Toro 74523 - Operating the Parking Brake; Operating the Mower-Blade-Control Switch (PTO)

OperatingtheParkingBrake
Alwayssettheparkingbrakewhenyoustopthemachineor
leaveitunattended.Beforeeachuse,checktheparkingbrake
forproperoperation.
Iftheparkingbrakedoesnotholdsecurely,adjustit;referto
AdjustingtheBrakes(page44).
CAUTION
Childrenorbystandersmaybeinjuredifthey
moveorattempttooperatethemachinewhileitis
unattended.
Alwaysremovetheignitionkeyandsettheparking
brakewhenleavingthemachineunattended.
SettingtheParkingBrake
Pulltheparking-brakeleverrearwardintotheENGAGED
position(Figure8).
Figure8
1.Parkingbrake—engaged2.Parkingbrake—released
ReleasingtheParkingBrake
Pushtheparking-brakeleverforward(Figure8).
Operatingthe
Mower-Blade-ControlSwitch
(PTO)
Usetheblade-controlswitch(PTO)inconjunctionwiththe
motion-controlleverstoengageanddisengagethemower
blades.
EngagingtheMowerBlades(PTO)
Figure9
DisengagingtheMowerBlades(PTO)
Figure10andFigure11show2waystodisengagethemower
blades.
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Figure10
Figure11
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