Owner manual

Operation
DrivingtheMachine
CAUTION
Machinecanspinveryrapidlybypositioning
onelevertoomuchaheadoftheother.
Operatormaylosecontrolofthemachine,
whichmaycausedamagetothemachine
orinjury.
•Usecautionwhenmakingturns.
•Slowthemachinedownbeforemaking
sharpturns.
Important:Tobeginmovement(forwardor
backward)theoperatormustbeintheseat,the
brakelevermustbedisengaged(pusheddown)
beforethemotioncontrolleverscanbemovedin
ortheenginewillstop.
Whenthemotioncontrolleversarepositionedfully
outward(apart)intheT-slot,thedrivesystemisin
theneutrallockposition(Figure14).
Note:The“N”LCDindicatorappearswhenboth
leversareintheneutrallockposition.
Whenthemotioncontrolleversaremoveddirectly
inward(together)thedrivesystemisintheneutral
operateposition.
Figure14
1.Neutrallockposition
(handlesout)
4.Forward
2.Neutraloperateposition
(handlesin)
5.Neutral(operate)
3.FrontofUnit
6.Reverse
DrivingForward
1.Releasetheparkingbrake.
2.Movethemotioncontrolleversinwardtothe
centertotheneutralposition.
3.Tomoveforwardinastraightline,moveboth
leversforwardwithequalpressure.
Toturnleftorright,pullthemotioncontrollever
backtowardneutralinthedesiredturndirection.
Themachinewillmovefasterthefartherthe
motioncontrolleversaremovedfromtheneutral
position.
4.Tostop,positionbothmotioncontrolleversin
theneutraloperateposition.
Figure15
1.FrontofUnit
3.Neutral
2.Forward4.Reverse
DrivinginReverse
1.Movethemotioncontrolleversinwardtothe
neutraloperateposition.
2.Tomoverearwardinastraightline,moveboth
leversrearwardwithequalpressure.
Toturnleftorright,releasepressureonthe
motioncontrollevertowardthedesiredturn
direction.
3.Tostop,positionbothmotioncontrolleversin
theneutraloperateposition.
AdjustingtheCuttingHeight
Thecuttingheightofthemowerdeckisadjusted
from1to51/2inches(2.5cmto14cm)in1/4inch
(6.4mm)increments.
1.Stopthemachineandmovethemotioncontrol
leversoutwardtotheneutrallockedposition.
2.DisengagethePTO.
3.Positionthetransportlockinthelatching
position.
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