OPERATION
WARNING: To reduce the risk of serious personal
injury, turn unit off and disconnect it from
power source before making any adjustments or
removing/installing attachments or accessories.
An accidental start-up can cause injury.
Proper Hand Position (Fig. G)
WARNING: To reduce the risk of serious personal injury,
ALWAYS use proper hand position as shown.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of serious personal
injury, ALWAYS hold securely in anticipation of a
sudden reaction.
Proper hand position requires two hands on the comfort
grip handles
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Fig. G
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READ THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL AND SAFETY
RULES BEFORE OPERATING YOUR MOWER.
See Fig. A to familiarize yourself with
the location of various controls and
adjustments. Save this manual for
future reference.
WARNING: ROTATING BLADES CAN CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY. TO PREVENT SERIOUS INJURY, UNPLUG
MOWER WHEN UNATTENDED, CLEANING, SERVICING,
TRANSPORTING, LIFTING, OR STORING MOWER.
WARNING: Sharp moving blade. Do not operate
the mower if the rear door is not closed under spring
tension as serious injury could result. Take your mower
to the nearest service center for repair.
WARNING: Sharp moving blade. Never operate the
mower unless the hanger hooks on the grass catcher
are seated properly on the mower and the rear
discharge door rests firmly against the top of the grass
catcher as serious injury could result.
WARNING: Do not operate mower without grass
catcher
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attached.
WARNING: Let the appliance work at its own pace.
Do not overload.
Adjusting the height of cut (Fig. H)
The height of cut is adjusted by the central height adjust
mechanism, there are 6 positions to choose from.
To set the height of cut
1. Pull the height adjustment lever
of the unit.
2. Move the lever towards the rear of the appliance to
lower the height of cut.
3. Move the lever towards the front of the appliance to
raise the height of cut.
4. Push the height adjustment lever into one of the 6
height locations.
nOTE: The height of cut can be viewed on the height of cut
gauge
on the side of the unit.
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Fig. H
Switching on and off (Fig. I)
DANGER: SHARP MOVING BLADE. NEVER ATTEMPT
TO OVERRIDE THE OPERATION OF THE SWITCH AS
SERIOUS INJURY COULD RESULT.
Switching on
1. Push in and hold the safety switch
nOTE: You can not pull both ON/OFF switches when
the safety switch is being held
2. Pull the left or right ON/OFF switch
handle and hold it in.
3. Release the safety switch
4. The mower will run with either ON/OFF
switch
actuated.
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Switching off
1. Release the both ON/OFF switches
WARNING: Never attempt to lock a switch in the
on position.
Fig. I
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English
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away from the body
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towards the
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