Starting & Stopping Wheel Drive; Handle Height Adjustment; Cutting Height Adjustment - Snapper CRP216019KWV Safety Instructions & Operator's Manual

Section 2 - OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
2.2.3. PROPELLING MOWER
1. Start engine. Refer to Section "Starting &
Operation".
2. Move ground speed control to the desired speed
position. See Figure 2.5.
3. Move wheel drive control against handle to
engage wheel drive and propel mower forward.
Forward speed can be adjusted while the mower is
moving by changing position of the ground speed
control. See Figure 2.5.
ENGAGE
WHEEL
DRIVE
CONTROL
2.3 STOPPING
Stop forward motion of mower by releasing the
wheel drive control. Stop engine and blade by
releasing the blade control.

2.4 HANDLE HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT

The height of the mower handle can be adjusted as
follows:
1. Loosen the three lower nuts on each lower
handle as shown in Figure 2.6.
2. Loosen the one nut securing each upper brace to
the lower handle. See Figure 2.6.
LOWER
HANDLE
SLOWER
FASTER
FIGURE 2.5
HIGHER
LOWER
LOOSEN BRACE NUT
(BRACE NOT SHOWN)
LOOSEN LOWER
NUTS ON EACH
LOWER HANDLE
FIGURE 2.6
3. Move upper mower handle up or down until the
desired position is achieved.
4. Tighten all loosened hardware on each lower
handle to maintain desired position.
STOP engine and mower blade by releasing the
blade control before adjusting cutting height or
handle height.

2.5 CUTTING HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT

1. Pull the height adjusting latch outward and move
to desired cutting height. See Figure 2.7.
GROUND
SPEED
CONTROL
2. Set all wheels at the same cutting height. The
highest cutting position is Notch 7. The lowest
cutting position is Notch 1. See Figures 2.7 & 2.8.
LATCH
POSITION
8
WARNING
LOWEST CUTTING
1
HEIGHT
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
FIGURE 2.7
CUTTING HEIGHT SETTINGS
FIGURE 2.8
LATCH
HIGHEST
7
CUTTING
HEIGHT