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TIPS | FOR IMPROVED | BAGGING | @ | Avoid cutting wet grass or in the morning while the dew | |
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Follow the mower operation instructions in your tractor |
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| Your bagger is equipped with a full bagger indicator. As | ||||
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| the bags become full, movement of the wheel will slow | |
When | operating your grass catcher on a lawn where grass |
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and leaf bagging equipment has not been used, you are |
| chutes have become clogged. Care should be taken | |||
| not to damage the parts and that the wheel spins freely | ||||
picking up thatch and debris that has accumulated for long |
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periods of time. The amount collected and the total time of |
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| If the grass catcher fails to pick up cut grass or leaves, | ||||
operation may be greater than you will experience with |
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regular use of your grass catcher_ |
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| _YsStemor that the grass catcher containers are full. | ||||
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| ually this is indicated by the stopped movement of | |
Always run throttle at full speed when bagging° |
| the full bagger | indicator. | ||
Select a gear low enough | to give good mower cutting |
| a. Disengage | blades, shift into neutral, engage the |
| performance, good quality cut and | good | bagging per- |
| parking brake | and stop the engine. | ||||
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| - Raise seal Unlatch and raise cover. | |||
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NOTE: | It may be necessary | to overlap | width | of cut to suit |
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| - Replace containers, close cover, and latch. | |||
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• | If grass is extremely tall, it should be mowed twice. The | b, | Unlatch chutes and check for clogging | |||||||
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° | Use left hand side of mower | for trimming. |
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| Reassemble | and latch chutes | ||||
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| Check | to insure full bagger indicator has not be- | |||||||
° | Plastic trash bags can be inserted inside grass catcher | C. | ||||||||
| containers for ease of debris | disposal. To remove the |
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| a. | Raise seat. Unlatch | and | raise | cover. |
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| b. Remove one container at a time by grasping con- |
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c.With the container resting on the ground, close and secure the top of the plastic lawn bag.
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| • | Do not operate | mower | with grass | catcher | |||
d. | Tip the container | on its side and slide the filled | bag | partially installed. |
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e. | Install a new plastic | lawn bag with the edges of the | leaving tractor | seat | to empty containers, | |||||||
| bag draped over | upper lip of the | Container | (for | unclogging | chutes, | etc. |
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| replacement bags refer to REPLACEMENT |
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| o Close cover before starting. |
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f. | Repeat for other | container. |
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g. | Reinstall containers | making sure | right container | |||||||||
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| overlaps left container at center support. | ° Do not attempt to vacuum up cans or other | ||||||||||
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h. | Close cover and secure latch over center support | potentially | hazardous | projectiles, |
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