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Operation
–Neverallowchildrentooperatethemachine.
–DoNotcarrychildren,evenwiththeblades
shutoff.Childrencouldfalloffandbe
seriouslyinjuredorinterferewiththesafe
operationofthemachine.Childrenthathave
beengivenridesinthepastcouldsuddenly
appearintheworkingareaforanotherrideand
berunoverorbackedoverbythemachine.
Mowing
1.TheUltraVacbloweroperateswhenthePTO
isengaged.Besurethatallpersonsareclear
ofthemowerdeckbeforeengagingthecutting
blades.Setthethrottleto“midway”position.Pull
outwardonthePTOswitchtothe“ROTATE”
position.Acceleratetofullthrottletobegin
mowing.
2.TodisengagethePTO,setthethrottleto
“midway”position.PushinonthePTOswitch
tothe“STOP”positiontostopthecuttingblades
andblower.Thecuttingbladeswillrequirea
slightlylongeramountoftimetocometoa
completestopwhentheblowerisinstalledon
thedeck.Verifythatallrotationindicatorshave
stoppedbeforeclearingblowerassemblyor
mowerdeck.
3.Toremovethebags,rstdisengagethePTO,stop
theengineandwaitforallmovingpartstostop.
Openthehopperandremovethebagsbylifting
upontherearofthebag,thenunhookingthe
frontclip.Emptythebagsbyinvertingthem.
4.Reinstallbags,closeandlatchhopperbefore
continuingmowing.
Tipsformowingconditions:
•Whenmowinginareaswithsandysoil,use
lowliftbladesonthecuttingdeckandhigher
cuttingheightstominimizewearontheblower
components.
•Whenmowinginwetconditions,suchasjustafter
arainorinheavydew,uselowliftbladesonthe
cuttingdecktominimizepluggingoftheblower.
•Maintainingagroundspeedthatdoesnotpull
downtheengineRPMwillallowforthehighest
productivityandbestqualityofcut.Boggingthe
engineRPMdownbygoingtoofastwillcause
pluggingandqualityofcutissues.
•WhentheUltraVacgetsfull,thesoundof
theblowerwillchangeandtherewillbeslight
blowoutfromthefrontrightcornerofthedeck.
EmptyingtheUltraVacatthispointwillminimize
thepotentialforthetubetoplug.
CollectionSystemRemovalforSide
Discharge
1.Emptythehopper.
CAUTION
Thehopperassemblyisheavywhenitisfull,
whichmaymakeitdifculttoremovethe
hopperassemblyfromtheunit.Theentire
hopperassemblymayfall,whichmaycause
injury.
Priortoremovingthehopperassemblyfrom
theunit,rstemptythecontents.
2.DisengagethePTO,stopengineandwaitforall
movingpartstostop.Removekeyandengage
parkingbrake.
3.Removethedischargetubebyreleasingthelatches
attheblower.Slidethetubeoffthebloweroutlet
andremovetheupperendfromthehopper.
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Figure4
1.Hopper6.Beltcover
2.Reinforcedbumpers
7.Blower
3.Clevispin
8.Tubes
4.Casterarmweight
9.Bag
5.Hairpin
4.Removetheknobfromthebeltcoverbracketand
takeoffthebeltcover.
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