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rules
for
safe operation {cont.)
11.
Alway
s
operate
your
tractor in
d
aylight; du
s
k
or
dark - use
your lights.
12.
Operate your tractor a
t
safe
speeds
on wet o
r
slippery
surfaces,
where traction
is
unsure.
Never
ot a
speed which
could cause
a
s kid.
OPERATION
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
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
speed
s.
Excessive engine
speeds
ore
dange
rous.
When starting
your
engine
on
tractors equipped
with a pull
starter,
stand firm and
make sure
your
feet ore well
away from a II powered at-
tachments.
Never
place your
hands
or feet in or
under
any
powered
attachment
or
near any moving ports
wh i
I
e the tractor or any powered attachment
is
runnin
~.
Always
d1sengoge
the
power to all attachments,
set
the
parking broke, shift
into
neutral, shut
off
the
eng
ine,
make absolutel
y
sure
any power-
ed
attachment
and
all
moving ports
hove
com-
pletely
stopped
and remove the ignition 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-
vertently s
tr
ike
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
moving ports hove
com-
pletely stopped, remove the ignition key, dis-
connect the
spark
plug wire
from
the
spark
plug and
keep the
wire
away
from
the plug
to
prevent
injury
or
occidental
s
tarting,
then
thoroughly,
inspect
the tractor
or
attachment
for any damage. Such damage
must
be repaired
before
restarting
and operating the tractor or
a ttachment.
If
the
tractor or
any
powered
attac
hment should
start to
vibrate abnormally, place
the control
lever
for powered attachment
s
in
the
disengaged
posit
ion,
set
t
he
park ing
broke,
shift
into
neutral,
shut off the
engine,
make
absolutely
sure the powered attachment and all moving
ports
hove
completely
stopped,
remove
the
ignition
key,
disconnect
t
he
spark plug
wire
from the spark plug and keep
it
away
from the
plug to
prevent injury or
occidental
starting,
then
check
immed iately
for
the
cause
of this
vibrat
ion
as vibration
is
generally
a wa rning
of
trouble.
19.
Before
ad justing,
cleaning,
repo1r
1ng
or in-
specting your tracto
r
or any powered attach-
ment,
disengage the
power
to a
ll
attachments,
set the parking broke,
shut off the
engine,
make
absolutely
sure
the powered
attachments
and
all
moving
ports
hove
compl etely
stopped,
remo ve
the
ignition
key,
d isconnect
the
spark
plug
wire
and
keep
it
away
from the
spark plug
to prevent injury or occ identa
l
start
ing.
20. Do
not
run the engine indoors because the
engine e
xhaust
fumes
contain
carbon
monoxide
wh ich
is o
tasteles
s,
odorless,
deadly poi son.
21.
Never
operate your tractor upon
a
terrace,
s
lope
o
r incline
that
is too
steep to preserve
good stability
and control
in o
rder
to
prevent
tipping
or
sideways
upsets.
Always
operate a
trac
tor
up
and
down
such
on incline, at a
slow
speed, do
not
operate
it
across. Alway
s
ex-
ercise
extreme
caution
when
chang ing
direction
on
inclines
.
Never
attempt
to
operate
your
tractor on
steep
terraces
,
slopes or
inclines
with more than
a
15
deg
ree
slope.
22
.
Do
not
start or
stop
suddenly
when
going up or
down a
terrace
slope o
r
incline.
If
it
is
ne-
cessary to stop your
tractor
upon on
incline,
do
so fi
rml
y to prevent
the tractor from
picking
up
speed
during
declutching
and
before
reach-
ing the
broke
position.
Do not shift
gears
while
going up or
down incline
s.
Choose
a gear low
e
nough
to negotiate
the
incline
without
stop-
ping
and
shift
ing
gears. To reduce the
speed of
the
tractor
on on
incline move
throttle
lever
to
slow.
23. Never
attempt
to
operate
your
tractor or any
attachments
wi
thout
the proper shields,
guards,
plates or other protective devices
in
place and
fully functioning.
24. Before and while
attempting
to bock
up, look
carefully to be absolutely
sure that children,
bystanders,
pets, foreign objects or
obstacles
of any kind
ore
not behind you.
25. Never
allow
anyone near the tractor
or any
attachment
while
they
ore
operating.
26.
Be sure to exercise special core
when
operating
your tractor around fixed objects
in
order
to
prevent
the tractor
o
r
any
attachment
from
striking them.
Never
deliberately
run
a tractor
or on
attachment
into
or
over any foreign ob-
jects.
2.7. Use
core
when pulling
loads.
Use only
approved
drowbor hitch points. Limit
loads to
those you
con
safely
control.
Do not turn sharply. Use
counterweight or wheel weight(s) when
suggested
in
the attachment
Owners
Manual.
28. Never
shift
gears
to
reverse your
direction
·of
travel until
the
tractor
comes
to
a complete
stop.···.
29.
Always
s
tay
alert
to
ovoid holes in
the te rrain
and other hi dden
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 attempt
ing
to free
it.
30.
The
u
se
of
any
precis
ion
piece of power
equip-
ment
requires your full
concentrat
ion and a
t-
tention
to
the job be ing
done in o rder to pre-
vent injury or damage.
31.
Always
dise
ngage the power to
all
attachments
when not actually
in
use such
as when
crossing
o grovel
drive,
sidewalk
or roadway
or when
t ron
sporting
the
tractor.
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