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Safety - 6
SAFETY
PROTECT CHILDREN:
• Never assume that children will remain where you last
saw them. Children are attracted to mowing activity, stay
alert to the presence of children.
• Keep children indoors when you are mowing. Turn the
machine off if a child enters the mowing area.
• Use extra care when you come to blind corners, shrubs,
trees, or other objects that may block your vision.
• Do not let children or an untrained person operate the
machine.
• Do not carry or let children ride on any attachment or
machine even with the blades off. Do not tow children in a
cart or trailer.
Avoid Tipping
MIF
• Slopes are a major factor related to loss-of-control and
tip-over accidents, which can result in severe injury or
death.
• Do not drive where machine could slip or tip.
• Stay alert for holes and other hidden hazards in the
terrain.
• Keep away from drop-offs, ditches, and embankments.
• Slow down before you make a sharp turn or operate on
a slope.
• Transport machine with decks lowered to improve
stability.
• Drive machine very slowly and avoid quick stops when
attachment is removed.
• Drive across a hill, not up and down. Be careful when
you change direction on a slope. If necessary, turn slowly
and in the downhill direction.
• Mowing when grass is wet can cause reduced traction
and sliding.
Keep Riders Off
MIF
• Only allow the operator on the machine. Keep riders off.
• Riders on the machine or attachment may be struck by
foreign objects or thrown off the machine causing serious
injury.
• Riders obstruct the operator’s view resulting in the
machine being operated in an unsafe manner.
Checking Wheel Bolts
• A serious accident could occur causing serious injury if
wheel bolts are not tight.
• Check wheel bolt tightness often during the first 100
hours of operation.
• Wheel hardware must be tightened to specified torque
using the proper procedure anytime it is loosened.