Operator's Manual

StoppingtheMachine
Important:Whenstoppingthemachineon
anincline,usetheservicebrakestostopthe
machineandengagetheparkingbraketoholdthe
machineinplace.Usingtheacceleratortostall
themachineonthehillcanoverheatthemotoror
drainthebatteries.
1.Removeyourfootfromtheacceleratorpedal.
2.Slowlypressthebrakepedaltoapplytheservice
brakesuntilthemachinecomestoacomplete
stop.
Note:Thestoppingdistancemayvary
dependingonthemachineloadandspeed.
ParkingtheMachine
1.Stopthemachineusingtheservicebrakesby
pressingandholdingthebrakepedal.
2.Engagetheparkingbrakebypullingthe
parking-brakelevertowardyou.
3.RotatethekeycounterclockwisetotheOFF
position.
4.Removethekey.
BreakinginaNewMachine
ServiceInterval:Aftertherst100hours—Perform
thebreakinginanewmachine
guidelines.
Performthebreakinginanewmachineguidelines
toprovideproperperformanceandlonglifeforthe
machine.
•Checkthebrakeuid,transaxleuid,andthe
waterlevelinthebatteriesregularly.
•Avoidhardbrakingsituationsfortherstseveral
hoursofnewmachinebreak-inoperation.New
brakeliningsmaynotbeatoptimumperformance
untilseveralhoursofusehascausedthebrakes
tobecomeburnished(broken-in).
•RefertoMaintenance(page28)foranyspecial
lowhourchecks.
•Checkthefrontsuspensionpositioningandadjust
itifnecessary.
LoadingtheCargoBox
Usethefollowingguidelineswhenloadingthecargo
boxandoperatingthemachine:
•Observetheweightcapacityofthemachineand
limittheweightoftheloadthatyoucarryinthe
cargoboxasdescribedinSpecications(page
18)andonthegrossvehicleweighttagofthe
machine.
Note:Theloadratingisspeciedformachine
operationonalevelsurfaceonly.
•Reducetheweightoftheloadthatyoucarryin
thecargoboxwhenoperatingthemachineonhills
androughterrain.
•Reducetheweightoftheloadthatyoucarrywhen
thematerialsaretall(andhaveahighcenterof
gravity),suchasastackofbricks,landscaping
timbers,orfertilizerbags.Distributetheloadas
lowaspossible,makingsurethattheloaddoes
notreduceyourabilitytoseebehindthemachine
whenoperatingit.
•Keeploadscenteredbyloadingthecargoboxas
follows:
–Evenlypositiontheweightinthecargobox
fromsidetoside.
Important:Tippingoverismorelikelyto
occurifthecargoboxisloadedto1side.
–Evenlypositiontheweightinthecargobox
fromfronttoback.
Important:Lossofsteeringcontrolorthe
machinemaytipoverifyoupositionthe
loadbehindtherearaxleandthetraction
onthefronttiresisreduced.
•Useextracautionwhentransportingoversized
loadsinthecargobox,particularlywhenyou
cannotcenterthewightoftheoversizeloadtothe
cargobox.
•Wheneverpossible,securetheloadbybindingit
tothecargoboxsoitdoesnotshift.
•Whentransportingliquidinalargetank(such
asasprayertank),usecautionwhendriving
themachineuphillordownhill,whensuddenly
changingspeedorstopping,orwhendrivingover
toughsurfaces.
Thecapacityofthecargoboxis0.28m
3
(10ft
3
).
Theamount(volume)ofmaterialthatyoucanplace
intheboxwithoutexceedingtheloadratingsofthe
machinecanvarygreatlydependingonthedensity
ofthematerial.
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