Operation
Operation
Use the discharge gate to temporarily stop or deflect grass clippings away from sidewalks, parking lots, patios, or anywhere grass clippings are not desired to be discharged. The handle allows the discharge gate to be held in any position from fully closed to fully open.
Important: Make sure the mower is in neutral before operating the handle of the discharge gate.
Important: Always mow with the discharge deflector installed and in the down position.
DANGER
An uncovered discharge opening will allow objects to be thrown in an operator’s or bystanders’s direction. Also contact with the blade could occur. Thrown objects or blade contact can cause serious injury or death.
Never operate the mower with the discharge deflector raised, removed, or altered unless there is a grass collection system or mulch kit in place and working properly.
DANGER
The rotating blades under the mower deck are dangerous. Blade contact can cause serious injury or kill you.
Do Not put hands or feet under the mower or mower deck when the blades are engaged.
Opening the Discharge Gate
For all Walk-Behind Units except Vantage: Rotate
the handle upward to open the gate.
| Figure 16 |
1. Rotate upward | 2. Handle in gate open |
| position |
For Vantage Units: Rotate the handle rearward to open the gate.
| Figure 17 |
1. Rotate rearward | 2. Handle in gate open |
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