Use and Care Manual
OperatingTips
TipsforBagging
RememberingtheSize
Rememberthatthemachineislongerandwiderwiththis
attachmentinstalled.Byturningtoosharplyinconned
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
maintaintheenginespeedandbaggingefciency.Mow
downhillwheneverpossible.
CAUTION
Asthebaggerlls,extraweightisaddedtotheback
ofthemachine.Ifyoustopandstartsuddenlyon
hills,youmaylosesteeringcontrolorthemachine
maytip.
•Donotstartorstopsuddenlywhengoinguphill
ordownhill.Avoiduphillstarts.
•Ifyoudostopthemachinewhengoinguphill,
disengagethebladecontrol.Thenbackdown
thehillusingaslowspeed.
•Avoidsuddenturnsorrapidspeedchangeson
slopes.
•Neveroperatethemachinewithoutthebagger
attachmentandthefrontweightsstillinstalled.
BaggingLongGrass
Excessivelylonggrassisheavyandmaynotbepropelled
completelyintothegrassbags.Ifthishappens,thedischarge
tubeandchutemayplug.Toavoidpluggingthebagging
system,mowthegrassatahighheightofcut,thenlowerthe
mowertoyournormalcuttingheightandrepeatthebagging
process.
BaggingWetGrass
Alwaystrytocutgrasswhenitisdrybecauseyourlawnwill
haveaneatappearance.Ifyoumustcutwetgrass,usethe
conventionalsidedischargefeatureofthemower.Several
hourslater,whentheclippingsaredry,installthecomplete
baggerattachmentandvacuumupthegrassclippings.
SignsofPlugging
Asyouarebagging,asmallamountofgrassclippings
normallyblowoutthefrontofthemower.Anexcessive
amountofclippingsblowingoutindicatesthatthebagsare
fullorthesystemisplugged.
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