Toro ProCore 648s - Aerating Using the Delay-Drop Mode

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Figure86
1.Transport/aerationswitch
(AERATIONposition)
3.Tractioncontrol
2.Operator-presencebail
TheInfoCenterdisplaysthecurrentholedepth
andholespacing(Figure87).
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Figure87
4.Lookinthedirectionofyourplannedpathto
ensurethatitisclear.
5.Grasptheleftorrighthandlebarandthe
operator-presencebail(Figure86),andsqueeze
thebailtothehandle.
6.Withyouthumb,rotatethetopoftheleftorright
tractioncontroltodrivethemachineforward.
Note:Duringaerationthemachinedrivesata
speedtomeetwhatyouselectedfortargethole
spacing.
•Whenusingtheground-speedlock,releasing
theaeratebailwithoutchangingthetraction
controlpositioncausesthemachineto
maintaingroundspeed,likecruisecontrol
ofanautomobile.
•Drivingthemachineinreversedirection
disengagesthecruisecontroleffect,
andcausesthemachinetodriveat
variable-groundspeed.
•Whenyouraisetheheadtoturnthemachine
aroundforanotherpass,youcanincrease
groundspeedbymovingthetractioncontrol
fartherforward.Whenyoureturnthetraction
controltotheNEUTRALposition,themachine
slowstotherequiredgroundspeedfor
aerationholespacing.
AeratingUsingtheDelay-Drop
Mode
Usethefronttiretosightthedroppointwhenaerating
indelay-dropmode.
1.Pressthetopofthedrop-controlswitch(Figure
88)totheDROP-DELAYposition.
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Figure88
1.Drop-controlswitch
2.Drivethemachineintheforwarddirection;refer
toDrivingtheMachineintheAeratingMode
(page43).
3.Asthefronttirerollsovertheperimeterof
aerationarea,closeeithertheleftorrightthe
aeratebail(Figure89).
Note:Thecoringheadrunsandlowersas
themachinemovesforwardcrossingthetarget
aerationarea.
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