Operator's Manual

engagetheparkingbrake.Trytodepressthetraction
pedal.Thepedalshouldnotdepress,whichmeansthat
theinterlocksystemisoperatingcorrectly.Correctthe
problemifitisnotoperatingproperly.
2.Sitontheseat,movethetractionpedaltoNeutral,
movethefunctionalcontrollevertoNeutral,and
engagetheparkingbrake.Movethefunctionalcontrol
levertomowortransportandtrytostarttheengine.
Theengineshouldnotcrank,whichmeansthatthe
interlocksystemisoperatingcorrectly.Correctthe
problemifitisnotoperatingproperly.
3.Sitontheseat,movethetractionpedaltoNeutral,
movethefunctionalcontrollevertoNeutral,and
engagetheparkingbrake.Starttheengineandmove
thefunctionalcontrollevertomowortransport.The
engineshouldkill,whichmeansthattheinterlock
systemisoperatingcorrectly.Correcttheproblemifit
isnotoperatingproperly.
4.Sitontheseat,movethetractionpedaltoNeutral,
movethefunctionalcontrollevertoNeutral,and
engagetheparkingbrake.Starttheengine.Release
theparkingbrake,movethefunctionalcontrollever
tomow,andrisefromtheseat.Theengineshould
kill,whichmeansthattheinterlocksystemisoperating
correctly.Correcttheproblemifitisnotoperating
properly.
5.Sitontheseat,movethetractionpedaltoNeutral,
movethefunctionalcontrollevertoNeutral,and
engagetheparkingbrake.Starttheengine.Move
theraise/lowermowcontrolforwardtolowerthe
cuttingunits.Thecuttingunitsshouldlowerbutnot
startrotating.Iftheydo,theinterlocksystemisnot
operatingcorrectly.Correcttheproblem.
SettingtheReelSpeed
Toachieveaconsistent,highquality–of–cutandauniform
aftercutappearance,itisimportantthatthereelspeedcontrol
(locatedonthemanifoldblockunderseat)becorrectlyset.
Adjustthereelspeedcontrolasfollows:
1.Selecttheheight-of-cutatwhichthecuttingunitsare
set.
2.Choosethedesiredgroundspeedbestsuitedfor
conditions.
3.Usingtheappropriategraph(SeeFigure36)for5,8,
11or14bladecuttingunits,determinetheproperreel
speedsetting.
Figure36
4.Tosetthereelspeed,rotatetheknob(Figure37)
untiltheindicatorarrowsareinlinewiththenumber
designatingdesiredsetting.
Figure37
1.Reelspeedcontrol
Note:Reelspeedcanbeincreasedordecreasedto
compensateforturfconditions.
PreparingtheMachinefor
Mowing
Toassistinaligningthemachineforsuccessivecuttingpasses,
itissuggestedthefollowingbedonetotheNo.2andNo.
3cuttingunitbaskets:
1.Measureinapproximately5inches(12.7cm)fromthe
outeredgeofeachbasket.
2.Eitherplaceastripofwhitetapeorpaintalineonto
eachbasketparallelingtheouteredgeofeachbasket
(
Figure38).
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