Toro 74631 - Mower Operation Procedures and Safety; Prioritizing Safety During Mower Operation; Adjusting Cutting Height and Using the Hour Meter

Height-of-CutLever
Theheightofcutleverallowstheoperatortolowerand
raisethedeckfromtheseatedposition.Whentheleveris
movedup,towardtheoperatorthedeckisraisedfromthe
groundandwhenmoveddown,awayfromtheoperatoritis
loweredtowardtheground.Onlyadjusttheheightofcut
whilemachineisnotmoving(Figure23).
HourMeter
Models74626and74632
Thehourmeterrecordsthenumberofhourswhenthe
operatorisintheseatandtheignitionswitchisintheON
position(Figure10).
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Figure10
Operation
Note:Determinetheleftandrightsidesofthemachine
fromthenormaloperatingposition.
ThinkSafetyFirst
OperatingSafety
Pleasecarefullyreadallofthesafetyinstructionsanddecals
inthesafetysection.Knowingthisinformationcouldhelp
you,yourfamily,petsorbystandersavoidinjury.
DANGER
Mowingonwetgrassorsteepslopescancause
slidingandlossofcontrol.
Wheelsdroppingoveredgescancauserollovers,
whichmayresultinseriousinjury,deathor
drowning.
Alossoftractionisalossofsteeringcontrol.
Toavoidlossofcontrolandpossibilityofrollover:
•Donotmowneardrop-offsornearwater.
•Donotmowslopesgreaterthan15degrees.
•Reducespeedanduseextremecautionon
slopes.
•Whenmowingslopes,graduallyworkfrom
lowertohigherareasontheincline.
•Avoidsuddenturnsorrapidspeedchanges.
•Turnup,intoaninclinewhenchanging
directionsonslopes.Turningdowntheslope
reducestraction.
•Attachmentschangethehandlingcharacteristics
ofthemachine.Useextracautionwhenusing
attachmentswiththemachine.
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