Mantis 410733 User Manual

XP Lawn Aerator

Eight gangs of tempered steel
“knives.” These knives cut into
the soil beneath your lawn to let
water and nutrients penetrate
easily, and to encourage deep
drought-resistant root growth.

HOW TO MOUNT

Mount the aerator tines so the angled face of the blade
impacts with the earth (Figure 1). This position gives you
aeration 1 to 2 inches deep.

If you mount the tines so the straight face impacts with
the earth, you’ll work deeper (Figure 2). Roughly 2-1/2
to 3-1/2 inches deep. This is all right, but when learning
how to use the aerator blades, it is best to work shallow,

not deep, which is why we suggest to rst use the angle

face setting.

You will notice that if you let the machine run forward it
will tear out dome sized patches of lawn and soil. While
this does give you some aeration, you get the best
results by walking backwards and pulling the machine
as you go.

Figure 1 Figure 2

Rotation Rotation

Regardless of the method you use … Please be
aware that aerating with any machine will make your
lawn somewhat unsightly for about 10 days … The
improvements that you’ll realize in terms of lawn vigor
and color make regular aeration more than worth it.
Remember, however, that aeration is a radical procedure
and your lawn will look unattractive for a few days
… Most of the unsightly aspects of aeration can be
eliminated immediately by raking off your loose surface
earth and irrigating immediately after raking.

The aerator cuts 8 hairline slits roughly 2-1/2 inches
apart and 1-1/2 inches deep. You will get some loose
earth between the slits. If your lawn needs radical
restoration, aerate north to south and then aerate east to
west, giving you a checker board pattern of slits. Leave
the earth where it is until you’ve sown fresh grass seed
and fertilizer along the slits then rake off the loose earth
and you’ll get fresh bands of healthy green grass which
in 3 to 5 weeks will spread over your entire lawn, giving
you a rich carpet of healthy green growth.

OPERATING SUGGESTIONS

Before doing your lawn, a brief review of Basic Lawn
Management is in order. You aerate to give your grass
roots a chance to breathe … You also aerate to allow
irrigation to seep below the soil’s hard crust so your roots
get proper hydration … Many people aerate without
reseeding or fertilizing … This is perfectly acceptable
with a good healthy lawn; however, reseeding and
fertilizing after aerating does give you healthy new
growth which is essential to the maintenance of a
good lawn.

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We recommend that you aerate three times a year,
early spring, mid-summer and early fall only … Aeration
should always follow a thorough program of dethatching.
Used this way, you will have a lawn that will turn your
neighbors green with envy.

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INSTALLATION

1. First, you will need to understand that your Mantis® XP
has an inner and outer set of tines on each side of the
tiller as shown in Figure 3.

2. Make sure the tiller is turned off.

3. Remove the retaining pins from the outer set of tines
(Figure 4) and remove the outer tines.

4. Only after you have removed the outer set of tines,
remove the retaining pins from the inner tines. Remove
the inner tines from the transmission axle. (Figure 5)

axle of the transmission. Install the tine retaining pin.
Repeat for the other side.

6. Place one set of outer aerator tines onto the left side
axle of the inner aerator tines. The “D” shaped hole of
the tine hub should be to the outside. Insert the tine
retaining pin. Repeat for the other side. Make sure to
match the orientation of the outer aerator tines with
the orientation of the inner tines.

5. Place one set of inner aerator tines onto the left side

Figure 3

Figure 4

Figure 5

Inner Tines

Outer Tines

DO NOT reach your ngers and/or hand between

the tine blades. DO NOT attempt to remove

the inner set of tines until you have rst

removed the outer set of tines.

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Original Operating Instructions

Traduction des instructions originales

Übersetzung der originalen Bedienungsanleitung

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