Exmark QUEST - Safe Operation Zones and Slope Awareness

Operation
Pulltheleverinwardandrearwardtoraisethecutting
deck.Allowthehandletomoveforwardtolowerthe
cuttingdeck.Movethedeckheightadjustmentlever
outwardatthedesiredheight-of-cut.Onlyadjustthe
heightofcutwhilethemachineisnotmoving.
Height-of-CutFootLever
Theheight-of-cutfootleverallowstheoperatorto
usetheirlegtoassistinloweringandraisingthedeck
fromtheseatedposition(Figure3).Whenthelever
ismovedforward,awayfromtheoperatorthedeck
israisedfromthegroundandwhenmovedback,
towardstheoperatoritisloweredtowardtheground.
FuelWindow
Locatedontheleftsideofthemachine(seeFigure5).
Thefuelwindowcanbeusedtoverifythepresence
offuelinthetank.
Figure5
1.Fuelcap2.Fuelwindow
OperatingInstructions
ThinkSafetyFirst
Note:Determinetheleftandrightsidesofthe
machinefromthenormaloperatingposition.
Pleasecarefullyreadallofthesafetyinstructionsand
decalsinthesafetysection.Knowingthisinformation
couldhelpyou,yourfamily,petsorbystandersavoid
injury.
DANGER
Mowingonwetgrassorsteepslopescancause
slidingandlossofcontrol.Wheelsdropping
overedgescancauserollovers,whichmayresult
inseriousinjury,deathordrowning.Alossof
tractionisalossofsteeringcontrol.
Toavoidlossofcontrolandpossibilityofrollover:
•DoNotmowneardrop-offsornearwater.
•DoNotmowslopesgreaterthan15degrees.
•Reducespeedanduseextremecautionon
slopes.
•Whenmowingslopes,graduallyworkfrom
lowertohigherareasontheincline.
•Avoidsuddenturnsorrapidspeedchanges.
•Turnup,intoaninclinewhenchanging
directionsonslopes.Turningdowntheslope
reducestraction.
•Attachmentschangethehandling
characteristicsofthemachine.Useextra
cautionwhenusingattachmentswiththe
machine.
Figure6
1.Water
2.DangerZone–Usewalkbehindmowerand/orhand
trimmeronslopesgreaterthan15degrees,near
drop-offsandwater.
3.SafeZone–usetheQuesthere.
Seeinsidebackcovertodeterminetheapproximate
slopeangletobemowed.
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