Operating Your Mower With Other Equipment - Honda MM60 Operator's Manual

OPERATING YOUR MOWER WITH OTHER
EQUIPMENT
You may operate your
point hitch mounted attachments and with the
not operate or install the mower while any other
attachments are installed on the tractor.
A minimum 20% of tractor and
equipment weight must be
in
wheels with mower
Without this weight, tractor could tip over
causing personal injury or death. The weight
may be attained with front wheel weights,
ballast in tires or front tractor weights. When
attaining the minimum
front wheels, you must not exceed the Roll
Over Protection Structure (ROPS) weight
certification. Weigh the tractor and equip-
ment. Do not estimate.
Using Three-Point Hitch Attachments
"UP" and raise the mower to maximum height.
Turn Lowering Speed Control
lock lift arms in up position. Leave Lift Control
Lever in "UP" position. Stop engine, set brake
and remove keys.
Make sure to turn Lowering
Speed Control fully clockwise to lock hydrau-
lic system before attaching mower deck
hook. This prevents the mower deck from
descending and causing injury to feet or
hands.
2. Pull linchpin holding mower hook to mower
hook bracket. Turn mower hook in adjusting pin
so that it is long enough to reach projecting
lockup pin on bracket attached to tractor frame
as illustrated. Adjust the mower hook so that it
fits TIGHTLY over the projecting lockup pin on
tractor. This will minimize the backlash on the
lockup pin when it supports the mower.
3. Slip mower hook over lockup pin, and secure
with washer and linchpin removed from mower
hook bracket. Insert linchpin from front to back
to lock properly.
mower with three-
on
tractor front
transport position.
20% weight on the
clockwise to
fully
INSTALLING MOWER
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Mower Hook Attaches to
Mower Hook Bracket
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