User guide – Quick Start UM-5150 Potato planter Use As the machine is pulled by the tractor, the drive wheel spoke sticks in ground, rotating the feeding rotors. Two operators sit on the two seats with their feet resting on the frame of the potato planter. Boxes of potatoes can be placed on the wooden tray, and are fed into the rotor-sectors, one potato in each sector for a total of six at a time. As the potatoes fall down the drop hole, they land in a furrow before being covered with soil by the ridging wings.

Adjustments 1. The depth wheel can be regulated vertically by moving the safety spring and turning the handle (1). It can also be adjusted for the row distance by loosening the nuts (2), repositioning and tightening the nuts.

2. Planting depth (1) is regulated by the set screw as seen. The width (2) of the planting rows is changed by disassembling the planting arm and assembling it with the plates flipped the other way. There are several configurations yielding row distanced from 56 cm to 85 cm.

3. Ridging is how the soil cowers the planted potatoes. This can be adjusted in several ways. The row width (1) and depth (2) are adjusted by loosening the bolts clamping the frame. The angle of the ridging wings (3) can be adjusted depending on soil conditions to give the best soil coverage. The angle and spring stiffness (4) is adjusted by tightening and loosening the nut at the end of the spring.

4. Planting frequency is adjusted by the spokes on the drive wheel. Losen the four bolts and adjust the spokes in or out equally. The distance is engraved in each spoke.

Warnings Do not sit on the machine without having it mounted to a tractor. It could tip backwards and bend the drive wheel arm and hurt people.

• Keep the machine clean and store under a roof if possible. • Regularly control for any loose bolts or nuts. • Lubricate regularly in the following points. If in daily use, lubricate daily. 2. Drive wheel (1 spot) 4. Depth wheel (2 spots)