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Operator’s Manual
20969 CRT Tiller
Drive SAFETY Control Lever
Pull the drive safety control lever toward the handle bar to the
FORWARD position to engage the wheels and tines. Releasing
the lever into the NEUTRAL position stops the wheels and
tines and brings the tiller to a complete stop. SEE FIGURE 4
LOCK PIN
DEPTH REGULATOR
BRACKET
TRANSPORT HOLE
SHALLOW DIGGING
DEEPEST DIGGING
DEPTH
REGULATOR
LEVER
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FIGURE 5
Tilling
1. Adjust the depth regulator lever to desired tilling depth.
NOTE: Raise depth regulator lever up one hole at a time,
testing tiller operation after each raise. Raising
depth regulator lever too high can result in loss of
control of tiller!
2. Move the throttle control to FAST
position.
3. Place the tiller in FORWARD
by pulling the drive safety
control
Depth Regulator Lever
Tilling depth is controlled by the height of the depth regulator
lever.
To adjust tilling depth. SEE FIGURE 5
1. Remove lock pin.
2. Raise the depth regulator lever to position tines at
chosen tilling depth.
3. Align hole in depth regulator lever with hole in depth
regulator bracket and insert lock pin.
Depth Regulator Lever Down =
Shallower tilling. Place the
lock pin in the top hole of the depth regulator lever for
shallowest tilling.
Depth Regulator Lever Up =
Deeper tilling. Place the lock
pin in the bottom hole of the depth regulator lever for
deepest tilling.
TO STOP WHEELS AND TINES AT ANY TIME, RELEASE
DRIVE SAFETY CONTROL LEVERS TO NEUTRAL
POSITION.
ALWAYS RELEASE DRIVE SAFETY CONTROL LEVERS
TO NEUTRAL POSITION BEFORE ADJUSTING THE
DEPTH OF THE REGULATOR LEVER. ROTATING TINE
CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
WARNING
EXTREME CAUTION MUST BE TAKEN IN SELECTING
TILLING DEPTH. IF YOU ATTEMPT TO TILL TOO
DEEPLY FOR SOIL CONDITIONS, THAT IS, WITH THE
DEPTH REGULATOR LEVER IN TOO HIGH A POSITION,
LOSS OF CONTROL AND INJURY TO PERSONNEL CAN
OCCUR.
DO NOT ADJUST TILLING DEPTH UNLESS DRIVE
SAFETY CONTROL LEVER IS RELEASED TO NEUTRAL
POSITION.
ALWAYS SET THE DEPTH REGULATOR LEVER IN THE
TRANSPORT POSITION BEFORE STARTING ENGINE.
PLACE THE LOCK PIN IN THE HIGHEST HOLE OF THE
DEPTH REGULATOR LEVER
WARNING
LEVER ENGAGED
(FORWARD)
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DRIVE
SAFETY
CONTROL
LEVER
DISENGAGED
(NEUTRAL)
FIGURE 4
