ASHLAND SCRAPERS
Instruction: Operation and Maintenance
APRON OPENING GUIDELINES:
You will need to determine the ideal openin
for your soil condition. It is important to have the
apron opened prior to loading To receive the hi
hest production possible, it is important to know the
general characteristics of the material that you will be loadin
. In heavier soils like clay or
umbo,
the soil will slab up and and remain together after being cut by the blades. In li
hter soils, like sand
or dry loose top soil, the matieral will pile up or push after bein
cut by the blade. Use the
suggestions listed below:
Topsoil with heavy vegetation (12” to 24” opening):
When cutting undisturbed soils, you will need to open the apron hi
h enou
h to allow debris to easil
enter the scraper bowl. If the apron is opened too hi
h, the rollin
up sod will fall out past the apron
and hinder the incoming material. If the apron is not adjusted quick enough, the material will bunch
or push ahead of the machine. If this happens, you should close the apron and pull out the cu
quickly. If you wait too lon
, you may develop too lar
e a pile to clear the scraper while risin
out o
the cut. This can cause the power unit to lose traction and possibly cause you to get stuck.
Clay or loamy material (6” to 12” opening):
o cut clay or loam soils, lower the apron to approximately 6” to 12” between the blades and th
bottom of the apron. When you first lower the bowl, you’ll see the material bein
cut by the blade
and enterin
the bowl. As you continue to move forward, small clumps will fall past the apron and
develop a small pile ahead of the apron. By limitin
this apron openin
, the small pile will “blade off
any loose material ahead of the machine. Ad
ustments should be made if lar
e ob
ects such as rocks
or deep gouges are within the cut.
Sand or loose top soil (15” to 30” opening):
Loading sand or loose top soil is the most difficult type of soil to load. In combination with the lar
e
apron openin
, you’ll want to operate at a faster
round speed. By travelin
faster and lowerin
the
blade deeper than normal, it forces the material into the scraper bowl.
We encourage you to experiment with different apron openings to determine the best condition fo
your jobsite.
he Apron is desi
ned to capture material inside of the scraper bowl and should not be used as a
lar
e blade. Obstructions like lar
e rocks or dense piles may cause the apron to bend inward afte
prolonged exposure to these conditions.
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