Exmark Quest Bagger User Manual

Operation
WARNING
Loadingaunitonatrailerortruckincreases
thepossibilityofbackwardtip-over.
Backwardtip-overcouldcauseseriousinjury
ordeath.
•Useextremecautionwhenoperatinga
unitonaramp.
•Useonlyasingle,fullwidthramp;Do
Notuseindividualrampsforeachside
oftheunit.
•Ifindividualrampsmustbeused,use
enoughrampstocreateanunbroken
rampsurfacewiderthantheunit.
•DoNotexceeda15°anglebetweenramp
andgroundorbetweenrampandtrailer
ortruck.
•Avoidsuddenaccelerationwhiledriving
unituparamptoavoidtippingbackward.
•Avoidsuddendecelerationwhilebacking
unitdownaramptoavoidtipping
backward.
LoadingaUnit
Emptygrassbagsbeforeattemptingtoload
unitontrailerortruck.Useextremecautionwhen
loadingunitsontrailersortrucks.Onefullwidth
rampthatiswideenoughtoextendbeyondtherear
tiresisrecommendedinsteadofindividualrampsfor
eachsideoftheunit.Thelowerrearsectionofthe
tractorframeextendsbackbetweentherearwheels
andservesasastopfortippingbackward.Having
afullwidthrampprovidesasurfacefortheframe
memberstocontactiftheunitstartstotipbackward.
Ifitisnotpossibletouseonefullwidthramp,use
enoughindividualrampstosimulateafullwidth
continuousramp.
Rampshouldbelongenoughsothattheangles
betweentherampandthegroundandtherampand
thetrailerortruckdonotexceed15°.Asteeperangle
maycausemowerdeckcomponentstogetcaughtas
theunitmovesfromramptotrailerortruck.Steeper
anglesmayalsocausetheunittotipbackward.If
loadingonornearaslope,positionthetraileror
trucksoitisonthedownsideoftheslopeandthe
rampextendsuptheslope.Thiswillminimizethe
rampangle.Thetrailerortruckshouldbeaslevel
aspossible.
Important:DoNotattempttoturntheunit
whileontheramp,youmaylosecontroland
driveofftheside.
Avoidsuddenaccelerationwhendrivinguparamp
andsuddendecelerationwhenbackingdownaramp.
Bothmaneuverscancausetheunittotipbackward.
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Exmark Quest Bagger Specifications

General

Brand	Exmark
Model	Quest Bagger
Category	Lawn Mower
Language	English