Loadingaunitontoatrailerortruckincreases
thepossibilityofbackwardtip-overandcould
causeseriousinjuryordeath.
•Useextremecautionwhenoperatingaunit
onaramp.
•Useonlyasingle,fullwidthramp;DoNot
useindividualrampsforeachsideofthe
unit.
•Ifindividualrampsmustbeused,use
enoughrampstocreateanunbrokenramp
surfacewiderthantheunit.
•Donotexceeda15degreeanglebetween
rampandgroundorbetweenrampand
trailerortruck.
•Avoidsuddenaccelerationwhiledrivingunit
uparamptoavoidtippingbackward.
•Avoidsuddendecelerationwhilebacking
unitdownaramptoavoidtippingbackward.
Figure28
1.Trailer3.Notgreaterthan
15degrees
2.Fullwidthramp4.Fullwidthramp—sideview
UsingtheZStand®
TheZStandraisesthefrontendofthemachineto
allowyoutocleanthemowerandremovetheblades.
Themachinecouldfallontosomeoneand
causeseriousinjuryordeath.
•Useextremecautionwhenoperatingthe
machineontheZStand®.
•Useonlyforcleaningthemowerand
removingtheblades.
•DonotkeepthemachineontheZStandfor
extendedperiodsoftime.
•Alwaysturntheengineoff,settheparking
brake,andremovethekeybeforeperforming
anymaintenancetothemower.
DrivingupontotheZStand
Important:UsetheZStandonalevelsurface.
1.Raisethemowertothetransportposition.
2.Removethebracketpin(Figure29).
Figure29
1.ZStand
4.BracketPin
2.Latch
5.Bottomofslot
3.Bracket
3.Raisethelatch.Swingthestandfootoutfrontand
slidestandtowardmachine,intothebottomofslot
(Figure29andFigure30).
Figure30
1.ZStand(Positionedin
slot)
3.Latchrestingonpivottab
2.Crackinsidewalkorturf
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