WARNING
User Clothing:
DO NOT operate the mower while wearing sandals, tennis shoes, sneakers, or shorts. Always wear long non-baggy pants. Wear high- top leather work boots with thick, textured tread, soft-rubber soles at all times. Hard or smooth soled shoes are too slippery for a good footing on mower platform. NEVER wear loose- fitting clothing which could get caught in moving parts. Wearing safety glasses, ear protection and safety shoes is advisable and required by some local ordinances and insurance regula- tions.
WARNING
Inspect Mower Before Each Use:
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, linchpin or “hair” pins and replace before operating the mower. Make sure all safety equipment pro- vided 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. Ensure that all parts of the hand-operated transmission control system are tight and secure. This is to reduce the possibility that the mower could have a loss of control or safety.
WARNING
Scheduled Mower Maintenance Safety:
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. Grease all fittings daily. DO NOT change the engine gover-
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nor settings or over-rev the engine contrary to engine manufacturer specifications. Keep the Wright mower in good operating condition, and keep safety devices and shields in place and in working condition. 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. Replace excessively worn blades. Sharpen dull blades. The mower should not be used after the blades or other part of the mower strikes a foreign object, until conducting a thor- ough inspection and any damage is repaired. See the instructions in the Recommended Main- tenance section of this manual for other items of required maintenance.
WARNING
Work Area Conditions and Inspection:
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 un- even ground that may be hidden in the grass. Clear the work area of moveable objects such as wires, rocks, glass, 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, stub pipes protruding from the ground, paving edges, etc. in the path of opera- tion 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 near the machine while in operation. Thrown objects can pass through glass windows and some walls of
