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DO NOT operate the mower while wearing sandals,
tennis shoes, sneakers, or shorts. Always wear long
non-baggy pants. Wear high-top leather steel-toed
work boots with thick, textured tread, soft-rubber
soled at all times. Hard or smooth soled shoes are
too slippery for a good footing on mower platform.
NEVER wear loose-fitting clothing or jacket pockets
that can get caught on the handlebars or control
levers of any mower you drive. Wearing safety
glasses, ear protection and safety shoes is
advisable and required by some local ordinances
and insurance regulations.
DO NOT use the mower if any parts are not
maintained in good operating condition. Examine
the moving parts prior to each use. Look for
excessive wear, bald or worn tires, cracks in parts,
loose or missing bolts, cotter pins, linchpins and
replace before operating the mower.
Make sure all safety equipment provided with the
mower is in good operating order, including all the
warning decals and the required operator-presence
device which stops the engine and blades when the
foot-operated Operator Presence Control (OPC)
switch is released. (To test the OPC, follow
instructions in the Operating Instructions section of
this manual.) Inspect the two anti-tip rollers and
their respective bolts at the rear of the mower for
tightness and proper operation. Be sure that all
parts of the hand-operated hydraulic control system
are tight and secure. This is to reduce the possibility
that the mower could have a loss of control during
operation and compromise operator safety. Ensure
deck pitch is between 1/4 - 3/8”. (Refer to the
maintenance interval chart at the end of this manual)
Keep your Wright mower in good operating condition,
and keep safety devices and shields in place and in
working condition. Replace worn tire(s) with less than
3/32” of any tread groove left. Use tires with the tread
pattern specified by Wright Mfg., Inc. only. DO NOT
change the engine governor settings or over-rev the
engine contrary to engine manufacturer
specifications. Failure to comply can compromise
operator safety, shorten equipment life and void your
manufacturer’s warranty. Keep all nuts, bolts, and
screws tight to be sure the equipment is in safe
working condition. Check the blade mounting bolts for
proper tightness every eight (8) hours of operation.
Check the blades for excessive wear and sharpness
every four to eight (4-8) hours of operation. Sharpen
dull blades. Replace blades when they become
excessively worn. The mower should not be used
after the blades or other part of the mower strikes a
foreign object, until conducting a thorough inspection
and any damage is repaired. When inspecting or
changing blades, turn off the blade clutch switch,
apply the parking brake, stop the engine and remove
the key. Make sure the chute deflector is always in
place and operating properly. Replace if the deflector
becomes worn or ceases to properly deflect the grass
in a safe manner. (Refer to the maintenance interval
chart at the end of this manual)
Prior to operating the unit, carefully inspect all
lawn/ground areas where you plan to use the mower
for hidden, hard-to-see objects or uneven ground that
may be hidden in the grass. Clear the work area of
moveable objects such as wires, rocks, glass, toys,
etc. that might be picked up by the mower and
dangerously thrown. Remove, if possible, or mark the
location of all immovable objects or irregular areas
and be sure not to hit them with any part of the
mower, its deck or the blades. Obstacles such as
holes, abrupt changes in ground contour, tree trunks,
stumps or roots, pipes protruding from the ground,
paving edges, etc. in the path of operation can
abruptly turn or stop the mower. This could throw you
off the mower or into and possibly over the handle
bars causing serious injury or death. The faster you
are moving the more potential there is for injury. Mow
only in daylight or in good artificial light. Keep away
from drop-offs, the edges of ponds, streams, pools,
etc. especially at the bottom of slopes. Do not mow
when children or others are around. When the
Wright mower is in use, never direct the grass
discharge toward bystanders, traffic, cars or buildings
nor allow anyone within 50 feet of the machine while
in operation. Thrown objects can pass through glass
windows and some walls of buildings. There is
extreme risk of danger from thrown objects or being
cut by the blades of the mower or being run over if
you lose control. Never operate the mower in an
enclosed area without good, approved ventilation.
Exhaust fumes are dangerous.
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