Troy-Bilt Horse User Manual

TILLING UNDER CORNSTALKS
Soon after harvest, till under cornstalks while
they are still green and fresh.
When
corn is as high as shown in these
photos and it is still nice and green, that's the
time to till it under. When the stalks are dried
out, they are tougher to handle and the roots
pull
out more easily. YOU DON'T WANT TO
PULL THE ROOTS OUT BY HAND BEFORE
TILLING. It is the action of the stalk, held in
place by its
root structure, being chopped a-
gainst
the soil that makes it so easy for your
Troy-Bilt Roto Tiller-Power Com poster to cut
them down and chop them up, partially burying
much of the cornstalk material in the first pass
over.
How to go about knocking down cornstalks
and tilling them under is not difficult once you
understand two operating principles. First,
you should get the stalks in between your
LEFT wheel and the tiller transmission case.
(The
right wheel won't do because of the
chance
of interference by the stalks with the
carburetor,
air cleaner, and throttle linkage.)
Second, every pass
you take should overlap
one-half a tiller width over ground just tilled
on the preceding pass. And, you should till
just as deeply as you tilled when you prepared
the field
for planting with your Troy-Bilt Tiller.
Now, here's
how to go about tilling under
cornstalks. Please look at Sketch 5/50 of a
Troy-Bilt Tiller indicating how it's done by a
change in
number each time there is a change
in
direction. Set the tiller depth regulator at
the 5th, 6th, 7th
or 8th notch, depending upon
the condition of your soil when you planted.
The first pass,
No.1, is made alongside the row
with the RIGHT wheel up close to, but not
touching any cornstalk-see Photo 5/51. The
second pass
No.2, will be over the row with the
stalks in between
the left wheel and the trans-
mission case and it will also overlap the first
pass by one half a
tiller width. This permits the
tiller to apply maximum power to the cornstalks
-see Photo 5/52.
The initial pass over the stalks will just knock
them down and cut some of them up in one or
two foot lengths and partially bury them-see
Photo 5/53. On the third pass, you will be go-
ing back over the stalks that are lying down,
but this time from the opposite direction. This
will bury much of the residue 3 or 4 inches un-
der the soil-see Photo 5/54. The fourth pass
will be back
down between rows overlapping
one half over the number 3 pass-see Photo
5/55. The fifth pass will be back alongside the
second row of cornstalks, with the right wheel
up close, but
not touching, the stalks-see
Photo 5/56.
(Sketch 5/50) Tilling cornstalks.
(Photo 5/51)Right wheel up close.
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Troy-Bilt Horse Specifications

General

Brand	Troy-Bilt
Model	Horse
Category	Lawn Mower
Language	English