Operator's Manual

Childrenorbystandersmaybeinjuredifthey
attempttomoveoroperatethetractorwhileit
isunattended.
Alwaysremovetheignitionkeyandsetthe
parkingbrakewhenleavingthemachine
unattended,evenifjustforafewminutes.
OperatingtheMower
RaisingandLoweringtheMower
Thedeckliftleverraisesandlowersthemowerdeck
(Figure19).Theenginemustberunningforyouto
usethislever.
Figure19
1.Deckliftlever
•Tolowerthemowerdeck,pushtheleverforward.
•Toraisethemoverdeck,pulltheleverrearward.
Important:Donotcontinuetoholdthelever
backorforwardafterthemowerhasfullyraised
orlowered.Doingsowilldamagethehydraulic
system.
Note:Tolockthemowerdeckinaraisedposition,
raisethedeckpastthe6inch(15cm)position,remove
theheightofcutstoppin(refertoAdjustingthe
Height-of-Cut),andplacethepininthe6inch(15cm)
height-of-cutposition(Figure21).
EngagingthePowerTakeOff(PTO)
Thepowertakeoff(PTO)switchstartsandstopsthe
mowerbladesandsomepoweredattachments.
1.Iftheengineiscold,allowtheenginetowarmup5
to10minutesbeforeengagingthePTO.
2.Whileseatedintheseat,releasethepressureonthe
tractioncontrolleversandplacetheminneutral.
3.PulluponthePTOswitchtoengageit(Figure20).
Figure20
1.PTOswitch
DisengagingthePTO
Todisengage,pushthePTOswitchtotheoffposition.
AdjustingtheHeight-of-Cut
Theheight-of-cutisadjustedfrom1to6inches
(2.5to15.8cm)in1/4inch(6mm)incrementsby
relocatingthestoppinintodifferentholelocations.
1.Withtheenginerunning,pullbackonthedeck
liftleveruntilthemowerdeckisfullyraisedand
releasetheleverimmediately(Figure21).
2.Toadjust,rotatethestoppinuntiltherollpin
initlinesupwiththeslotsintheholesinthe
height-of-cutbracketandremoveit(Figure21).
3.Selectaholeintheheight-of-cutbracket
correspondingtotheheight-of-cutdesired,insert
thepin,androtateitdowntolockitinplace
(Figure21).
Note:Therearefourrowsofholepositions
(Figure21).Thetoprowgivesyoutheheightofcut
listedabovethepin.Thesecondrowdowngives
youtheheightlistedplus1/4inch(6mm).The
thirdrowdowngivesyoutheheightlistedplus1/2
inch(12mm).Thebottomrowgivesyoutheheight
listedplus3/4inch(18mm).Forthe6inch(15.8
cm)positionthereisonlyonehole,locatedinthe
secondrow.Thisdoesnotadd1/4inch(6mm)to
the6inch(15.8cm)position.
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