Toro 74955 - Driving Forward or Backward; Using the Motion-Control Levers; Driving Forward

1.Sittingontheseat,engagetheparkingbrakeandmove
theblade-controlswitch(PTO)toon.Trystartingthe
engine;theengineshouldnotcrank.
2.Sittingontheseat,engagetheparkingbrakeandmove
theblade-controlswitch(PTO)tooff.Moveeither
motion-controllever(outofneutrallockedposition).
Trystartingtheengine;theengineshouldnotcrank.
Repeatforothercontrollever.
3.Sittingontheseat,engagetheparkingbrake,move
theblade-controlswitch(PTO)tooffandmovethe
motion-controlleverstoneutrallockposition.Now
starttheengine.Whiletheengineisrunning,releasethe
parkingbrake,engagetheblade-controlswitch(PTO)
andriseslightlyfromtheseat;theengineshouldstop.
4.Sittingontheseat,engagetheparkingbrake,move
theblade-controlswitch(PTO)tooffandmovethe
motion-controlleverstoneutrallockposition.Now
starttheengine.Whiletheengineisrunning,center
eithermotioncontrolandmove(forwardorreverse);
theengineshouldstop.Repeatforothermotion
control.
5.Sittingontheseat,disengagetheparkingbrake,move
theblade-controlswitch(PTO)tooffandmovethe
motion-controlleverstoneutrallockposition.Try
startingtheengine;theengineshouldnotcrank.
DrivingForwardorBackward
Thethrottlecontrolregulatestheenginespeedasmeasured
inrpm(revolutionsperminute).Placethethrottlecontrolin
thefastpositionforbestperformance.Alwaysoperateinthe
fullthrottlepositionwhenmowing.
CAUTION
Machinecanspinveryrapidly.Operatormaylose
controlofmachineandcausepersonalinjuryor
damagetomachine.
•Usecautionwhenmakingturns.
•Slowthemachinedownbeforemakingsharp
turns.
UsingtheMotion-ControlLevers
Figure21
1.Motion-control
lever—neutrallock
position
4.Backward
2.Center,unlockedposition5.Frontofmachine
3.Forward
DrivingForward
Note:Theenginewillkillifthetractioncontrolleversare
movedwiththeparkingbrakeengaged.
Tostop,pullthemotioncontrolleverstotheneutralposition.
1.Releasetheparkingbrake;refertoReleasingthe
ParkingBrake(page19).
2.Movetheleverstothecenter,unlockedposition.
3.Togoforward,slowlypushthemotioncontrollevers
forward(Figure22).
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