Yard-Man 950 series Owner's Manual page 11

TO STOP ENGINE
Release the blade con trol han dle to stop the
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engine and blade.
WARNING: The blade continues to
rotate for a few seconds af ter the
engine is shut off.
Disconnect the spark plug wire and ground it
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against the en gine as in structed in the sepa-
rate en gine man ual to pre vent ac ci den tal
starting while equip ment is un attended.
USING YOUR ROTARY MOWER
Be sure that lawn is clear of stones, sticks,
wire, or other ob jects which could dam age
lawn mower or en gine. Such objects could
be ac cidentally thrown by the mower in any
di rec tion and cause se ri ous per sonal in jury to
the op er a tor and oth ers.
For the best re sults, do not cut wet grass be -
cause it tends to stick to the un derside of the
mower, pre venting proper mulching of grass
clippings. In ad dition, wet grass could cause
you to slip and fall. New grass, thick grass or
wet grass may re quire a narrower cut.
For best re sults, cut off one-third or less of
the total length of the grass. Lawn should be
cut in the fall as long as there is growth.
The mower is designed to be op erated at full
throttle to give you the best cut and do the
most ef fective job of mulching.
WARNING: If you strike a foreign
object, stop the en gine. Re move
wire from spark plug, thor oughly in -
spect the mower for any dam age,
and re pair the dam age be fore re -
start ing and op er at ing the mower.
Ex ten sive vi bra tion of the mower
dur ing op er a tion is an in di ca tion of
damage. The
promptly inspected and repaired.
BAGGING GRASS CLIPPINGS
This mower can bag grass clip pings. Fol low
steps 1 through 3 to ready the mower for
bag ging.
1. Remove wing nuts holding mulch ing baf fle
(see Fig ure 10) or side dis charge chute
(see Fig ure 14) in place. Then re move
baffle or dis charge chute.
2, Re place with bag ging adapter (see Fig ure
11). Attach using wing nuts. Be sure that
inner lip of attachment goes un der the
edge of the deck.
3. Lift flap and slide bag onto adapter. See
Fig ure 12.
unit should be
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Bagging Adapter
Fig ure 11
Flap
Fig ure 12
EMPTYING YOUR GRASS BAG
Lift grassbag from the bag ging adapter using
the lower han dle. While hold ing the lower
handle lift up the rear sec tion of the
grassbag. The bag will open and the grass
clippings will fall out. See Figure 13. When
replacing your grassbag be sure the top of
the bag rests on the wire sup port be tween
the han dles.
Wing Nuts
Mulching
Baffle
Figure 10
Bagging
Adapter