Safety Specifications - Gravely 810 Owner's Manual

SAFETY SPECIFICATIONS
1. Know the controls and how
to
stop
quickly
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READ
THE
OWNER'S
MANUAL.
2.
Do not allow
children
to
operate
vehicle.
Do
not
allow adults to operate
it without
proper instructions.
3. Do not carry
passengers.
Keep children and pets
a
safe distance
away.
4. Clear work
area
of
objects
which might be
picked
up
and thrown.
5. Disengage
all
attachment clutches
and shift
into
neutral before attempting
to
start
engine.
6. Disengage power
to
attachments
and stop
engine
before leaving operator position.
7. Disengage power
to
attachments
and stop
engine
before
making any repairs
or
adjustments.
8.
Disengage
power
to
attachments
when
transporting
or not in
use.
9. Take
all
possible precautions
when leaving
vehicle
unattended; such
as
disengaging
power
take-off,
lowering attachments, shifting
into
neutral,
setting
parking brake, stopping engine and removing
key.
10.
Do not stop or start suddenly when going uphill
or
downhill. Mow
up
and down
the face of
steep
slopes;
never
across
the
face.
11. Reduce speed on slopes
and
in sharp turns to prevent
tipping or
loss
of
control. Exercise extreme caution
when changing direction on
slopes.
12.
Stay alert
for
holes
in
terrain and other
hidden
hazards.
13. Use care
when pulling loads
or
using hear,y equip-
ment.
A.
Use
only approved drawbar hitch points.
B. Limit
loads
to
those
you can safely control.
C.
Do not turn
sharply. Use care
when backing.
D. Use wheel weights when
suggested in
owner's manual.
14.
Watch out for
traffic
when
crossing
or near roadways,
15.
When using any
attachments
never direct
discharge
of
material toward by-standers
nor allow
anyone
near vehicle
while in
operation.
15.
Hondle gosoline
with
core
-
it
is highly
flomm-
oble.
A.
Use approved gasoline
container.
B.
Never remove cap
or
add gasoline
to a run-
ning or hot
engine
or
fill
fuel tank
indoors.
Wipe up spilled
gasoline.
C. Open
doors
if
engine
is mn
in
garage
-
exhause
fumes are
dangerous.
Do not
run
engine indoors.
17.
Keep vehicle and
attachments
in
good
operating
condition and keep safety devices
in
place.
lB,
Keep'
all
nuts, bolts and screws
tight to be
sure
equipment
is
in
safe working
condition.
19.
Never store equipment
with gosoline
in
the tonk
inside
of building
where fumes moy reoch on
open
flome or
spork.
20.
Allow
engine
to
cool before storing
in
any
enclosure,,-
2I. To
reduce
fire hazard keep engine free
of
grass,
leaves
or
excessive
grease,
22.
Vehicle and
attachments should
be
stopped
and
inspected
for
damage
after striking a foreign
object
and
the damage should be repaired before restarting
and operating the
equipment.
23. Do
not
change
engine governor settings
or
overspeed
engine.
24. When using vehicle
with
mower:
A. Mow only in
daylight
or in
good
artificial
light.
B. Never make
a
cutting height
adjustment
while
engine
is
running
if
operator
dis-
mounts
to
do
so.
C.
Shut engine
off
when unclogging
chute.
D.
Check blade bolts
for
proper tightness
at
frequent
iptervals.