Toro 04030 - Preparing to Mow; Mowing Operation

PreparingtoMow
1.ReturntractioncontrollevertoDisengage,throttle
toSlowandstopengine.
2.Pushkickstanddownwithfootandpullupon
handlesupportuntilkickstandhasrotatedforward,
overcenter.
3.Removetransportwheels.
4.Releasekickstand.
MowingOperation
Properuseofthemachineprovidesthesmoothestturf
cuttingavailable.
Important:Grassclippingsactasalubricant
whenmowing.Excessiveoperationofthecutting
unitwiththeabsenceofgrassclippingscan
damagethecuttingunit.
PriortoMowing
Besurethemoweriscarefullyadjustedandissetevenly
onbothsidesofthereel.Impropermoweradjustment
ismagniedintheappearanceoftheclippedturf.
Removeallforeignobjectsfromturfpriortomowing.
Makesureeveryone,especiallychildrenandpets,are
clearoftheworkarea.
MethodofMowing
Thegreensshouldbemowedinastraightbackand
forthdirectionacrossthegreen.Avoidcircularmowing
orturningthemowerongreensareassincescufngmay
occur.Turningthemowershouldbedoneoffthegreen
byraisingthecuttingreel(pushingthehandledown)
andturningonthetractiondrum.Mowingshouldbe
doneatanormalwalkingpace.Fastspeedssavesvery
littletimeandwillresultinaninferiormowingjob.
Toassistinmaintainingastraightlineacrossthegreen
andtokeepthemachineanequaldistancefromthe
edgeofthepreviouscut,usethealignmentstripeson
thebasket(Figure19).
Figure19
1.Alignmentstripes
ControlOperation
Tooperatethecontrolswhilemowing:
1.Starttheengine,setthethrottleatreducedspeed,
pushdownonhandletoraisecuttingunit,move
tractionlevertoEngagedpositionandtransport
mowerontocollarofgreen(Figure20).
2.MovetractionlevertoDisengagedpositionand
Engagereeldrivelever(Figure20).
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