ASSEMBLY
11INSTALLING SPACER PLUGS
1.Remove plastic end caps from the center two bag support arms. Fully insert spacer plugs into the ends of the support tubes. It may be necessary to tap the spacers into place with a hammer or mallet. Replace the plastic end cap back over the spacer. The additional extension will hold the hood more securely when latched.
Insert spacers
Remove centerand replace caps end caps
TIPS FOR IMPROVED BAGGING
Follow the mower operation instructions in you mower operator’s manual.
When operating your grass catcher on a lawn where grass and leaf bagging equipment has not been used, you are picking up thatch and debris that has accumulated for long periods of time. The amount collected and the total time of operation may be greater than you will experience with regular use of your grass catcher.
•Always run throttle at full speed when bagging.
•Select a speed low enough to give good mower cutting performance, good quality cut and good bagging performance.
NOTE: It may be necessary to overlap width of cut to suit your conditions.
•If grass is extremely tall, it should be mowed twice. The first time relatively high, the second time to desired height.
•Use left hand side of mower for trimming.
•Plastic trash bags (3.0 mil, 30 gallon) can be inserted inside grass catcher containers for ease of debris disposal. To remove the plastic trash bags when full:
a.Disengage blades, shift into neutral, engage the parking brake and stop the engine.
b.Unlatch and raise cover.
c.Remove one container at a time by grasping container handles and pulling toward the rear, off of the tube rails.
d.With the container resting on the ground, close and secure the top of the plastic lawn bag.
e.Tip the container on its side and slide the filled bag from the container.
f.Install a new plastic lawn bag with the edges of the bag draped over upper lip of the
Container (for replacement bags refer to
REPLACEMENT PARTS).
g.Repeat for other container.
h.Reinstall containers making sure right container overlaps left container at center supports.
i.Close cover and secure latches over center support tubes.
•Avoid cutting wet grass or in the morning while the dew is still heavy. Grass clippings collected under these conditions tend to be sticky and adhere to the walls of the flow path causing clogging.
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