children will remain where you last saw them.
1. Keep children out of the mowing area and under the watchful care of another responsible adult.
2. Be alert and turn unit off if children enter the area.
3. Before and during reverse operation, look behind and down for small children.
4. Never carry children, even with the blade(s) off. They may fall off and be seriously injured or interfere with safe unit operation. Children who have been given rides in the past may suddenly appear in the mowing area for another ride and be run over or backed over by the machine.
5. Never allow children to operate the unit.
6. Use extra care when approaching blind corners, shrubs, trees, or other objects that may obscure vision.
WARNING

Operator Safety

23. Use care when approaching blind corners, shrubs, trees or other objects that may obscure vision.

24. To reduce fire hazard, keep unit free of grass, leaves & excess oil. Do not stop or park over dry leaves, grass or combustible materials.

5.Use extra care with grass catchers or other attachments. These can change the stability of the unit.

6.Keep all movement on the slopes slow and gradual. Do not make sudden changes in speed or direction.

7.See your authorized dealer for recommendations of available weights to improve stability.

It is a violation of California Public Resource

 

 

 

Code, Section 4442, to use or operate the

 

Do Not

engine on any forest-covered, brush-covered

1.

Avoid starting, stopping, or turning on a slope.

or grass-covered land unless the exhaust

 

 

If tires lose traction (i.e. machine stops forward

system is equipped with a spark arrester,

 

 

motion on a slope), disengage the blade(s) (PTO)

as defined in Section 4442, maintained in

 

 

and drive slow off the slope.

2.

Do not turn on slopes unless necessary, and then,

effective working order. Other states or federal

 

 

turn slowly and gradually uphill, if possible. Never

jurisdictions may have similar laws. Contact

 

 

 

 

mow down slopes.

an Authorized Service Dealer to obtain a spark

 

 

3.

Do not mow near drop-offs, ditches, or

arrester designed for the exhaust system

 

 

embankments. The operator could lose footing or

installed on this engine.

 

 

 

balance or mower could suddenly turn over if a

 

 

 

 

wheel is over the edge of a cliff or ditch, or if an

 

 

 

 

25. OSHA regulations may require the use of hearing

 

 

edge caves in.

protection when exposed to sound levels greater

4.

Do not mow on wet grass. Reduced footing or

than 85 dBA for an 8 hour time period.

 

 

traction could cause sliding.

 

 

5.

Do not try to stabilize the unit by putting your foot

CAUTION

 

 

 

on the ground. (ride-on u its)

 

 

6.

Do not mow excessively steep slopes.

This machine produces sound levels

 

7.

Do not use grass catcher on steep slopes.

 

8.

Do not m w sl pes if you cannot back up them.

in excess of 85 dBA at the operator’s

 

 

 

 

ear and can cause hearing loss

 

TOWED EQUIPMENT (RIDE-ON UNITS)

though extended periods of exposure.

 

Wear hearing protection when operating his

 

1.

Tow only wi h a machine that has a hitch designed

machine.

 

 

 

for towing. Do not attach towed equipment except

 

 

for

 

 

 

 

at the hit h point.

SLOPE OPERATION

 

2.

Follow the manufacturer’s recommendations

 

 

 

for weight limit for towed equipment and

Slopes are a major factor related to loss-of-control and

 

 

towing on slopes. See attaching a trailer under

tip-over accidents, which can result in severe inju y

 

 

OPERATION.

3.

Never allow children or others in or on towed

 

Not

 

 

 

 

death. All slopes require extra caution. If you cannot

 

 

equipment.

back up the slope or if you feel uneasy on it, do not

 

 

4.

On slopes, the weight of the towed equipment

drive on it.

 

 

 

may cause loss of traction and loss of control.

WARNING

 

 

5.

Travel slowly and allow extra distance to stop.

 

6.

Do not shift to neutral and coast down hill.

Do not use this machine on slopes gr at r than

 

CHILDREN

15°.*

 

 

Select slow ground speed before driving onto

 

Tragic accidents can occur if the operator is not alert to

 

Reproduction

slope. Use extra caution when operating on

 

the presence of children. Children are often attracted

slopes with rear-mounted grass catchers.

 

to the unit and the mowing activity. Never assume that

Mow across the face of slopes, not up and down, use caution when changing directions and DO NOT START OR STOP ON SLOPE.

Do

1. Mow across slopes, not up and down.

2. Remove obstacles such as rocks, tree limbs, etc.

3. Watch for holes, ruts, or bumps. Uneven terrain could overturn the unit. Tall grass can hide obstacles.

4. Use slow speed. Choose a slow speed so that you will not have to stop or change speed while on the slope.

*This limit was determined per CEN Standard EN 836:1997, Section

5.2.2and is based on the EN 836 Stability Test procedure described in Section 4.2.4.2. The 15 degree “limit of stability” is equal to 50% of the

angle at which machine lift-off occurred in static tests. Actual dynamic

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stability may vary depending on operating conditions.