Use and Care Manual

OperatingTips
TipsforBagging
RememberingtheSize
Rememberthatthemachineislongerandwiderwiththis
attachmentinstalled.Byturningtoosharplyinconned
placesyoumaydamagetheattachment.
Trimming
Alwaystrimwiththeleftsideofthemower.Donottrimwith
therightsideofthemowerbecauseyoucoulddamagethe
baggerchuteanddischargetube.
CuttingHeight
Donotsetthemowercuttingheighttoolowbecauselong
grasssurroundingthemowercanpreventairfromgetting
underthemowerandenteringthebaggingsystem.Ifenough
airdoesnotgetunderthemower,thebaggingsystemwill
plug.
CuttingFrequency
Cutthegrassoften,especiallywhenitgrowsrapidly.Youwill
havetocutyourgrasstwiceifitgetsexcessivelylong.
CuttingTechnique
Forbestlawnappearance,besuretoslightlyoverlapthe
mowerintothepreviouslycutarea.Thishelpsreducethe
loadontheengineandreducesthechanceofpluggingthe
chuteanddischargetube.
BaggingSpeed
MostoftenyouwillbagwiththemowerthrottleintheFast
positionanddriveatanormalgroundspeed.However,
inextremelydryanddustygrass,youmaywanttoslightly
reducethethrottlespeedandincreasethegroundspeedof
themower.Thebaggingsystemmayplugifyoudrivetoo
fastandtheenginespeedgetstooslow .Onhills,itmay
benecessarytoslowthemowergroundspeed.Thishelps
maintaintheenginespeedandbaggingefciency.Mow
downhillwheneverpossible.
CAUTION
Asthebaggerlls,extraweightisaddedtotheback
ofthemachine.Ifyoustopandstartsuddenlyon
hills,youmaylosesteeringcontrolorthemachine
maytip.
•Donotstartorstopsuddenlywhengoinguphill
ordownhill.Avoiduphillstarts.
•Ifyoudostopthemachinewhengoinguphill,
disengagethebladecontrol.Thenbackdown
thehillusingaslowspeed.
•Avoidsuddenturnsorrapidspeedchangeson
slopes.
•Ifyouremovethebaggerattachment,remove
thefrontweights.
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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