Toro 74740 - Stopping the Machine; Adjusting the Height-Of-Cut; Adjusting the Anti-Scalp Rollers

DrivingBackward
Note:Alwaysusecautionwhenbackingupand
turning.
1.Movetheleverstothecenter,unlockedposition.
2.T ogobackward,lookbehindyouanddown,
asyouslowlypullthemotion-controllevers
rearward(Figure16).
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Figure16
Togostraight,applyequalpressuretoboth
motion-controllevers(Figure16).
Toturn,releasethepressureonthe
motion-controllevertowardthedirectionyou
wanttoturn.
Tostop,pushthemotion-controlleversto
neutral.
StoppingtheMachine
Tostopthemachine,movethemotion-controllevers
toneutralandoutwardtotheparkposition,disengage
theblade-controlswitch,ensurethethrottleisbetween
halfandfullthrottle,andturntheignitionkeytooff.
Note:Remembertoremovethekeyfromtheignition
switch.
WARNING
Childrenorbystandersmaybeinjuredifthey
moveorattempttooperatethemowerwhile
itisunattended.
Alwaysremovetheignitionkeyandmove
themotion-controlleversoutwardtothe
parkpositionwhenleavingthemachine
unattended,evenifjustforafewminutes.
AdjustingtheHeight-of-Cut
Thetransportpositionisthehighestheight-of-cut
positionorcuttingheight(115mm(4.5inches))as
showninFigure17.
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Figure17
AdjustingtheAnti-Scalp
Rollers
Wheneveryouchangetheheight-of-cut,itis
recommendedtoadjusttheheightoftheanti-scalp
rollers.
Note:Adjusttheanti-scalprollerssotherollersdo
nottouchthegroundinnormal,atmowingareas.
1.Disengagethebladecontrolswitch(PTO),move
themotioncontrolleverstotheneutrallock
positionandsettheparkingbrake.
2.Stoptheengine,removethekey,andwait
forallmovingpartstostopbeforeleavingthe
operatingposition.
3.Adjusttheanti-scalprollersasshowninFigure
18tomatchtheclosestheight-of-cutposition.
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