Cub Cadet 7304 Operator's Manual page 20

USING THE HYDRAULIC LIFT LEVER
The hydraulic lift system provides power for raising
and positioning three point hitch and belly mounted
equipment. The system's position control feature
maintains the selected height or depth of the
equipment. When the hydraulic lift lever is moved to
a higher or lower setting, the system repositions the
equipment and maintains that selected position.
• To raise an attachment using the hydraulic lift
system, the engine must be running.
• Generally, an attachment can be lowered with
the engine running or off.
• There is a direct relationship between the
height of the equipment and the position of the
lever in its slot. Operate the equipment to
determine your preferred height setting and,
consequently, the position of the lift lever in its
slot.
• Move the lift lever forward in the slot to the
position that lowers the equipment to the
desired height setting. See Figure 18.
Lowest
Height
Position
Figure 18
• Move the lift lever rearward in the slot to raise
the equipment to a higher height setting, or all
the way rearward to raise the equipment to the
transport position. See Figure 18.
USING THE PTO SELECTION LEVER
The position of the PTO selection lever will deter-
mine whether the rear PTO, mid PTO, or both
PTO's will be engaged when the PTO switch is
activated.
WARNING: NEVER shift the PTO selec-
tion lever while the PTO is engaged.
Damage to internal components will
occur.
• Shift the PTO selection lever rearward to select
the rear PTO. The rear PTO is used to drive
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HYDRAULIC
LIFT LEVER
NOTE: Occasionally you may not be able to shift
from one PTO selection to another due to a slight
misalignment between the internal shift collar and
the gears. In these instances if will be necessary to
'jog' the PTO while shifting the selection lever.
Highest
Momentarily engage the PTO while applying light
Height
pressure on the shift lever to fully engage the
Position
internal gears.
ENGAGING THE PTO
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equipment designed to operate at an input
speed of 540 RPM. See Figure 19.
PTO
SELECTION
LEVER
Rear
PTO
Figure 19
Shift the PTO lever forward to select the mid
PTO. The mid PTO is used to drive equipment
designed to operate at an input speed of 2000
RPM. Refer to Figure 19.
Shift the PTO lever to the middle position to
select both the mid PTO and rear PTO. The
mid PTO and rear PTO will run simultaneously
when the PTO switch is activated. Refer to
Figure 19.
WARNING: The operator must be in the
seat at all times when the PTO in
engaged. If the operator should leave
the seat without turning off the PTO
switch, the tractor's engine will shut
off.
Move the throttle handle to the mid throttle
position. See Figure 20.
Slide the lock button rearward and then push
the top of the PTO switch downward to engage
the PTO. See Figure 20.
Observing the tachometer on the instrument
panel, use the throttle handle to increase the
engine speed to the PTO operating range
(3500 rpm) as indicated by the orange line of
the tachometer.
PTO REVERSE
OVERRIDE
SWITCH
Mid &
Mid
Rear
PTO PTO