Troy-Bilt 8 HP - Manual (Page 26)

Choosing wheel and tine
speeds
Your tiller offers a wheel and tine
speed combination for every tilling
task and situation in the garden.
With a little experimenting, you can
soon find the proper tilling depth,
engine throttle setting, and wheel
and tine speeds that are just right
for the piece of soil you are work­
ing on. What this means is;
1. You advance the throttle lever to
keep the engine running at a suffi­
cient power level to do the job.
2. You have the depth regulator
set in a notch which is not so deep
that it causes the engine to labor
or causes the tiller to jump.
3. You have the tines turning over
fast enough to really break up the
soil with a minimum number of
passes. When your tiller is working
properly, you can hear that the
engine is not laboring very hard
and see that the tines are breaking
up the soil into small, thoroughly
tilled bits. At the proper match
of wheel and tine speeds, you will
get the job done quickly, and
achieve results which are better
and more satisfying.
To help guide you in your selec­
tions of wheel and tine speeds,
please refer to the following chart.
A
WARNING
The “HIGH” belt range and “FAST”
wheel speed combination will
propel the tiller at a fast pace.
To help avoid personal injury when
first using this belt range/wheel
speed combination, reduce the en­
gine throttle speed setting to a
slower setting.
WHEEL SPEED AND BELT RANGE SELECTION GUIDE
IMPORTANT:
For correct wheel speed and belt range choices when using attachments or
accessories other than the tines, read the Owner/Operator Manual provided with the attachment
or accessory.
SLOW GEAR, SLOW GEAR, lAST GEAR, FAST GEAR,
LOW RANGE HIGH RANGE LOW RANGE HIGH RANGE
Till in sod Till in sod Prepare last time over Prepare seedbeds for
Till hard clay Till hard clay seedbed for planting planting cover crops
Till in cornstalks Till in cornstalks (in vegetables and cover Mixing in lime
Till in cover crops most cases, much crop Cover seeds with less
Prepare very deep faster) Cover seed in wide row holding up on handle-
seedbed Till in cover crops or plot planting. (In bars (faster than low
Till in stony soil (faster, better job in some soil, handlebars range)
Till in residues and most soils) must be held up to Cultivate (excellent.
organic matter Prepare seedbeds (in keep from going too saves engine because
Mix in fertilizers most soils better and deep) you don’t have to run
and manures faster) Hill and furrow very well it wide open, nor hold
Till in stony soils Raise beds easily up handlebars—with
Make raised beds Cultivate (In some soil. rare exception—
Mix in fertilizer you may have to hold because it travels
Pull hiller in hard clay up on handlebars to faster and stays on
soil avoid going too deep) top)
Mix fertilizer and manure Handy in keeping large Keep large areas tilled
Till in residues and areas tilled and pre- and ready through
organic matter pared for a season to
improve soil
Till in some organic
matter in good soil
Mix in lime
Cultivating between
raised beds with
hiller/furrower
summer (saves a lot
of time)
Till in some organic
matter.
Moving tiller from one
place to another
Cultivating between
raised beds with
hiller/furrower.
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