Steketee EC-WEEDER - Adjusting Working Depth of Hoeing Elements

Earthing-up share: Width
1.
Undo the screws
1
.
2.
Lengthen or shorten the expansion bush
2
.
ð
The shares open or close.
3. Tighten the screws.
6.3.6 Adjusting working depth of hoeing elements
Targets:
n All hoeing elements are set to the same depth.
n For full-surface cultivation, the knives
– on the hoeing elements are 2...3 cm
– duck-foot shares maximum 4 cm
beneath the topsoil.
Deeper cultivation promotes weed potential.
Preconditions:
n A level seedbed
n The row distance is adjusted correctly.
The working depth is adjusted via a screw with a crank on the depth
guiding wheel.
The user must measure the depth of the Basic-Element at two points on
the depth guiding wheel.
1.
Undo the fastening screw
1
.
2. To change the depth adjustment of the element: Rotate the
crank
2
on the depth guiding wheel.
3. Measure the depth at two points, e.g. at the end of the spindle
tube
3
and on the wheel bracket
4
.
4. Tighten the fastening screw.
5. Adjust all depth guiding wheels to an identical depth.
1
2
1
Screws
2
Expansion bush
Working depth of the Basic-Element
2
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1
1
Fastening screw
2
Crank
3
Measurement point end of spindle
tube
4
Measurement point wheel bracket
Operation
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