Toro GrandStand 74504TE - Operating the Mower-Blade-Control Switch (PTO); Engaging the Mower Blades (PTO); Disengaging the Mower Blades (PTO); Operating the Parking Brake

•Operatetheengineonlyinwell-ventilatedareas.
Exhaustgasescontaincarbonmonoxide,which
islethalifinhaled.
•Neverleavearunningmachineunattended.
•Beforeleavingtheoperatingposition(including
toemptythecatchersortounclogthechute),do
thefollowing:
–Parkthemachineonalevelsurface.
–Disengagethepowertake-off.
–Engagetheparkingbrake.
–Shutofftheengineandremovetheignitionkey.
–Waitforallmovingpartstostop.
•Shutoffthemachineanddisengagethedriveto
thecuttingunitinthefollowingsituations:
–Beforefueling
–Beforeclearingblockages
–Beforechecking,cleaning,ormaintainingthe
cuttingunit
–Afterstrikingaforeignobjectorifanabnormal
vibrationoccurs.Inspectthecuttingunitfor
damageandmakerepairsbeforestartingand
operatingthemachine
–Beforeleavingtheoperatingposition
•Donotusethemachineasatowingvehicle.
•Useonlyaccessoriesandattachmentsapproved
byTheT oro®Company.
OperatingtheParking
Brake
Alwaysengagetheparkingbrakewhenyoushutoff
themachineorleaveitunattended.Beforeeachuse,
checktheparkingbrakeforproperoperation.
Iftheparkingbrakedoesnotholdsecurely,adjustit;
refertoAdjustingtheBrakes(page42).
Pulltheparking-brakeleverrearwardtoengageit
(Figure8).
Pushtheparking-brakeleverforwardtodisengageit.
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Figure8
1.Parkingbrake—engaged2.Parking
brake—disengaged
Operatingthe
Mower-Blade-Control
Switch(PTO)
Usetheblade-controlswitch(PTO)inconjunctionwith
themotion-controlleverstoengageanddisengage
themowerblades.
EngagingtheMowerBlades(PTO)
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Figure9
DisengagingtheMowerBlades
(PTO)
Figure10andFigure11show2waystodisengage
themowerblades.
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Figure10
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Figure11
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