Toro 41235 - Spraying Tips; Cleaning the Sprayer

5.TurntheSprayProselectiondialtotheApplication
Ratepositionandusetheapplicationrateswitchto
achievethedesiredrate.Todothis:
A.EnsurethepumpisOn.
B.Selectthedesiredgearrangeandbegindriving.
C.Verifythemonitordisplaysthecorrectapplication
rate.Ifneeded,manipulatetheapplicationrate
switchisuntilthemonitordisplaysthedesired
applicationrate.
D.Returntothelocationwheresprayingistobegin.
6.SetthemasterboomswitchtotheOnpositionto
beginspraying.
Note:Whenthetankisnearlyempty,theagitation
maycausefoaminginthetank.Inthiscase,turnthe
agitationcontrolvalvetothe3o'clockpositiontoturn
itoff.Alternatively,youcanuseananti-foamingagent
inthetank.
7.Whennishedspraying,setthemasterboomswitchto
theOffpositiontoturnoffallbooms,thendisengage
thePTOlever.
SprayingTips
•Donotoverlapareasthatyouhavepreviouslysprayed.
•Watchforpluggednozzles.Replaceallwornordamaged
nozzles.
•Usethemasterboomswitchtostopthesprayowbefore
stoppingthesprayer.Oncestopped,usetheneutral
enginespeedlocktoholdtheenginespeeduptokeep
theagitationrunning.
•Youwillobtainbetterresultsifthesprayerismoving
whenyouturntheboomson.
•Watchforchangesintheapplicationratethatmay
indicatethatyourspeedhaschangedbeyondtherangeof
thenozzlesorthereisaproblemwiththespraysystem.
CleaningtheSprayer
Important:Youmustalwaysemptyandcleanthe
sprayerimmediatelyaftereachuse.Failuretodoso
maycausethechemicalstodryorthickeninthelines,
cloggingthepumpandothercomponents.
1.Stopthesprayer,settheparkingbrake,placetherange
selectorintheNeutralposition,andturnofftheengine.
2.Usethetankdrainhandletodrainanyunusedmaterial
fromthetankanddisposeofitaccordingtolocalcodes
andthematerialmanufacturer'sinstructions.
Thetankdrainhandleislocatedontopofthetank
(
Figure41).
Figure41
1.Tankdrainhandle
UsingtheTankDrainHandle
A.Loosentheplasticnutatthebaseofthehandle.
B.PullupontheT-handleuntilthedesireddrain
owisachieved.
Important:Pullthehandlegently.Donot
pulltoohardoryoumaydamagethetank
draincomponents.
C.Tightentheplasticnutlockatthebaseofthe
handlelockthetankdrainintheopenposition.
D.Whenthetankhasdrained,loosentheplasticnut
andpushtheT-handledownuntilitstops.
E.Tightentheplasticnuttosecurethetankdrain
intheclosedposition.
Note:Theplasticnutonthetankdrainshould
betightenedwhennotinusetopreventleaksat
thedrainhandle.
3.Fillthetankwithatleast50USgallons(190L)ofclean
freshwaterandclosethecover.
Note:Youcanuseacleaning/neutralizingagentin
thewaterasneeded.Onthenalrinse,useonlyclean,
clearwater.
4.Starttheengine.
5.WiththeshiftleverintheNeutralposition,engagethe
PTO,andsetthehandthrottle.
6.EnsurethattheagitationcontrolvalveisintheOn
position.
7.Setthemasterboomswitchandboomcontrolswitches
totheOnpositionstobeginspraying.
8.Allowallofthewaterinthetanktosprayoutthough
thenozzles.
9.Checkthenozzlestoensurethattheyareallspraying
correctly.
10.SetthemasterboomswitchtotheOffposition,
disengagethePTO,andstoptheengine.
11.Repeatsteps3through10atleast2moretimesto
ensurethatthespraysystemisfullycleaned.
12.Cleanthestrainer;refertoCleaningtheSuction
StrainerinCleaning(page44).
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