Operation

DriveWheelReleaseValves

WARNING
Handsmaybecomeentangledintherotating
drivecomponentsbelowtheenginedeck,
whichcouldresultinseriousinjuryordeath.
Stopengine,removekey,allowallthemoving
partstostopbeforeaccessingthedrivewheel
releasevalves.
WARNING
Theengineandhydraulicdriveunitscan
becomeveryhot.Touchingahotengineor
hydraulicdriveunitscancausesevereburns.
Allowtheengineandhydraulicdriveunitsto
coolcompletelybeforeaccessingthedrive
wheelreleasevalves.
Locatedonthebackoftheunitizedhydraulicdrive
units,belowtheenginedeck.
Duringnormaloperatingconditions,thedrivewheel
releasevalvesarepositionedhorizontally.Ifthe
machinehastobepushedbyhand,thevalvesmust
beinthe“released”position(seeFigure10).
Figure10
1.Handlein“released”position
2.Handlein“operating”position
Toreleasethedrivesystem(seeitem1inFigure10),
rotatethehandle1/4turntotheverticalposition
untilithitsagainstthestop.
Toresetthedrivesystem(seeitem2inFigure10),
rotatethehandle1/4turntothehorizontalposition
untilithitsagainstthestop.
Note:Thehandlemustbehorizontalandagainst
thestopforoperation.
DoNottowmachine.

PTOEngagementSwitch

Locatedonrightconsole(seeFigure6).
Switchmustbepulledout(up)toengagetheblades.
Switchispushedintodisengagetheblades.
TheLCDindicatorwillappearwhenthePTOswitch
isdisengaged(seeFigure9).

LowVoltageIndicator

Locatedontherightconsoleinthemessagedisplay
(seeFigure6andFigure9).
Alowvoltagecondition(lessthan12.3volts)exists
whentheLCDindicatorappearsonthemessage
displaywhiletheengineisrunning.
Iftheignitionkeyisturnedtothe“ON”positionfor
afewsecondsbeforecrankingtheengine,thebattery
voltagewilldisplayintheareawherethehoursare
normallydisplayed.
Note:Theindicatornormallyappearswhenthe
engineisoffandthekeyswitchisturnedtothe
“ON”position.

DeckLiftPedal

Locatedattherightfrontcorneroftheoorpan.
Pushthepedalforwardwithyourfoottoraisethe
cuttingdeck.Allowthepedaltomoverearwardto
lowerthecuttingdecktothecutheightthathasbeen
set.

TransportLock

Locatedontheheightofcutadjustmentplatestothe
rightoftheparkingbrake.
Positioninthetransportlatchingpositionto
automaticallylatchthecuttingdeckwhenraisedto
thetransportposition(seeitem1inFigure11).
Inthenon-latchingposition,thedeckwill
automaticallyreturntothecuttingheightwhenthe
pedalislowered(seeitem3inFigure11).
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