Toro 30881 - Using Cruise Control; Using the Transport Latches; Operating Tips

UsingCruiseControl
Thecruise-controlswitchlocksinthepedalpositionto
maintainthedesiredgroundspeed.Pressingtherear
oftheswitchturnsthecruisecontroloff,themiddle
positionoftheswitchenablesthecruise-control
function,andthefrontoftheswitchsetsthedesired
groundspeed.
Note:Pressingeitherthebrakepedalormovingthe
tractionpedalintotheREVERSEposition,for1second,
alsodisengagesthepedalposition.
UsingtheTransport
Latches
Groundsmaster4700Only
Usethe2rear-transportlatchesfortheNo.6and7
mowerdeckswhenmovingthemachineoverlong
distances,roughterrain,whentransporting,orstoring
themachine.
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OperatingTips
OperatingtheMachine
•Starttheengine.IftheAUTOIDLEfunctionis
turnedoff,runitatHALFIDLEuntilitwarmsup.
RuntheengineatHIGHIDLE,liftthemowerdecks,
disengagetheparkingbrake,presstheforward
tractionpedal,andcarefullydrivetoanopenarea.
•Practicemovingforwardandreverse,andstarting
andstoppingthemachine.T ostopthemachine,
removeyourfootfromthetractionpedalandletit
returntoNEUTRALorpressdownonthereverse
pedal.
Note:Whengoingdownhillinthemachine,you
mayneedtousethereversepedaltostop.
•Whenpossible,mowupanddownhillsratherthan
acrossthem.Havethemowerdeckslowered
whengoingdownahilltomaintainsteeringcontrol.
Donotattempttoturnthemachineonahill.
•Practicedrivingaroundobstacleswiththemower
decksupanddown.Becarefulwhendriving
betweennarrowobjectssothatyoudonotdamage
themachineormowerdecks.
•Alwaysdriveslowlyinroughareas.
•Ifanobstacleisintheway,liftthemowerdecks
tomowaroundit.
•Whentransportingthemachinefrom1workarea
toanother,raisethemowerdeckstothefully
upwardposition,shutoffthePTO,pressthe
mow/transportswitchtotheTRANSPORTposition,
andpressuptheengine-speedswitchtosetthe
enginetohigh-idlespeed.
ChangingMowingPatterns
Changemowingpatternsoftentominimizeapoor
after-cutappearancefromrepeatedlymowinginthe
samedirection.
UnderstandingCounterbalance
Thecounterbalancesystemmaintainshydraulic
backpressureonthecuttingunit-liftcylinders.This
counterbalancepressuretransferscutting-unitweight
tothemachinedrivewheelstoimprovetraction.The
counterbalancepressurehasbeensetatthefactory
toanoptimalbalanceofafter-cutappearanceand
tractioncapabilityinmostturfconditions.Decreasing
thecounterbalancesettingcanproduceamore
stablecuttingunitbutcandecreasethetraction
capability.Increasingthecounterbalancesetting
canincreasethetractioncapability,butmayresult
inapoorafter-cutappearance;refertoSettingthe
Counterbalance(page21).
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