Scotts 1000 User Manual

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Thank you for purchasing a Scotts

Drop Spreader! The Scotts Company was first to market a

spreader for home lawns, back in 1946. Today, Scotts continues

to improve its entire line of spreaders, to make them more

accurate, easy to use, more durable and longer lasting.

The Scotts Difference

U-shaped handle with handle mounted on/off control

18-inch (46cm) spread width, for fast, easy coverage

Holds 5,000 sq. ft. (470 sq. meters) of Scotts fertilizer

Durable, rustproof plastic parts

12-inch (30cm) wheels provide stability and maneuverability

Folds for easy storage

Backed by Scotts No-Quibble Guarantee

Made in the U.S.A.

Instructions for Assembly and Use

PROOF OF PURCHASE

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Spreader Maintenance

Wash spreader after each use.

Never leave product in spreader. Pour leftover

material back into the package and seal package tightly.

Grass Seed.

Annual Lawn Care Program™, and for

Lubricate axle bearings with light oil.

Questions, Comments, Information

Store in a dry place.

Call the toll-free Scotts Consumer Helpline: 1.800.543.TURF

Scotts No-Quibble Guarantee

or visit www.scotts.com

Marysville, Ohio 43041

natural beauty of your home environment.

Trusted by generations of homeowners, Scotts is

dedicated to helping you enhance and protect the

satisfied after using this product, you are

entitled to get your money back. Simply send

refund check promptly.

If for any reason you, the consumer, are not

us proof of purchase and we will mail you a

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Pure Premium

seeding projects use Scotts

For best results, follow the Scotts

How to Apply Product

Set Rate

Scotts product package.

Find the rate setting for "Scotts Drop Spreader" found on the back of the

Turn the micrometer until that number appears in the micrometer window.

Fill Hopper

DO NOT fill spreader on the lawn. Sweep up any spilled product.

the spreader over a patch of bare ground or driveway/sidewalk.

With the spreader hopper closed (trigger control away from handle), fill

Apply

Start walking, then squeeze and hold trigger to release product.

Application Tips

strips at each end of the lawn and then go back

and forth.

For rectangular lawns, apply two header

For irregular-shaped lawns, apply one header

strip around the entire lawn, and then go back

and forth.

strip over the edge of the previous strip. Line

To avoid streaks or misses, slightly overlap each

Do not use wheel for alignment.

up the arrow on the hopper with the wheel

track from the previous row.

Calibration screw

How to Calibrate

IT IS NECESSARY TO CALIBRATE YOUR SPREADER AFTER

ASSEMBLING IT OR IT MAY SPREAD THE INCORRECT AMOUNT

the Spreader

OF PRODUCT.

6 centered in window

6 is centered in window.

Turn micrometer until

Set Micrometer

Position Spreader

Scotts logo facing away from you.

Stand the spreader on its handle with the

Press gently with your foot on the control

Calibration line

fshutof bar.

lever and observe the position of the

Check Shutoff Bar

Shutoff bar

You may need to pull the shutoff bar

edge of the shutoff bar at bottom of hopper

should line up with the calibration line

With your foot on the control lever, the front

towards you to see the calibration line.

engraved into the bottom of the hopper.

Adjust Calibration Screw

turn the adjustment screw counter-clockwise.

If the shutoff bar covers the calibration line,

adjustment screw clockwise.

If the bar is below the line, turn the

Insert frame legs (5) into the hopper

Frame Legs

(4)

(6) on outside of hopper.

(7) slots.

through hopper then leg. Fasten legs in place

with thumbnuts

Attach legs to hopper, inserting bolts

assembly

Hopper Slot

Wheels

Slide axle washers (9) onto axle.

Slip cotter pins (10) through axle holes and

facing out.

Slide wheels (8) onto axle with the hub

bend the ends around the axle.

Micrometer

Window

Micrometer

Window

Align hubcaps (11) and snap into place.

Handle

thumbnuts. Micrometer window must face the

front of the spreader, thumbnuts face inside.

Attach handle assembly (1) using bolts and

Micrometer Wire

(2).

Screw micrometer barrel (3) into the

micrometer housing

Tighten handle assembly and all other nuts.

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Handle Assembly

Micrometer Housing

Micrometer Barrel

Bolt, 4 ea.*

Frame Leg, 2 ea.

Thumbnut, 4 ea.*

Hopper Assembly

Wheel, 2 ea.

Axle Washer, 2 ea.*

Cotter Pin, 2 ea.*

Check to see if you have all parts shown below.

Do not completely tighten nuts until the spreader assembly is complete.

Parts List *Furnished in Hardware Kit

Hubcap, 2 ea.

11.

10.