Operation
CAUTION
Machinecanspinveryrapidlybypositioning
onelevertoomuchaheadoftheother.
Operatormaylosecontrolofthemachine,
whichmaycausedamagetothemachine
orinjury.
•Usecautionwhenmakingturns.
•Slowthemachinedownbeforemaking
sharpturns.
Forward
1.Movetheleverstothecenter,unlockedposition.
2.Togoforward,slowlypushthemotioncontrol
leversforward(Figure9).
Figure9
1.Neutralposition3.Backward
2.Centerunlockposition
4.Forward
Togostraight,applyequalpressuretoboth
motioncontrollevers(Figure9).
Toturn,pullbackonthemotioncontrollever
towardthedirectionyouwanttoturn(Figure9).
Thefartheryoumovethemotioncontrollevers
ineitherdirection,thefasterthemachinewill
moveinthatdirection.
Tostop,pullthemotioncontrolleverstoneutral.
Backward
1.Movetheleverstothecenter,unlockedposition.
2.Togobackward,slowlypullthemotioncontrol
leversrearward(Figure9).
Togostraight,applyequalpressuretoboth
motioncontrollevers(Figure9).
Toturn,releasethepressureonthemotion
controllevertowardthedirectionyouwantto
turn(Figure9).
Tostop,pushthemotioncontrolleverstoneutral.
StoppingtheMachine
Tostopthemachine,movethemotioncontrol
leverstoneutralandoutwardtotheneutralposition,
disengagethebladecontrolswitch,movethethrottle
levertobetweenFastandhalfthrottle,andturnthe
ignitionkeytooff.Remembertoremovethekey
fromtheignitionswitch.
CAUTION
Childrenorbystandersmaybeinjuredifthey
moveorattempttooperatethemowerwhile
itisunattended.
Alwaysremovetheignitionkeyandmovethe
motioncontrolleversoutwardtotheneutral
positionandapplytheparkingbrakewhen
leavingthemachineunattended,evenifjust
forafewminutes.
AdjustingtheHeightofCut
1.Raisethedecktothetransportposition(4.5inch
(114mm)cutheight)bypushingthefootactuated
leverforward(Figure10).Thetransportleverwill
automaticallyengageandwilldropintoplace.
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