StoppingtheMachine
Tostopthemachine,movethetractioncontrollevers
toneutralandmovetolockedposition,disengagethe
bladecontrolswitch(PTO),andturntheignitionkey
tooff.
Settheparkingbrakewhenyouleavethemachine;refer
toSettingtheParkingBrake.Remembertoremovethe
keyfromtheignitionswitch.
Childrenorbystandersmaybeinjuredifthey
moveorattempttooperatethetractorwhileit
isunattended.
Alwaysremovetheignitionkeyandsetthe
parkingbrakewhenleavingthemachine
unattended,evenifjustforafewminutes.
AdjustingtheHeightofCut
Themachineisequippedwithafootpedaldecklift
system.Theoperatorcanusethefootpedaltolift
thedeckbrieytoavoidobstaclesorlockthedeckin
thehighestheight-of-cutortransportposition.The
operatorcanusetheheightofcutleverwiththefoot
pedaltolockthedeckinaspeciccuttingheight.
UsingtheFootPedalDeckLiftSystem
Pressthepedaldowntoraisethedeck;continueto
pressthepedaluntilthedeckislockedinthetransport
positionFigure23.Pushonthedeckliftpedalwith
yourfootandraisetheheight-of-cutleverslightlyto
disengagethetransportlock.
Figure23
TransportLockPosition
AdjustingtheHeight-of-Cut
Theheight-of-cutcanbeadjustedfrom1-1/2to
4-1/2inch(38to114mm)in1/4inch(6mm)
incrementsbyrelocatingtheclevispinintodifferent
holelocations.
1.Pushonthedeckliftpedalwithyourfootandraise
themowerdecktothetransportposition(also
the4-1/2inch(114mm)cuttingheightposition)
(Figure24).
2.Toadjust,removethepinfromtheheight-of-cut
bracket(Figure24).
3.Selectaholeintheheight-of-cutsystem
correspondingtotheheight-of-cutdesiredand,
insertthepin(Figure24).
4.Pushonthedeckliftpedalwithyourfootandraise
theheight-of-cutleverslightlytodisengagethe
transportlock.Lowerthedeckslowlyuntilthepin
makescontactwiththelever.
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