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Traction and Reel Drive Engagement
Lever
The traction and reel drive engagement lever
located on the front right side of the control panel. For
transport operation, the lever has 2 positions: Neutral and
Forward. Pushing the lever forward engages the traction
drive.
Note: To move the lever, you must first engage the
operator-presence control.
Figure 26
1. Neutral
2. Traction drive in neutral
and reel drive off
For reel operation, the lever has 2 positions: Engage and
Disengage. Move the top of the lever to the left, then forward
to engage the reel and begin mowing. Push the lever to the
right to disengage the reel and continue forward motion or
pull back on it to disengage both the reel and the traction
drive.
Note: If you release the operator-presence control, the lever
returns to Neutral and the machine stops.
Automatic Motor Brake
The machine is equipped with an automatic motor brake that
prevents it from rolling when the machine is stopped. The
motor brake is on whenever the traction drive is in neutral
or you move the speed control to the zero-speed position,
except in the following circumstances:
(Figure
26) is
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3. Traction drive-engaged
(transport)
4. Traction drive and reel
drive engaged
•
When the machine is turned off, use the parking brake
latch to secure the machine.
•
When you start the machine with the key switch, the
motor brake is initially disengaged. After driving the
machine, the motor brake functions normally.
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If you move the speed control to zero speed while the
reels are engaged (i.e., while mowing), the brake does
not engage. This feature allows you to move to the zero
position while mowing and pull the machine rearward
to make course corrections.
Kickstand
The kickstand
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machine; to raise the rear of the machine for installing or
removing the transport wheels and to keep the machine from
falling onto the handle when you remove the reel.
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To use the kickstand to install the transport wheels,
lower the kickstand to the ground and step down on the
kickstand loop while pulling up and back on the lower
center machine handle
Important: Put only foot pressure down on the
kickstand loop, and use only the lower center
machine handle to raise the machine. Attempting to
raise the machine onto the kickstand by any other
means can cause injury.
1. Lower center machine
handle
19
28) is mounted onto the rear of the
(Figure
27).
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Figure 27
2. Kickstand loop
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