Toro 30695 - Operating the Mower; Adjusting the Height-Of-Cut

CAUTION
Childrenorbystandersmaybeinjuredifthey
attempttomoveoroperatethetractorwhileitis
unattended.
Alwaysremovetheignitionkeyandsettheparking
brakewhenleavingthemachineunattended,even
ifjustforafewminutes.
OperatingtheMower
RaisingandLoweringtheMowerwith
theDeckLiftSwitch
Thedeck-liftswitchraisesandlowersthemowerdeck(Figure
17).Theenginemustberunningforyoutousethislever.
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Figure17
1.Deck-liftswitch
•Tolowerthemowerdeck,pushthedeck-liftswitchdown
(Figure17).
Important:Whenthemowerdeckislowered,itwill
besetinaoat/idleposition.
•Toraisethemoverdeck,pushthedeck-liftswitchup
(Figure17).
Important:Donotcontinuetoholdtheswitchupor
downafterthemowerhasfullyraisedorlowered.Doing
sowilldamagethehydraulicsystem.
Note:Tolockthemowerdeckinaraisedposition,raisethe
deckpastthe15cm(6inch)position,removetheheightofcut
stoppin(refertoAdjustingtheHeightofCut),andplacethe
pininthe15cm(6inch)height-of-cutposition(Figure19).
EngagingthePowerTakeOff(PTO)
Thepowertakeoff(PTO)switchstartsandstopsthemower
bladesandsomepoweredattachments.
1.Iftheengineiscold,allowtheenginetowarmup5to
10minutesbeforeengagingthePTO.
2.Whileseatedintheseat,releasethepressureonthe
tractioncontrolleversandplacetheminneutral.
3.PulluponthePTOswitchtoengageit(Figure18).
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Figure18
1.PTOswitch
DisengagingthePTO
Todisengage,pushthePTOswitchtotheoffposition.
AdjustingtheHeight-of-Cut
Youcanadjusttheheightofcutfrom2.5to15.8cm(1to
6inches)in1/4inch(6mm)incrementsbyrelocatingthe
stoppinintodifferentholelocations.
1.Withtheenginerunning,pushthedeck-liftswitchup
untilthemowerdeckisfullyraised,andreleasethe
switchimmediately(Figure17).
2.Toadjust,rotatethestoppinuntiltherollpininit
linesupwiththeslotsintheholesintheheight-of-cut
bracketandremoveit(Figure19).
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