Toro 03708 - Setting the Reel Speed

pedalisreleased,itisstronglyrecommendedthatthe
enginebestoppedbeforerisingfromtheseat.
Tochecktheoperationoftheinterlockswitches,
performthefollowingprocedure:
1.Drivethemachineslowlytoalarge,relativelyopen
area.Lowerthecuttingunit,stoptheengine,and
applytheparkingbrake.
2.Sitontheseatanddepressthetractionpedal.Try
tostarttheengine.Theengineshouldnotcrank.
Iftheenginecranks,thereisamalfunctioninthe
interlocksystemthatshouldbecorrectedbefore
beginningoperation.
3.Sitontheseatandstarttheengine.Risefromthe
seatandmovethePTOswitchtoOn.ThePTO
shouldnotengage.IfthePTOengages,thereisa
malfunctionintheinterlocksystemthatshouldbe
correctedbeforebeginningoperation.
4.Sitontheseat,engagetheparkingbrakeandstart
theengine.Movethetractionpedaloutofthe
neutralposition.Theengineshouldkill.Ifthe
enginedoesnotkill,thereisamalfunctioninthe
interlocksystemthatshouldbecorrectedbefore
beginningoperation.
SettingtheReelSpeed
Toachieveaconsistent,highquality-of-cutanda
uniformaftercutappearance,itisimportantthatyou
setthereelspeedcontrols(locatedundertheseat)
correctly.Adjustthereelspeedcontrolsasfollows:
1.Selecttheheight-of-cutatwhichthecuttingunits
areset.
2.Choosethedesiredgroundspeedbestsuitedfor
conditions.
3.Usingtheappropriategraphonthedecal(
Figure39)
determinetheproperreelspeedsetting.
Figure39
1.5bladecuttingunit3.11bladecuttingunit
5.ReadtheOperator'sManual.
2.8bladecuttingunit4.Mowandbacklap6.Machinespeed
Tosetthereelspeed,rotateknobs(Figure40)until
theindicatorarrowsareinlinewiththenumber
designatingthedesiredsetting.
Note:Thereelspeedcanbeincreasedordecreased
tocompensateforturfconditions.
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