Adjusting The Discharge Chute; Tips For Throwing Snow - Toro 79366 Operator's Manual

Warning
When the engine is off, attachments in the raised
position may gradually lower, possibly pinning or
injuring you or a bystander.
Lower the attachment lift before stopping the
engine.
Lowering the Snowthrower
1. Start the tractor.
2. Push the lift lever down (Fig. 35).

Adjusting the Discharge Chute

Danger
When the snowthrower is in operation, the
impeller and auger can be rotating and cut off or
injure hands and feet.
Before adjusting, cleaning, repairing and
inspecting the snowthrower, and before
unclogging the discharge chute, move the PTO
to the off position, stop the engine, and wait for
all moving parts to stop. Remove the key.
Use a stick, not your hands, to remove an
obstruction from the discharge chute.
Stay behind the handles and away from the
discharge opening while operating the
snowthrower.
Keep face, hands, feet, and any other part of
your body or clothing away from concealed,
moving, or rotating parts.
You can rotate the discharge chute 180 side to side by
turning the crank handle (Fig. 36).
You can move the chute deflector, on top of the discharge
chute, up and down to control the height and distance the
snowthrower thrower snow (Fig. 36).
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Figure 36
1. Discharge chute
2. Crank handle
3
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3. Chute deflector
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Tips for Throwing Snow

Remove snow as soon as possible after it falls. This
produces best snow removal results.
Adjust the skids to match the type of surface being
cleaned; refer to Adjusting the Skids, page 21.
The snowthrower is designed to clean snow down to
the contact surface, but there are times when the front
of the snowthrower may tend to ride up. If this
happens, reduce forward speed.
Discharge snow downwind whenever possible, and
overlap each pass to ensure complete snow removal.
If the wheels slip, shift the high-low range lever to low
(L) to reduce forward speed.
Run the snowthrower for a few minutes after clearing
snow so moving parts do not freeze. Engage the PTO
to clear any remaining snow from the inside housing.
Do not overload the snowthrower by clearing snow at
too fast a rate. If the engine slows down, reduce
forward speed.
Always use full throttle (maximum engine speed)
when throwing snow.
In wet or slushy conditions, reduce clogging of the
discharge chute by maintaining maximum engine
speed and by not overloading the engine.
In some snow and cold weather conditions, some
controls and moving parts may freeze. Therefore,
when any control becomes hard to operate, stop the
machine and wait for all moving parts to stop; then
check all parts for freeze up. Free all controls and
moving parts before operating.
Important
Do not use excessive force when trying to
free frozen controls.
Use low range (L) on the high-low range lever for best
performance and smoothest operation.