Operator's Manual

thePTO,andriseslightlyfromtheseat;theengine
shouldstop.
4.Sitontheseat,engagetheparkingbrake,movethe
PTOswitchtooff,andmovethemotioncontrollevers
toneutrallockposition.Starttheengine.Whilethe
engineisrunning,centereithermotioncontroland
move(forwardorreverse);theengineshouldstop.
Repeatfortheothermotioncontrol.
5.Sitontheseat,disengagetheparkingbrake,movethe
PTOswitchtooff,andmovethemotioncontrollevers
toneutrallockposition.Trystartingtheengine;the
engineshouldnotcrank.
DrivingForwardorBackward
Thethrottlecontrolregulatestheenginespeedasmeasured
inrpm(revolutionsperminute).Placethethrottlecontrolin
thefastpositionforbestperformance.Alwaysoperateinthe
fullthrottlepositionwhenmowing.
CAUTION
Themachinecanspinveryrapidly.Theoperator
maylosecontrolofthemachineandcausepersonal
injuryordamagetothemachine.
•Usecautionwhenmakingturns.
•Slowthemachinedownbeforemakingsharp
turns.
DrivingForward
1.Releasetheparkingbrake;referto
ReleasingtheParkingBrake(page20).
2.Movetheleverstothecenter,un-lockedposition.
3.Togoforward,slowlypushthemotioncontrollevers
forward(
Figure18).
Note:Theenginewillshutoffifthetractioncontrol
leversaremovedwiththeparkingbrakeengaged.
Togostraight,applyequalpressuretobothmotion
controllevers(Figure18).
Toturn,movethemotioncontrollevertowardneutral
inthedirectionyouwanttoturn(Figure18).
Thefartheryoumovethetractioncontrolleversin
eitherdirection,thefasterthemachinewillmovein
thatdirection.
Tostop,pullthemotioncontrolleverstotheneutral
position.
Figure18
1.Themotioncontrolleverin
theneutrallockposition.
3.Forward
2.Centerun-lockposition
4.Backward
DrivingBackward
1.Movetheleverstothecenter,un-lockedposition.
2.Togobackward,slowlypullthemotioncontrollevers
rearward(Figure18).
Togostraight,applyequalpressuretobothmotion
controllevers(Figure18).
Toturn,releasepressureonthemotioncontrollever
towardthedirectionyouwanttoturn(
Figure18).
Tostop,pushthemotioncontrolleverstotheneutral
position.
StoppingtheMachine
Tostopthemachine,movethetractioncontrolleversto
neutralandmovetolockedposition,disengagethepower
takeoff(PTO),andturntheignitionkeytooff.
Settheparkingbrakewhenyouleavethemachine;referto
SettingtheParkingBrake(page20).Removethekeyfrom
theignitionswitch.
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