Exmark VANTAGE X Series - Driving and Platform Operation

Operation
DANGER
Anuncovereddischargeopeningwillallow
objectstobethrowninanoperator’sor
bystander’sdirection.Also,contactwiththe
bladecouldoccur.Thrownobjectsorblade
contactcancauseseriousinjuryordeath.
Neveroperatethemowerwiththedischarge
deectorraised,removed,oralteredunlessthere
isagrasscollectionsystemormulchkitinplace
andworkingproperly.
ThePTOswitchengagesthecuttingblades.Besure
thatallpersonsareclearofmowerdeckanddischarge
areabeforeengagingthePTO.
1.Setthrottleto“MIDWAY”position.
2.PullthePTOswitchoutwardtothe“ROTATE”
positiontoengagetheblades.
3.Placethethrottleinthe“FAST”positiontobegin
mowing.
DisengagingthePTO
1.Setthethrottletothe“MIDWAY”position.
2.PushthePTOswitchintothe“STOP”position
todisengagetheblades.
StoppingtheEngine
1.Bringtheunittoafullstop.
2.Lockdriveleversinneutral.
3.DisengagethePTO.
4.Movespeedcontrollevertoneutral.
5.Engagetheparkingbrake.
6.Placethethrottlemidwaybetweenthe“SLOW”
and“FAST”positions.
7.Allowtheenginetorunforaminimumof15
seconds,thenturntheignitionswitchtothe
“OFF”positiontostoptheengine.
8.Removethekeytopreventchildrenorother
unauthorizedpersonsfromstartingengine.
9.Closethefuelshut-offvalvewhenthemachine
willnotbeinuseforafewdays,when
transporting,orwhentheunitisparkedinside
abuilding.
DrivingtheMachine
DriveLever/NeutralLockLatchOperation
Tolockthedriveleversin“neutrallock”,squeezethe
driveleverstothe“neutral”position(DoNotsqueeze
thedriveleversallthewaybackasthiswillcausethe
drivewheelstogointofullreversedirection).See
Figure8position1.Placethumbsontheinnerlobe
oftheneutrallocklatchesandrotatethemunder
thedriveleversintothe“neutrallock”position.See
Figure8position2.Releasethedrivelevers.
CAUTION
Iftheneutrallocklatchesarenotcompletely
engagedthedriveleverscouldunexpectedlyslip
intotheforwarddriveposition.Ifthedrivelevers
slipintothedrivepositiontheunitcouldlurch
forwardandcauseinjuryorpropertydamage.
Besurethedriveleversarepasttherollerand
securelyseatedatthebottomoftheneutrallock
latches.
Toplacethedriveleversinthe“forward”position,
slightlysqueezethedriveleverswhileplacingthumbs
ontheouterthumblobeoftheneutrallocklatches
(ortheindexngeronthefrontlobe)androtatethem
fromunderthedrivelevers.Slowlyandcarefully
releasethedrivelevers.SeeFigure8position3.
Toplacethedriveleversinthe“reverse”position,
squeezethedriveleverspasttheneutralposition.See
Figure8position4.
Figure8
1.DriveLeverinneutral
position
3.DriveLeverinforward
position
2.DriveLeverlockedin
neutralposition
4.DriveLeverinreverse
position
DrivingForward
1.Releasetheparkingbrake.
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