide enough to safely hotdtire weight of
the tiller and the operator combined--
your tiller weigirs between280 and 325
Ibs.
2. MovetheTines/PT0 Ciutch Lever
(Figure4-2) to DISENGAGEposition.
3. Setthe DepthRegulator Lever(Figure
4-2) to the Travel position.
4. MoveWheelSpeedLever (Figure4-2)
to SLOWposition and reducethe engine
throttle speed.
IMPORTANT: Look behind you before
you back down the rampto ensurethat ali
is clear. Whiie descending,keepchecking
for obstacies behindyou.
5. Moveand hold tire Wheets/Tines/PTO
Leverinto REVERSEdriveand backdown
the ramps (Figure4°8). Checkthe wheets
asyou movethe tiiier backward. Ensure
that they move down the center of each
ramp.
Figure 4-8: To go down ramps, use
REVERSE drive.
Changing Speed Brits
Your tiller hastwo belt-drivenspeed
ranges- HIGHRANGEand LOWRANGE
- you pickone or the other by deciding
which set of pulleygrooves to movethe
forward beltinto. By moving the belt
from onespeed rangeinto the other, in
combination with the FASTand SLOW
wheelspeeds,you obtain a choice of four
different forward wheel speedsand two
different tine speeds.
To help avoid serioas personal injary,
stop the engine, remove the ignition
key, disconnect spark plug wire and
move the wire away from the spark
plug, and let engine and muffler cod
down before changing belt speeds.
Changingthe belt from LOWrange into
HIGHrange (or backagain) isa matter of
moving the belt from one set of puliey
grooves to asecond set of pulleygrooves.
This changeis done quickiy and without
tools (Figures4-9 through 4-13).
Figure 4=9: Belt range positions.
Whenthe tiller is moving in REVERSE,the
wheels are powered bya rubber reverse
disc, not by the belt. Therefore,you have
onlytwo reversespeedsSLOWand FAST,
as set with the WheelSpeedLever.
Table4-1 shows the range of wheeiand
tine speeds availablewhen using the two
bdt speed rangesandthe FASTand
SLOWselections onthe WheelSpeed
Lever.
Table 4-1
Available wheel and tine speeds at 3888 RP_
engine speed.
Wheel
Belt Speed Wheel Tine
Position Lever Speed Speed
Low Range Slow ,5MPH 146RPM
Low Range Fast 12MPH 146RPM
High Range Slow ,7MPH 200RPM
High Range Fast 1,72MPH 200RPM
Changing Belt From LOW Range
in HIGH Range
1. To avoid personalinjury, shut off
engine, iet ali moving parts come to a
compiete stop, then disconnect spark
piug wire from spark piug and move it
away from spark piug beforemaking any
adjustments. Wait for the engineand
muffler to cooI down.
2. Move Wheels,rrines/PTODrive Lever
into NEUTRAL.
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