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OPERATION
12
TO OPERATE ON HILLS
CAUTION: Do not drive up or down
hills with slopes greater than 15° and
do not drive across any slope.
• Choose the slowest speed before starting up or down hills.
• Avoid stopping or changing speed on hills.
• If slowing is necessary, move throttle control lever to slower position.
• If stopping is absolutely necessary, push clutch/brake pedal quickly to brake
position and engage parking brake.
• Move motion control lever to neutral (N) position.
IMPORTANT: THE MOTION CONTROL LEVER DOES NOT RETURN TO
NEUTRAL (N) POSITION WHEN THE CLUTCH/BRAKE PED AL IS DEPRESSED.
• To restart movement, slowly release parking brake and clutch/brake pedal.
• Slowly move motion control lever to slowest setting.
• Make all turns slowly.
AT TACH MENT
CLUTCH LEVER
"DISENGAGED"
PO SI TION
"ENGAGED"
POSITION
"LOW"
POSITION
ATTACHMENT LIFT
LEVER "HIGH"
PO SI TION
FIG. 8
TO TRANSPORT (See Figs. 9 and 6 )
When pushing or towing your tractor, be sure to disengage transmission
by placing freewheel control in free wheel ing po si tion. Free wheel control
is located at the rear drawbar of tractor.
• Raise attachment lift to highest position with at tach ment lift control.
• Pull freewheel control knob out and hold in position by inserting retainer
spring into forward hole of control rod.
• Do not push or tow tractor at more than two (2) MPH.
• To reengage transmission, reverse above procedure.
NOTE: To protect hood from damage when transporting your tractor on
a truck or a trailer, be sure hood is closed and secured to tractor. Use an
appropriate means of tying hood to tractor (rope, cord, etc.).
FIG. 9
TO OPERATE MOWER (See Fig. 8)
Your tractor is equipped with an operator presence sensing switch. Any
attempt by the operator to leave the seat with the engine running and the
attachment clutch engaged will shut off the engine.
• Select desired height of cut.
• Lower mower with attachment lift control.
• Start mower blades by engaging attachment clutch control.
• TO STOP MOWER BLADES - disengage attachment clutch con trol.
CAUTION: Do not operate the mower
without either the en tire grass catcher,
on mowers so equipped, or the dis-
charge guard in place.