Food Plot Installation and Sod Busting:
1. Clear the work area of objects such as glass, large sticks and stones, roots, metal objects, wire, rope, and string-like materials.
2. Cut all vegetation to the lowest possible height.
3. Remove the cut vegetation by either rake, vacuum, blowing OR allow it to dry several days and re-cut.
4. Refer to seed specifications to determine the optimal depth of tillage necessary.
5. With initial pass, begin breaking only the top inch of soil to breakup sod.
6. Break the soil thoroughly across the entire area. See the following “Tilling Tips”.
7. Gradually lower the Tines 1-2 inches and repeat step 6 until you are satisfied with the tillage created.
Tilling Tips
• In compacted soil or sod, or in food plot and sod busting applications, several passes may be necessary to till to a depth of five
and a half (5.5) inches. For the first pass, just scratch the surface. The depth for each successive pass needs to be determined
by individual site and soil conditions. If the machine stalls repeatedly, you should till slower or not as deep.
• Check the ground moisture. DO NOT till if you can make a ball of soil in your hand from the ground to be tilled; it is too wet.
Create full tillage (depths up to 5.5") after entire area is dry.
• To obtain the most efficient tillage, operate the DR TOW-BEHIND ROTOTILLER Engine at full throttle at the slowest speed of
your Tow Vehicle.
• When operating the machine for the first time, proceed slowly and carefully until you become familiar with the proper method
of operating the machine.
• Soil conditions will determine how deep the machine can penetrate on the first pass.
• In damp soil, till only the top inch of seedbed. Allow tillage to dry for several hours in sunny and/or windy conditions.
• Listen to your DR TOW-BEHIND ROTOTILLER Engine. When the Engine
RPM decreases or stalls (overloaded condition) raise the Tines for shallower
tilling. If the Engine is lightly loaded, lower the Tines to increase the tilling
depth.
• If the soil is extremely hard and dry, it may be desirable to “cross till” an area
at a shallow depth first, then till the soil in the direction of planting rows on
subsequent passes until the desired tillage is obtained.
• In soil that was tilled the year before, select the tilling depth at which the Tiller
Engine runs comfortable and does not stall or pull down. Lower the depth for
additional passes if great depth is desired.
• Where possible, we recommend that you till in a pattern similar to that
shown in Figure 15.
1. Lower the Tines and make the first pass.
NOTE: If you raise the Tines at the end of a pass, use care to lower them back to the
same depth. Tilling too deep on the first pass may cause the Tow Vehicle to surge
forward and/or cause the Tiller to stall or break Shear Bolts
2. Skip a space equal to the width of the machine then make the return pass.
3. Till the skipped areas.
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