FIGURE 6
DRIVE LEVER, NEUTRAL LOCK LATCH OPERATION
4.3.5Drive Wheel Engagement/Turning: With drive levers locked in “neutral”, shift speed control lever to desired forward speed.
Note: The park brake must be disengaged before the speed control lever is moved out of neutral or the engine will kill.
Slowly squeeze and hold both drive levers in the neutral position and move both neutral lock latches from the neutral lock position. Do Not squeeze both drive levers all the way back, this will cause the drive wheels to be engaged in the reverse direction.
For straight ahead motion: Smoothly release both drive levers to engage drive wheels.
For Turning: Squeeze the right hand drive lever to turn right and the left hand drive lever to turn left.
To make a “zero turn”, squeeze either the left hand or the right hand drive lever back into the reverse position while the opposite drive lever is in a forward position at an equal but opposite speed.
For Reverse: Squeeze both drive levers into the reverse position.
For smooth operation of this machine, avoid quick, jerky movements of the drive levers. Move the drive levers smoothly and deliberately.
4.3.6To Stop: Squeeze drive levers back to the “neutral” position. Move neutral lock latches into the “neutral lock” position and release drive levers. Move the speed control lever to the neutral position.
4.3.7PTO Engagement:
DANGER
POTENTIAL HAZARD
♦The rotating blades under the mower deck are dangerous.
WHAT CAN HAPPEN
♦Blade contact can cause serious injury or kill you.
HOW TO AVOID THE HAZARD
♦DO NOT put hands or feet under the mower or mower deck when the PTO is engaged.
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