Operation manual ā Spider MINI
2 / 53 rev. 02-01-10-2011
1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................ 4
1.1. IMPORTANT .............................................................................................................................................. 4
1.2. MACHINE USAGE ..................................................................................................................................... 5
1.3. PROHIBITED USE ..................................................................................................................................... 6
1.4. PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION .................................................................................................................... 7
1.5. GUIDELINES FOR THE DISPOSAL OF SCRAP PRODUCTS ................................................................. 8
2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS .............................................................................................................................. 9
3. SPECIFICATION .......................................................................................................................................... 13
3.1. SPECIFICATION ...................................................................................................................................... 13
3.2. NOISE EMISSIONS ................................................................................................................................. 13
3.3. CONFORMITY CERTIFICATES .............................................................................................................. 14
4. SAFETY DECALS ........................................................................................................................................ 15
5. INSTRUCTION DECALS .............................................................................................................................. 18
6. CONTROLS AND DISPLAYS ...................................................................................................................... 19
6.1. ON THE MOWER ..................................................................................................................................... 19
6.2. ON THE REMOTE CONTROL ................................................................................................................. 19
6.3. FUNCTIONS OF MOWER INDICATORS ................................................................................................ 19
7. SAFETY SYSTEMS ..................................................................................................................................... 20
7.1. MOWER SAFETY ELEMENTS ................................................................................................................ 20
8. PREPARING THE MACHINE....................................................................................................................... 21
8.1. MACHINE DELIVERY TO A DEALER OR CUSTOMER ......................................................................... 21
8.2. HYDRAULIC PUMP BY-PASS ................................................................................................................. 22
8.3. CHECKING ENGINE OIL LEVEL ............................................................................................................. 23
8.4. HYDRAULIC SYSTEM OIL ...................................................................................................................... 24
8.5. PREPARING THE BATTERY................................................................................................................... 24
8.6. FUEL TANK .............................................................................................................................................. 25
8.7. PREPARING THE RADIO REMOTE CONTROLLER ............................................................................. 26
9. OPERATION ................................................................................................................................................ 26
9.1. TRANSPORTING THE MOWER.............................................................................................................. 26
9.2. STARTING THE ENGINE OF THE MOWER ........................................................................................... 27
9.3. SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE ................................................................................................................ 28
9.4. ENGAGING THE MOWING BLADES ...................................................................................................... 29
9.5. DISENGAGING THE MOWING BLADES ................................................................................................ 29
9.6. HEIGHT OF CUT ADJUSTMENT ............................................................................................................ 30
9.7. ENGINE BRAKE ....................................................................................................................................... 31
9.8. MOWER DRIVE AND STEER .................................................................................................................. 32
9.9. DRIVING ON SLOPES ............................................................................................................................. 33
9.10. FOLD-OUT BUMPERS ........................................................................................................................ 34
9.11. STOPPING THE MOWER ON A SLOPE ............................................................................................. 34
10. MAINTENANCE AND LUBRICATION ..................................................................................................... 35
10.1. MOWER MAINTENANCE CHART ....................................................................................................... 35
10.2. ENGINE MAINTENANCE ..................................................................................................................... 36
10.3. CLEANING THE FUEL TANK .............................................................................................................. 36
10.4. HYDRAULIC DRIVE MAINTENANCE ................................................................................................. 36
10.5. VERTICAL SERVICE POSITION ......................................................................................................... 37
10.6. ADJUSTING THE NEUTRAL POSITION OF THE DRIVE SERVO ..................................................... 38
10.7. DRIVE V-BELT ..................................................................................................................................... 38
10.8. GEOMETRY ADJUSTMENT ................................................................................................................ 39
10.9. WHEEL DRIVE GEAR .......................................................................................................................... 40
10.10. MAINTAINING ELECTRIC CIRCUITS, DEVICES AND TRANSMITTER ............................................ 40
10.11. CLUTCH OF THE MOWING BLADE ................................................................................................... 41
10.12. DRIVE AND STEERING CHAINS ........................................................................................................ 41
10.13. FUSES, RELAYS ................................................................................................................................. 42
10.14. MOWING BLADE ................................................................................................................................. 43
10.15. CHANGING THE WHEEL .................................................................................................................... 44
10.16. TYRE PRESSURE ............................................................................................................................... 44