Using The Self-Propel Drive; Recycling The Clippings; Bagging The Clippings - Toro 21863 Manual

Using the Self-Propel Drive

Simply walk with your hands on the upper handle and your elbows at your sides, and the machine will
automatically keep pace with you
Note:
If the machine does not freely roll backward after self-propelling, stop walking, hold your hands in place,
and allow the machine to roll a couple of centimeters (inches) forward to disengage the wheel drive. You can
also try reaching just under the upper handle to the metal handle and pushing the machine forward a couple of
centimeters (inches). If the machine still does not roll backward easily, 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
machine, remove it; refer to

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
15). If the bag-on-demand lever is in the recycling position, move it to the bagging position; refer to
the Bag-on-Demand Lever (page
Installing the Grass Bag
1. Raise and hold up the rear deflector (A of
2. Install the grass bag, ensuring that the pins on the bag rest in the notches on the handle (B of
3. Lower the rear deflector.
(Figure 11).
Operating the Bag-on-Demand Lever (page
Removing the Side-Discharge Chute (page
15).
Figure
Figure 11
15). If the side-discharge chute is on the
15).
Removing the Side-Discharge Chute (page
12).
Figure 12
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