Use and Care Manual

RemovingtheBagger
CAUTION
Failingtoremovethefrontbaggerweights
andoperatingthemachinewithoutthebagger
attachmentmaycauseanunstableconditionwhich
couldresultinalossofcontrol.
•Alwaysremovethefrontweightswhenremoving
thebaggerattachment.
•Neveroperatethemachinewithoutthebagger
attachmentandthefrontweightsstillinstalled.
ThebaggercanberemovedbyrepeatingtheSetupsections
fromallinstalledbaggerrelatedkitsinreverseorder.If
weightsareinstalled,alwaysremovethefrontbaggerweights
whenremovingthebaggerattachments.
Note:Itisonlynecessarytoremovethecutoffbafewhen
installingamulchingkit.
UsingtheDrawBar
Thebaggersupportbrackethasadrawbarfeaturethatcan
beusedfortowing.
•Readandunderstandalltheoperatinginstructionsofthe
machine.
•Whenturning,slowdownandobservetheclearance.
•Makewideturnsandkeeptowedequipmentclearofthe
towingvehicle.
•Themaximumdrawbarpullis80lb(36Kg).
•Excessivedrawbarpullmaycausehydrostatic
transmissionfailure.
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1.Baggersupportbracketwithdrawbar
OperatingTips
TipsforBagging
RememberingtheSize
Rememberthatthemachineislongerandwiderwiththis
attachmentinstalled.Byturningtoosharplyinconned
placesyoumaydamagetheattachment.
Trimming
Alwaystrimwiththeleftsideofthemower.Donottrimwith
therightsideofthemowerbecauseyoucoulddamagethe
baggerchuteanddischargetube.
CuttingHeight
Donotsetthemowercuttingheighttoolowbecauselong
grasssurroundingthemowercanpreventairfromgetting
underthemowerandenteringthebaggingsystem.Ifenough
airdoesn'tgetunderthemower,thebaggingsystemwillplug.
CuttingFrequency
Cutthegrassoften,especiallywhenitgrowsrapidly.Youwill
havetocutyourgrasstwiceifitgetsexcessivelylong.
CuttingTechnique
Forbestlawnappearance,besuretoslightlyoverlapthe
mowerintothepreviouslycutarea.Thishelpsreducethe
loadontheengineandreducesthechanceofpluggingthe
chuteanddischargetube.
BaggingSpeed
MostoftenyouwillbagwiththemowerthrottleintheFast
positionanddriveatanormalgroundspeed.However,
inextremelydryanddustygrass,youmaywanttoslightly
reducethethrottlespeedandincreasethegroundspeed
ofthemower.Thebaggingsystemmayplugifyoudrive
toofastandtheenginespeedgetstooslow.Onhillsitmay
benecessarytoslowthemowergroundspeed.Thishelps
maintaintheenginespeedandbaggingefciency.Mow
downhillwheneverpossible.
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