Toro 74143 - Driving Forward or Backward

(forwardorreverse);theengineshouldstop.Repeat
forothermotioncontrol.
5.Sittingontheseat,disengagetheparkingbrake,move
theblade-controlswitch(PTO)totheOffposition,
andmovethemotion-controlleverstoneutral-lock
position.Trystartingtheengine;theengineshould
notcrank.
DrivingForwardorBackward
Thethrottlecontrolregulatestheenginespeedasmeasured
inrpm(revolutionsperminute).Placethethrottlecontrolin
theFastpositionforbestperformance.Alwaysoperateinthe
fullthrottlepositionwhenmowing.
CAUTION
Machinecanspinveryrapidly.Operatormaylose
controlofmachineandcausepersonalinjuryor
damagetomachine.
•Usecautionwhenmakingturns.
•Slowthemachinedownbeforemakingsharp
turns.
UsingtheMotion-ControlLevers
Figure21
1.Motion-control
lever—neutral-lock
position
4.Backward
2.Center,unlockedposition5.Frontofmachine
3.Forward
DrivingForward
Note:Theenginewillkillifthetraction-controlleversare
movedwiththeparkingbrakeengaged.
Tostop,pullthemotion-controlleverstotheneutralposition.
1.Releasetheparkingbrake;refertoReleasingthe
ParkingBrake(page18).
2.Movetheleverstothecenter,unlockedposition.
3.Togoforward,slowlypushthemotion-controllevers
forward(Figure22).
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Figure22
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