Use and Care Manual

ProductOverview

Figure4

1.Deector

5.Motion-controllevers9.Engine13.Anti-scalproller

2.Reardrivewheel

6.Seat

10.Engineguard

14.SmartSpeed™lever

3.Height-of-cutlever7.Foot-assistlever(certain

modelsonly)

11.Mowerdeck15.Hydraulicreservoir

4.Controlpanel

8.Fuel-tankcap12.Frontcasterwheel

Controls

BecomefamiliarwithallthecontrolsinFigure4andFigure5

beforeyoustarttheengineandoperatethemachine.

Figure5

ControlPanel

1.Throttle3.Blade-controlswitch

(powertakeoff)

2.Ignitionswitch

IgnitionSwitch

Theignitionswitchhas3positions:OFF,RUN,andSTART.

ThekeyturnstoSTARTandmovesbacktoRUNupon

release.TurningthekeytotheOFFpositionstopstheengine;

however,alwaysremovethekeywhenleavingthemachine

topreventsomeonefromaccidentallystartingtheengine

(Figure5).

Throttle

Thethrottlecontrolstheenginespeedandhasacontinuous

variablesettingfromSlowtoFast(Figure5).

Blade-ControlSwitch(PowerTakeoff)

Theblade-controlswitch,representedbyapower-takeoff

(PTO)symbol,engagesanddisengagespowertothemower

blades(Figure5).