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How to Mount a Concord Soil Probe

A Concord soil probe can help you extract a consistent and representative soil sample from a field with little hassle. The Concord soil probe provides professional soil samples from the various soil layers in a field with the push of a few buttons. It also mounts to a pickup truck in a few quick steps.

Things You'll Need

  • Pickup truck
  • 3 rubber tie-down mounts
  • 2 braces
  • 1 washer
  • 1 hairpin clip
  • 2 T-handles
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Instructions

    • 1

      Put one tie-down mount into each of the front stake pockets of the pickup bed. The stake pockets are the rectangular holes on the top ridge of the pickup bed.

    • 2

      Put the third tie-down mount into the back stake pocket on the driver’s side.

    • 3

      Position the soil sampler cylinder vertically near the front of the pickup box on the driver’s side. Put the two braces that came with the probe over the pin on top of the soil sampler cylinder mount. Add a washer and slide the hairpin clip through the hole in the pin to secure the braces to the cylinder.

    • 4

      Put the unconnected ends of the braces on the tie-down mounts in the back corner and on the passenger side front corner. Secure each of the braces to a tie-down mount with a T-handle.

    • 5

      Tighten the T-handles on the adjustment arms. This will stabilize the Concord’s cylinder mount.