DrivingBackward
1.Movetheleverstothecenter,unlockedposition.
2.Togobackward,slowlypullthemotion-controllevers
rearward(Figure24).
Figure24
StoppingtheMachine
Tostopthemachine,movethemotion-controlleversto
NEUTRALandmovethemtothelockedposition,disengage
thepowertakeoff(PTO),andturntheignitionkeytothe
OFFposition.
Settheparkingbrakewhenyouleavethemachine;referto
SettingtheParkingBrake(page19).Remembertoremove
thekeyfromtheignitionswitch.
CAUTION
Childrenorbystandersmaybeinjuredifthey
moveorattempttooperatethetractorwhileitis
unattended.
Alwaysremovetheignitionkeyandsettheparking
brakewhenleavingthemachineunattended,even
ifjustforafewminutes.
AdjustingtheHeight-of-Cut
UsingtheTransportLock
Thetransportlockhas2positions,andisusedwiththe
deck-liftpedal.ThereisaLOCKpositionandanUNLOCK
positionforthetransportpositionofthemowerdeck(Figure
25).
Figure25
Transport-LockPositions
1.Transportlock3.UNLOCKposition—The
mowerdeckdoesnotlock
intothetransportposition.
2.LOCKposition—The
mowerdecklocksintothe
transportposition.
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