Troy-Bilt Horse User Manual

TILLING NARROW STRIPS
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CUL TIVATING
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(Sketch 517)
HERE'S A HELPFUL TIP
Whenever you are tilling vertically on the
slightest slope, try making the first pass up-
hill. Your tiller will dig in much more deeply
going uphill than it will downhill. This is es-
pecially helpful when tilling under sod or corn-
stalks. In this situation, make your first pass
uphill and you'll be surprised how much better
the results will be.
DON'T MAKE FOOTPRINTS
When you are making passes in a garden sec-
tion at the desired depth, walk alongside the
tiller on the side that is not yet finished. You
can easily
guide the tiller with one hand, leav-
ing
no footprints in the path that you have just
tilled.
Eliminating footprints contributes much
more than just good appearance to your gar-
den. It aids in preventing soil erosion and
avoids
"planting" unwanted weed seeds and
plants
right back in your garden bed.
UNWINDING TINES
Wherever you have a high growth of rye
grass that is
dried out, stringy stalks, or hard-
ened vines, there will be occasions where
there is some tolerable tangling of crop resi-
dues
among the tines. When this happens, it's
very useful
to lift the tines out of the soil, stop
your forward progress by shifting into neutral,
and
put the tiller into reverse for a few feet.
This will reverse the direction of the tines' mo-
tion and unwind a good deal of the debris.
Then
you can shift into forward and go on till-
ing again.
It also helps a
great deal under such condi-
tions to set the depth regulator adjustment
deep enough to get maximum "chopping" ac-
tion as the tines chop the stalks against the
ground. The depth depends upon how deep you
tilled the ground before and also on the condi-
tions of the soil.
With experience you will find that it is not

Troy-Bilt Horse Specifications

General

Brand	Troy-Bilt
Model	Horse
Category	Lawn Mower
Language	English