Owner's Manual

5.Installthebagsbyslidingthebagframehooks
ontotheretainingbrackets.
6.Lowerthebaggertopontothebags.
ClearingObstructionsfrom
theBagger
WARNING
Whenthebaggerisinoperation,theblower
isrotatingandcancutofforinjurehandsand
ngers.
•Beforeadjusting,cleaning,repairing
andinspectingtheblower,andbefore
uncloggingthechute,shutofftheengine
andwaitforallmovingpartstostop.
Removethekey.
•Useastickorsimilarobject,notyour
hands,toremoveanobstructionfromthe
blowerandtube.
•Keepyourface,hands,feet,andanyother
partofyourbodyorclothingawayfrom
concealed,moving,orrotatingparts.
1.Parkthemachineonalevelsurfaceand
disengagethebladecontrolswitch.
2.Movethemotioncontrolleversoutwardtothe
neutrallockposition,stoptheengine,remove
thekey,settheparkingbrakeandwaitfor
allmovingpartstostopbeforeleavingthe
operatingposition.
3.Checkthegrassbagsandemptythemifthey
arefull.
4.Removeandseparatethedischargetubeand
chutefromthebaggertopandmower.Using
astickorsimilarobject,carefullyremoveand
cleartheobstructionfromthemower,discharge
tube,chute,andthebaggertop.
5.Afteryouremovetheobstruction,installthe
completebaggersystemandresumeoperation.
RemovingtheBagger
CAUTION
Failingtoremovethefrontbaggerweights
andoperatingthemachinewithoutthebagger
attachmentmaycauseanunstablecondition
whichcouldresultinalossofcontrol.
•Alwaysremovethefrontweightswhen
removingthebaggerattachment.
•Neveroperatethemachinewithoutthe
baggerattachmentandthefrontweights
stillinstalled.
ThebaggercanberemovedbyrepeatingtheSetup
sectionsfromallinstalledbaggerrelatedkitsin
reverseorder.Ifweightsareinstalled,alwaysremove
thefrontbaggerweightswhenremovingthebagger
attachments.
Note:Itisonlynecessarytoremovethecutoffbafe
wheninstallingamulchingkit.
UsingtheDrawBar
Thebaggersupportbrackethasadrawbarfeature
thatcanbeusedfortowing.
•Readandunderstandalltheoperatinginstructions
ofthemachine.
•Whenturning,slowdownandobservethe
clearance.
•Makewideturnsandkeeptowedequipmentclear
ofthetowingvehicle.
•Excessivedrawbarpullmaycausehydrostatic
transmissionfailure.
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Figure28
1.Baggersupportbracketwithdrawbar
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