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operation {cont.)
11. Always operate your tractor
in
daylight; dusk
or
dark
- use your lights.
12. Operate your tractor at safe speeds on wet or
slippery
surfaces,
where traction
is
unsure.
Never
at
a speed which could cause a skid.
OPERATION
13.
Do not attempt to change the governor setting
or overspeed the engine. The governor controls
the engine speed and protects the engine
from
damaging, excessive speeds. Excessive engine
speeds ore dangerous.
14.
When starting your engine on tractors equipped
with a pull starter, stand firm and make sure
your feet ore well away from all powered at-
tachments.
15.
16.
17.
Never place your hands or
feet
in or under
any
powered attachment or near
any
moving ports
while the
tractor
or any powered
attachment
is
runnin!;j.
Always disengage the power to all attachments,
set
the
parking brake, shift into neutral, shut
off the engine, make
absolu
tely
sure any
power-
ed attachment and all moving ports
have
com-
pletely stopped and remove the
ign ition
key
each time you dismount your
tractor,
even for
a second. Children, yourself, other
persons
or
pets
may be endangered.
If
your tractor or any attachment should inad-
vertent
ly
strike a
foreign
object, immediately
disengage
the
power to the attachment, set the
parking broke, shift into
neutral,
shut off
the
engine,
make
absolutely
sure
any
powered
attachment
and
all
mov
ing
ports
have com-
pletely stopped,
remove
the
ign ition
key,
dis-
connect the spark plug
w
ire
from the sp'Ort<-
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"
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~'
plug and keep the wire
away
from
the
plug to
prevent
injury
or
accidental
starting,
then
18.
19.
thorough
ly,
inspect the tractor or attachment
for any damage. Such damage must be
repaired
before
restarting and operating
the tractor or
attachment.
If
the tractor or any powered
attachment
should
start to vibrate abnormally, place the control
lever
for powered attachments in the d i sengoged
pas
it
ion,
set the
parking
brake,
shift into
neutral, shut off
the
engine, make absolutely
sure the powered attachment
and
all moving
ports
have completely
stopped,
remove
the
ignition key, disconnect the spark plug wire
from
the
spark
plug
and keep it away from the
p lug to prevent
injury
or accidental starting,
then
check immediately for the cause of
this
vibration
as vibration is
generally a wornillg
of trouble.
Before
adjusting,
cleaning,
repairmg
or
in-
specting
your
tractor or
any
powered attach-
ment, disengage the power to
all
attachments,
set the parking broke, shut off
the engine,
make
absolutely sure the powered
attachments
and
all
moving
parts
have completely stopped,
remove
the
ignition key, disconnect
the
spark
plug wire and keep
it
away from the
spark
plug
to prevent injury or accidental starting.
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20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
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27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
Do not run the engine indoors because the
engine
exhaust fumes contain carbon monoxide
which
is
a
tasteless, odorless,
deadly
poison.
Never
operate
your
tractor upon
a
terrace,
slope or
incline that
is too steep to preserve
good stability
and control
in order
to prevent
tipping or
sideways
upsets.
Always operate
a
tractor up
and
down
such an
incline, at a
slow
speed,
do
not
operate it
across. Always
ex-
ercise extreme
caution when changing
direction
on
inc
I
ines.
Never attempt
to
operate your
tractor
on
steep
terraces, slopes or
inclines
with
more
than a
15
degree
slope.
Do not start or stop suddenly
when go ing up
or
down
a terrace,
slope
or incline.
If it is
ne-
cessary
to
stop
your tractor
upon
an
inc
I
ine,
do
so
firmly
to
prevent
the
tractor from picking
up
speed
during
declutching and before reach-
ing
the
brake
pos ition. Do
not shift
gears while
going up or down
inclines. Choose a gear low
enough to negotiate
the incline without stop-
ping
and
shifting
gears. To reduce the
speed of
the
tractor
on an
inc I ine move
throttle
lever 'to
sl-ow.
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Never
attempt
to
operate your
tractor or any
attachments without
the proper shields, guards,
plates
or other
protective devices in
p'
l ace and
fully
funct ioning.
Before and
while
attempting
to
back up, look
carefully
to be
absolutely sure that children,
bystanders, pets,
foreign objects
or
obstacles
of
any
kind
are not behind you .
Never
allow
anyone near
the tractor
or any
attachment
while they
are operating
.
Be
sur~
to
e~rci;;
e
special
care when operating
your tractor aroun-d fixed
objects
in
order to
prevent
the
tractor or any
attachment
from
striking
them. Never deliberately run a tractor
or on attachment
into or over any foreign
ob-
jects.
Use
care
when pull ing loads. Use only approved
drawbar
hitch points.
limit
load
s to
those
you
can
safely
control. Do not
turn sharply. Use
counterweight or wheel
weight(s) when
suggested
in the attachment Owners Manual.
Never
shift
gears to
reverse your
direction of
travel until the tractor comes to
a complete
stop.
Always stay alert
to
ovoid holes in the terrain
and
other h idden hazards. Tipping or
sideways
upsets
con
happen easily in holes or ditches.
Use low gear on
unfamiliar
ground. If
the
tractor
or
any attachment becomes
stuck in
a hole,
always
disengage the power
to
all attachments
before
attempting to free
it.
The
use
of any precision piece
of
power equip-
ment requires your
full concentration
and at-
tent
ion
to the
job
being done
in
order to pre-
vent
in
jury
or
damage.
Always
disengage the
power
to all attachments
when not actually in
use such
as when
crossing
a
grovel drive,
sidewalk or
roadway or when
tron sporting
the
tractor.
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