Operator's Manual

Figure 16
1. Motion control
lever-neutral lock position
3. Forward
2. Center un-lock position 4. Backward
Driving Backward
1. Mo v e the lev ers to the center , un-loc k ed
position.
2. T o g o bac kw ard, slo wly pull the motion control
lev ers rearw ard ( Figure 16 ).
T o g o straight, apply equal pressure to both
motion control lev ers ( Figure 16 ).
T o tur n, release pressure on the motion control
lev er to w ard the direction y ou w ant to tur n
( Figure 16 ).
T o stop , push the motion control lev ers to the
neutral position.
Stopping the Machine
T o stop the mac hine , mo v e the traction control
lev ers to neutral and mo v e to loc k ed position,
diseng ag e the po w er tak e off (PTO), and tur n the
ignition k ey to off .
Set the parking brak e when y ou lea v e the mac hine;
refer to Setting the P arking Brak e . R emember to
remo v e the k ey from the ignition switc h.
Childr en or bystander s may be injur ed if
they mo v e or attempt to operate the tractor
while it is unattended.
Al w ays r emo v e the ignition k ey and set the
par king brak e when lea ving the machine
unattended, ev en if just f or a few min utes.
Adjusting the Control Lever
Resistance
T he top damper mounting bolt can be adjusted to
obtain a desired motion control lev er resistance .
R efer to Figure 17 for the mounting options .
T or que the bolt to 200 in-lb (22.6 N ⋅ m).
Figure 17
1. Damper
4. Medium resistance or
medium feel
2. Motion control bracket 5. Least resistance or softest
feel
3. Most resistance or rmest
feel
Adjusting the Height-of-Cut
T he height-of-cut is adjusted from 1-1/2 to 5 inc h
(38 to 127 mm) in 1/4 inc h (6 mm) increments
b y relocating the clevis pin into different hole
locations .
1. Raise the height-of-cut lev er to the transpor t
position (also the 5 inc h (127 mm) cutting
height position) ( Figure 18 ).
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