5
FIGURE 5
• Connect the sweeper to the tractor. Set the sweeper
height adjustment handle to about the middle of it's
adjustment range.
• Place the dethatcher in front of the sweeper housing,
underneath the hitch tubes.
• Connect the dethatcher to the conduit clamps using
two 5/16" x 1-3/8" clevis pins, 5/16" washers and
3/32"haircotterpins.Seegure4.
CONDUIT
CLAMP
TRANSPORT
HOOK
FIGURE 3
• Assemble a conduit clamp onto each end of the
sweeper height adjustment tube so that the straight
partoftheclampisontopofthetube.Seegure3.
• Remove the hitch brackets and the bolts, if present,
from the ends of the sweeper's hitch tubes. Slide the
transport hook onto the L.H. hitch tube as shown in
gure3.
• Reassemble the hitch brackets and bolts to the hitch
tubes. Refer to your sweeper owner's manual.
3/32" HAIR
COTTER PIN
5/16" WASHER
5/16" x 1-3/8"
CLEVIS PIN
HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT
MIDDLE SETTING
If you have a 30" sweeper, skip these steps.
• Make sure the sweeper height adjustment handle is
still set to about the middle of it's adjustment range.
• Center the dethatcher with the sweeper.
• Assemble the keeper brackets (bend to the inside)
to the sweeper's hitch tube, outside of the conduit
clamps. Use a u-bolt and two 1/4" nylock nuts per
bracket. Position the keeper brackets against the sides
of the conduit clamps, approximately perpendicular
to the ground. Tighten the nuts without bending the
keeperbrackets.Seegure5.
KEEPER BRACKET
U-BOLT
1/4" NYLOCK NUT
FIGURE 4 FIGURE 6
• Lift the front of the dethatcher and secure it in
transportpositionusingthetransporthook.Seegure
6.
• To keep the transport hook from sliding back along
the hitch tube, you can fasten the supplied nylon tie
around the hitch tube behind the transport hook. See
gure6.
