Exmark VANTAGE S Series User Manual

Operation
DisengagingthePTO
1.Setthethrottlemidwaybetweenthe“SLOW”and
“FAST”positions.
2.PushdownonthePTOswitchtodisengagethe
blades.
Note:ThePTOwillbedisengagedbyreleasing
therightsidemotioncontrolleverandallowingit
tospringoutwardtothePTOdisengageposition.
ThePTOwillnotre-engagewhentheRHmotion
controlleverismovedoutofthePTOdisengage
positionwithoutpullinguponthePTOswitch.
TofullydisengagethePTO,continuetopushthe
switchdownward.
StoppingtheEngine
1.Bringtheunittoafullstop.
2.Movethemotioncontrolleverstotheneutral
position;movetheRHcontrolleverouttothe
PTOdisengageposition.
3.Placethethrottlemidwaybetweenthe“SLOW”
and“FAST”positions.
4.PushdownonthePTOswitchtodisengagethe
blades.
5.Engagetheparkingbrake.
6.Allowtheenginetorunforaminimumof15
seconds,thenturntheignitionswitchtothe
“OFF”positiontostoptheengine.
7.Removethekeytopreventchildrenorother
unauthorizedpersonsfromstartingengine.
8.Closethefuelshut-offvalvewhenthemachine
willnotbeinuseforafewdays,when
transporting,orwhentheunitisparkedinside
abuilding.
DrivingtheMachine
CAUTION
Machinecanspinveryrapidlybypositioningone
levertoomuchaheadoftheother.Operatormay
losecontrolofthemachine,whichmaycause
damagetothemachineorinjury.
•Usecautionwhenmakingturns.
•Slowthemachinedownbeforemakingsharp
turns.
Important:Tobeginmovement(forwardor
backward),thebrakelevermustbedisengaged
(pushedforward)beforethemotioncontrol
leverscanbemovedortheenginewillstop.
WhentheRHmotioncontrolleverispositioned
fullyoutward(apart),thedrivesystemisinthePTO
disengageposition(Figure8).
Note:The“N”LCDindicatorappearswhenthe
RHleverisinthePTOdisengageposition.
WhentheRHmotioncontrolleverismoveddirectly
inward(together)thedrivesystemisintheneutral
operateposition.
Figure8
1.LHMotioncontrollever6.Neutral
2.RHMotioncontrollever7.Forward
3.RHMotioncontrol
leverinPTOdisengage
position
8.Frontreference/Speed
controlbar
4.Reverse
9.Frontofunit
5.Rearreferencebar
DrivingForward
1.Makesurethemotioncontrolleversareinthe
neutralposition.
2.Releasetheparkingbrake.
3.Tomoveforwardinastraightline,moveboth
leversforwardwithequalpressure.
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Exmark VANTAGE S Series Specifications

General

Brand	Exmark
Model	VANTAGE S Series
Category	Lawn Mower
Language	English