User Manual

WARNING

1.3 Important Information

It is vital that these instructions are available to machine users. It is also important to retain with the

machine if the machine is sold or transferred to another user.

1.4 Safety for Operation

The Sport X should only be used by fully trained operators to prevent the risk of injury to themselves or

other personnel. The owner’s/user’s obligation is to instruct themselves and all potential users in the safe

operation of this equipment and be sure they read and follow the instructions in this safety manual and other

material provided by Wright Manufacturing, Inc. before using or allowing others to operate the equipment.

DO NOT operate this unit unless you carefully read, understand and follow the operation and safety

instructions contained in this manual and the warning decals provided on the unit. DO NOT allow other

persons to use this unit unless you make sure they carefully read, understand and follow these instructions.

Never allow children to operate or play on the unit.

1.5 User Qualifications

This product is designed for use by physically fit, experienced, professional commercial mower operators

who have a minimum of 160 hours of experience operating fifteen horsepower and greater industrial

mowers. Operators must be 18 years or older and weigh at least 120 pounds and no more than 300

pounds. They must have read and understood this manual. DO NOT allow children to operate the mower.

Never allow passengers on the mower. DO NOT allow adults to operate the mower without proper

instruction mentioned above.

1.6 User Clothing

DO NOT operate the mower while wearing sandals, tennis shoes, sneakers, or shorts. Always wear long

non-baggy pants. Wear high-top leather steel-toed work boots with thick, textured tread, soft-rubber soled

at all times. Hard or smooth soled shoes are too slippery for a good footing on mower platform. NEVER

wear loose-fitting clothing or jacket pockets that can get caught on the handlebars or control levers of any

mower you drive. Wearing safety glasses, ear protection and safety shoes is advisable and required by

some local ordinances and insurance regulations.

1.7 Inspect the Mower Before Each Use

DO NOT use the mower if any parts are not maintained in good operating condition. Examine the moving

parts prior to each use. Look for excessive wear, bald or worn tires, cracks in parts, loose or missing bolts,

cotter pins, linchpins and replace before operating the mower.

Make sure all safety equipment provided with the mower is in good operating order, including all the warning

decals and the required operator-presence device which stops the engine and blades when the foot-operated

Operator Presence Control (OPC) switch is released. (To test the OPC, follow instructions in the Operating

Instructions section of this manual.) Inspect the two anti-tip rollers and their respective bolts at the rear of the

mower for tightness and proper operation. Be sure that all parts of the hand-operated hydraulic control

system are tight and secure. This is to reduce the possibility that the mower could have a loss of control

during operation and compromise operator safety. Ensure deck pitch is between 1/4 - 3/8”. (Refer to the

maintenance interval chart at the end of this manual)

1.8 Regular Mower Safety

Keep your Wright mower in good operating condition, and keep safety devices and shields in place and in

working condition. Replace worn tire(s) with less than 3/32” of any tread groove left. Use tires with the

tread pattern specified by Wright Mfg., Inc. only. DO NOT change the engine governor settings or over-rev