Operator's Manual

Lift-LockLever
Usethelift-locklevertosecuretheliftswitch(Figure
18)totheRAISE-DECKpositionwhenperforming
maintenanceonthecuttingunitorwhentransporting
betweenmowinglocations.
Mow/TransportSlide
Usingyourheel,movethemow/transportslidetothe
lefttotransport,andtotherighttomow(Figure17).
Note:Thecuttingunitsoperateonlyinthemow
position.
Important:Themowspeedissetatthefactory
to9.7km/h(6mph).Youcanincreaseordecrease
themowspeedbyadjustingthespeed-stopscrew
(Figure20).
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Figure20
1.Speed-stopscrew
IndicatorSlot
Theindicatorslotintheoperatorplatformindicates
whenthecuttingunitsareinthecenterposition
(Figure17).
Throttle
Movethethrottleforwardtoincreasetheengine
speedandrearwardtodecreasetheenginespeed
(Figure18).
PTOSwitch
ThePTOswitchhas2positions:OUT(start)and
IN(stop).PullthePTOswitchouttoengagethe
cutting-unitblades.Pushtheswitchintodisengage
thecutting-unitblades(Figure18).
Cutting-UnitShiftLever
Tolowerthecuttingunitstotheground,movethe
cutting-unitshiftleverforward.T oraisethecutting
units,pulltheshiftleverrearwardtotheRAISEposition
(Figure18).
Note:Thecuttingunitsdonotdropunlesstheengine
isrunning.
Movethelevertotherightorlefttomovethecutting
unitsinthesamedirection.
Note:Dothisonlywhenthecuttingunitsareraisedor
iftheyareonthegroundandthemachineismoving.
Note:Theleverdoesnotneedtobeheldinthe
forwardpositionwhileyouareloweringthecutting
units.
AlternatorLight
Thealternatorlightshouldbeoffwhentheengineis
running(Figure18).
Note:Ifitison,checkthechargingsystemandrepair
itasnecessary.
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