Toro Titan Z5200 74814 - The Safety Interlock System; Driving Forward or Backward

TheSafetyInterlockSystem
Ifsafetyinterlockswitchesaredisconnected
ordamagedthemachinecouldoperate
unexpectedlycausingpersonalinjury.
•DoNottamperwiththeinterlockswitches.
•Checktheoperationoftheinterlock
switchesdailyandreplaceanydamaged
switchesbeforeoperatingthemachine.
UnderstandingtheSafetyInterlock
System
Thesafetyinterlocksystemisdesignedtopreventthe
enginefromstartingunless:
•Thebladesaredisengaged.
•Themotioncontrolleversareintheneutral
position.
•Theparkingbrakeisengaged.
Thesafetyinterlocksystemisdesignedtoinitiateengine
shutdownwhen:
•Theparkingbrakeisdisengagedandtheoperator
getsoffmachine.
•ThePTOisengagedandtheoperatorgetsoff
machine.
•Theparkingbrakeisdisengagedandleversarein
andtheoperatorgetsoffmachine.
•Theparkingbrakeisengagedandmotioncontrol
leversarein.
TestingtheSafetyInterlockSystem
Testthesafetyinterlocksystembeforeyouusethe
machineeachtime
1.Checkstartingcircuit.Startershouldcrankwith
parkingbrakeengaged,PTOdisengagedand
motioncontrolleversmovedoutintheneutral
lockposition.Theoperatordoesnotneedtobein
theseattostarttheengine.
Trytostartwithoperatorinseat,parkingbrake
disengaged,PTOdisengagedandmotioncontrol
leversintheneutrallockposition-startermust
notcrank.
Trytostartwithoperatorinseat,parkingbrake
engaged,PTOengagedandmotioncontrollevers
intheneutrallockposition-startermustnot
crank.
Trytostartwithoperatorinseat,parkingbrake
engaged,PTOdisengaged,andtheleftmotion
controlleverin,startermustnotcrank,repeat
againwiththerightleverin,thenwithbothlevers
in-startermustnotcrank.
2.Checkkillcircuits.Runengineatone-thirdthrottle,
disengageparkingbrakeandraiseoffofseat(but
donotgetoffofmachine)enginemustinitiate
shutdown.
Runengineatone-thirdthrottle,engagePTOand
raiseoffofseat(butdonotgetoffofmachine)
enginemustinitiateshutdown.
Runengineatone-thirdthrottle,withbrake
disengaged,moveleversinandraiseoffseat(but
donotgetoffofmachine)enginemustinitiate
shutdown.
Again,runengineatone-thirdthrottle,brake
engaged,andmoveleftmotioncontrolleverin-
enginemustinitiateshutdown.
Repeatagainmovingtherightleverin,then
movingbothleversin-enginemustinitiate
shutdownwhetheroperatorisonseatornot.
Note:Ifmachinedoesnotpassanyofthesetests,
donotoperate.ContactyourauthorizedToroService
Dealer.
Important:Itisessentialthatoperatorsafety
mechanismsbeconnectedandinproperoperating
conditionpriortouseformowing.
DrivingForwardorBackward
Thethrottlecontrolregulatestheenginespeedas
measuredinrpm(revolutionsperminute).Place
thethrottlecontrolintheFastpositionforbest
performance.AlwaysoperateintheFast(fullthrottle)
position.
Machinecanspinveryrapidlybypositioning
onelevertoomuchaheadoftheother.Operator
maylosecontrolofthemachine,whichmay
causedamagetothemachineorinjury.
•Usecautionwhenmakingturns.
•Slowthemachinedownbeforemaking
sharpturns.
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