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5. If you are hauling or storing the machine, close
the fuel-shutoff valve (
Figure 78 ).
Important:
Close the fuel-shutoff valve
before hauling the machine on a trailer or
storing the machine. Fully raise and latch
the handlebar to engage the parking brake
before hauling the machine. Remove the key
from the ignition switch to prevent the fuel
pump from running and causing the battery
to discharge.
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Figure 78
1. Fuel-shutoff valve
Using the Machine
Important:
Walk in front of the machine in a
forward direction while operating it, do not walk
and face rearward when operating the machine.
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Figure 79
1. Right side 3. Forward (operating
direction)
2. Left side
Speed Lock
Speed Lock in the Transport Mode
Using the Speed Lock allows you to drive the machine
without having to hold the traction control.
Note:
You cannot use the speed lock feature while
driving the machine backward.
Speed Lock in the Aerate Mode
Using the speed lock while aerating allows you
to continue driving the machine at the selected
hole-spacing speed at the end of an aeration pass,
turn the machine around, and begin the next aeration
pass without changing the traction control position.
Note:
The speed lock feature in the aerate mode
is active when the coring head is set for delay-drop
mode; the speed lock feature is locked-out in the
immediate-drop mode.
Using the Ground-Speed Lock
Transport Mode
The ground-speed lock operates like automotive
cruise control.
1. Press the transport/aerate switch to the
T
RANSPORT
position ( Figure 80 ).
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Figure 80
1. Speed-lock switch 5. Transport/aeration switch
(T
RANSPORT
position)
2. E
NGAGE
position
(speed-lock switch)
6. Operator presence bail
3. O
N
position (speed-lock
switch)
7. Traction control
4. O
FF
position (speed-lock
switch)
8. Bump-stop switch
2. Press the speed-lock switch to the O
N
position.
3. Drive the machine forward at the desired ground
speed.
4. Press the speed-lock switch to the E
NGAGE
position.
Note:
The ground-speed lock maintains the
current ground speed at which the machine is
driving. You can release the traction control.
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