Exmark LAZER Z DS-SERIES - Driving the Machine; Driving Forward; Driving in Reverse

Operation
DrivingtheMachine
CAUTION
Machinecanspinveryrapidlybypositioningone
levertoomuchaheadoftheother.Operatormay
losecontrolofthemachine,whichmaycause
damagetothemachineorinjury.
•Usecautionwhenmakingturns.
•Slowthemachinedownbeforemakingsharp
turns.
Important:Tobeginmovement(forwardor
backward)theoperatormustbeintheseat,the
brakelevermustbedisengaged(pusheddown)
beforethemotioncontrolleverscanbemovedin
ortheenginewillstop.
Whenthemotioncontrolleversarepositionedfully
outward(apart)intheT-slot,thedrivesystemisin
theneutrallockposition(
Figure7).
Whenthemotioncontrolleversaremoveddirectly
inward(together)thedrivesystemisintheneutral
operateposition.
Figure7
1.Neutrallockposition
(handlesout)
5.Neutral(operate)
2.Neutraloperateposition
(handlesin)
6.Reverse
3.FrontofUnit
7.Neutrallock
4.Forward
DrivingForward
1.Releasetheparkingbrake.
2.Movethemotioncontrolleversinwardtothe
centertotheneutralposition.
3.Tomoveforwardinastraightline,moveboth
leversforwardwithequalpressure.
Figure8
Toturnleftorright,pullthemotioncontrollever
backtowardneutralinthedesiredturndirection.
Themachinewillmovefasterthefartherthe
motioncontrolleversaremovedfromtheneutral
position.
4.Tostop,positionbothmotioncontrolleversin
theneutraloperateposition.
DrivinginReverse
1.Movethemotioncontrolleversinwardtothe
neutraloperateposition.
2.Tomoverearwardinastraightline,moveboth
leversrearwardwithequalpressure.
Figure9
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