Driving The Riding Mover Forward; Turning The Riding Mover While Driving Forward - Craftsman 247.25001 Operator's Manual

Driving the Riding mower
Forward
Keepall movement o f the drivecontrol leversslowand smooth.
Abrupt movement o f the controlleverscan affectthe stabilityof the
riding mowerand couldcause the ridingmowerto flip over,which
may resultin seriousinjury or deathto the operator.
Slowlyand evenlymovebothdrive controlleversforward.The
riding mowerwill startto moveforward.See Figure14.
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Driving Forward
Faster
Figure14
2. As thecontrol leversare pushedfarther forwardthe speedof the
riding mowerwill increase.
3. Toslow the ridingmowermovethe controlslever rearwardto
attainthe desiredspeed,or movethe leversto the neutralposition
to stop the ridingmower.
Alwaysmaintainyourgraspon the drivecontrollevers.Donot release
the leversto slowthe ridingmoweror to returnto neutral.
Turning the Riding mower While Driving Forward
Whenreversingthe directionof travel,we recommendperforming
gradual'U' turns wherepossible.Sharperturns increasethe possibil-
ity of turf defacement,and couldaffect controlof the riding mower.
ALWAYS slow the ridingmowerbeforemakingsharpturns.
Toturn the riding mowerwhiledrivingforward,movethe controllevers
as necessarysothat one leveris rearwardd the other.The riding
mowerwill turn in the directionof the rearwardcontrol lever.
1. Toturn to the left, movethe left drivecontrol leverrearwardof the
rightlever.See Figure15.
Figure15
2. Toturn to the right, movethe rightdrivecontrollever rearwardof
the left lever.See Figure16.
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Figure16
3. The greaterthe fore-to-aftdistancebetweenthe two levers,the
sharperthe ridingmowerwill turn.