Honda UM536 Owner's Manual page 7

• Avoid operating the equipment in wet grass, where feasible.
• While mowing, always keep the safety distance to the cutting means, which is
provided by the handle length.
• Walk, never run. Do not let yourself be pulled by the mower.
• Always be sure of your footing on slopes. Mow across the face of slopes, never
up and down.
To ensure safe operation
Operator Responsibility
• Exercise extreme caution when changing direction on slopes.
• Use extreme caution when pulling the mower towards you.
• Stop the cutting means if the mower has to be tilted for transportation when
crossing surfaces other than grass, and when transporting the mower to and
from the area to be mowed.
• Never operate the mower with defective guard or housings, or without safety
devices such as deflectors.
• Do not change the engine governor settings or overspeed the engine.
• Disengage all cutting means and drive clutches before starting the engine.
• Start the engine carefully according to instructions and with feet well away
from the cutting means.
• Do not tilt the mower when starting the engine. Start the mower on a level
surface, free of high grass or obstacles.
• Keep hands and feet away from the rotating parts. Do not start the engine
when standing in front of the discharge opening.
• Never pick up or carry a mower while the engine is running.
• Stop the engine and disconnect the spark plug cap in the following cases:
– Before any operation under the cutter housing or the protector.
– Before checking, cleaning or working on the mower.
– After striking a foreign object. Inspect the mower for damage and make
repairs before restarting and operating the mower again.
– If mower starts to vibrate abnormally. Check immediately the cause of the
vibration and perform the necessary repair.
• Stop the engine in the following cases:
– Whenever you leave the mower unattended.
– Before refuelling.
• Stop the cutting means or the engine in the following case:
– Before adjusting the cutting height.
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