Toro 30934 - Driving the Machine Forward and Backward; Bringing the Machine to Neutral Position; Stopping the Machine; Pushing the Machine by Hand

4.Pushtheblade-controlknobdowntooff.
5.Withenginerunning,holddowntheOPClevers.
Pulltheblade-controlknob(PTO)up.Thedrivebelt
shouldengageandthemowerbladesshouldbegin
rotating.
6.Withenginerunning,releasetheOPClevers.The
engineshouldstop.
7.Withtheenginerunning,movethespeed-controllever
forwardslightly.ReleasetheOPClevers.Theengine
shouldstop.
8.Ifalltheaboveconditionsarenotmet,havean
AuthorizedServiceDealerrepairthesafetysystem
immediately.
DrivingtheMachineForward
andBackward
Thethrottlecontrolregulatestheenginespeedasmeasured
inrpm(revolutionsperminute).Placethethrottlecontrolin
thefastpositionforbestmowingperformance.
DrivingForward
1.Releasetheparkingbrake.
2.Togoforward,movethespeed-controllevertothe
desiredspeed.
3.Releasetheneutrallock.RefertoReleasingtheNeutral
Lock.
4.Slowlyreleasethedriveleverstomoveforward(
Figure
13).
Togostraight,releasethedriveleversequally(Figure
13).
Toturn,squeezethedriveleveronthesideofthe
directionwhichyouwanttoturn(Figure13).
Figure13
1.Drivelever
2.Speed-controllever
DrivingBackward
Fromneutral,slowlysqueezethedriveleverstomove
rearward(Figure13).
BringingtheMachineto
NeutralPosition
Alwayssettheneutrallockandparkingbrakewhenyoustop
themachine.
1.Squeezethedriveleverstoneutralposition.
2.Settheneutrallocks.RefertoOperatingNeutralLocks.
3.Movespeed-controllevertoneutralposition.
Note:Thespeed-controllevercanalsobeusedto
bringthemowertoneutralpositionandthensetthe
neutrallocks.
StoppingtheMachine
1.Tostopthemachine,squeezethedriveleverstothe
neutralpositionandengageneutrallocks.
2.Movespeed-controlleverintoneutral.
3.Stoptheengine;refertoStoppingtheEngine.
4.Waitforallmovingpartstostopbeforeleavingthe
operatingposition.Settheparkingbrake.
CAUTION
Childrenorbystandersmaybeinjuredifthey
moveorattempttooperatethemachinewhileitis
unattended.
Alwaysremovetheignitionkeyandsettheparking
brakewhenleavingthemachineunattended,even
ifjustforafewminutes.
PushingtheMachinebyHand
Thebypassvalvesallowthemachinetobepushedbyhand
withouttheenginerunning.
Important:Alwayspushthemachinebyhand.Never
towthemachinebecausehydraulicdamagemayoccur.
ToPushtheMachine
1.DisengagethePTO,movethemotioncontrolleversto
theneutrallockedpositionandsettheparkingbrake.
2.Openthebypassvalvesbyturningthemcounter
clockwise1to2turns.Thisallowshydraulicuidto
bypassthepumpsandthewheelstoturn(
Figure14).
3.Releasetheparkingbrake.
4.Pushthemachinetothedesiredlocation.
5.Settheparkingbrake.
6.Closethebypassvalves,butdonotovertightenthem.
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