4-OPERATINGINSTRUCTIONS
5.Notethedifferentcharacteristicsofthehydrostatic
drive.Therangeselectorbuttonandtriggerwilllet
youselectyourdesiredgroundspeedbychangingthe
speedrange.Thespeedrangecanbechangedupor
downatanytimewiththevehicleinmotionforward
orreverse“shiftonthego”.Eachoftheserangeswill
workinanyspeedincrementofthejoystick(2).Move
theleverforwardfromneutraltoincreasespeed,and
moveleverbackwardtoneutraltodecreaseground
speed,whichalsoactsasabuiltinbrakingdevicefor
theunit.Toputmachineinreversemoveleverback
fromneutral.Machinewillincreasereversespeedthe
furthertheleverispulledbackward.
Thehydrostaticcontrolsystemwillrespondslowlydur-
ingcoldweatherstartupuntilhydraulicuidreaches
operatingtemperature.
6.Therangemarksonthespeedometergauge(1)will
moveasyousetthespeeddesiredforeachrange.
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7.Tomovethevehicleinreverse,fromthecenter(neu-
tral)position,pullthejoystickbackwardtomovethe
vehicleinreverse.Pullingthejoystickfurtherback-
wardalsoincreasesthetravelspeeduptoapreset
speedof8km/h(5mph).
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