Shutting Off The Engine; Recycling The Clippings; Bagging The Clippings; Operating The Bag-On-Demand Lever - Toro 20340 Operator's Manual

Shutting Off the Engine

Service Interval: Before each use or daily
To shut off the engine, release the blade-control bar.
Important: When you release the blade-control bar,
both the engine and blade should stop within 3 seconds.
If they do not stop properly, stop using your machine
immediately and contact an Authorized Service Dealer.

Recycling the Clippings

Your machine comes from the factory ready to recycle the
grass and leaf clippings back into the lawn.
If the grass bag is on the machine and the bag-on-demand
lever is in the bagging position, move the lever to the recycling
position; refer to Operating the Bag-on-Demand Lever (page
11). If the side-discharge chute is on the machine, remove it;
refer to Removing the Side-Discharge Chute (page

Bagging the Clippings

Use the grass bag when you want to collect grass and leaf
clippings from the lawn.
If the side-discharge chute is on the machine, remove it; refer
to Removing the Side-Discharge Chute (page
bag-on-demand lever is in the recycling position, move it to
the bagging position; refer to
Lever (page 11).
Installing the Grass Bag
1. Raise and hold up the rear door
1. Rear door
2. Notches (2)
12). If the
Operating the Bag-on-Demand
(Figure 17).
Figure 17
3. Grass-bag pin (2)
2. Install the grass bag, ensuring that the pins on the bag
rest in the notches on the handle
3. Lower the rear door.
Removing the Grass Bag
To remove the bag, reverse the steps in
Bag (page 11).
Operating the Bag-on-Demand
Lever
The bag-on-demand feature allows you to either collect or
recycle grass and leaf clippings while the grass bag is attached
to the machine.
•
To bag the grass and leaf clippings, press the button
on the bag-on-demand lever and move the lever forward
12).
until the button on the lever pops up
1. Bag-on-demand lever (in the bagging position)
•
To recycle or side-discharge the grass and leaf
clippings, press the button on the lever and move the
lever rearward until the button on the lever pops up.
Important: For proper operation, shut off the
engine, wait for all moving parts to stop, and then
remove any grass clippings and debris from the
bag-on-demand door and the surrounding opening
(Figure
lever from 1 position to another.
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Figure 18
19) before you move the bag-on-demand
(Figure 17).
Installing the Grass
(Figure 18).
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