Activating the shallow ridger and adjusting the working depth

If you want to use the shallow ridgers for a hoeing pass, the shallow ridgers must be moved from the passive position to the active position and their working depth must be adjusted.

To adjust the working depth, the following applies:

  • The deeper a shallow ridger cuts into the arable soil, the more soil will be heaped onto the plant row.

  • The higher the forward speed during hoeing operation, the more soil is heaped by each shallow ridger onto the plant rows. If the amount of soil that is heaped should remain the same when the forward speed is increased, the working depth of the shallow ridgers must be reduced.

  • If the hoeing depth is changed, see section Adjusting the hoeing depth, and the amount of heaped soil should remain the same, the distance of the shallow ridgers from the arable soil must also be changed.

  1. To move a shallow ridger from the passive position to the active position:

    Follow steps 2 to 6.
  2. Lower the implement on the field with the three-point power lift.
  1. Unscrew the nut 4.
  2. Pull the shallow ridger outwards, until the roll pin 2 is no longer engaged in the hole.
  3. Turn the shallow ridger 90 degrees to the rear.
  4. Tighten the nut until the shallow ridger is resting against the shaft of the RapidoClip duckfoot share and is held by the two roll pins 2 and 3 in a horizontal position.

  5. To adjust the working depth of the shallow ridger in active position:

    Follow steps 8 and 9.
  1. Slide the shallow ridger 1 down by the shaft 3 of the RapidoClip duckfoot share 4 up to the desired position.
  2. Tighten the nut 2.

  3. To change the working depth of an activated shallow ridger:

    Follow steps 11 to 13.
  4. Loosen the nut.
  5. Slide the shallow ridger up or down up to the desired position.
  6. Tighten the nut.
  7. Activate all of the shallow ridgers in the same was and adjust their working depth.