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SAFE OPERATION PRACTICES
FIRE & FUEL
1. To avoid personal injury or property damage use extreme care
in handling gasoline. Gasoline is extremely flammable and the
vapors are explosive. Serious personal injury can occur when
gasoline is spilled on yourself or your clothes which can ignite.
Wash your skin and change clothes immediately.
2. Extinguish all cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and other sources
of ignition.
3. Use only an approved gasoline container.
4. Never remove gas cap or add fuel while the engine is hot
or running. Allow engine to cool at least five minutes
before refueling.
5. Never fuel tractor indoors.
6. Never store the tractor or fuel container inside where there is
an open flame, spark or pilot light as on a water heater, space
heater, furnace, clothes dryer or other gas appliances.
7. If gasoline is spilled, wipe it off the engine and equipment.
Clean up oil or fuel spillage and remove any fuel soaked debris.
Move tractor to another area. Wait five minutes before starting
the engine.
8. To reduce fire hazards, keep tractor free of grass, leaves, or other
debris build-up. Follow the cleaning instructions in the Service
and Maintenance section.
9. Your tractor is designed to cut normal residential grass of a
height no more than 10” (25 cm). Do not attempt to mow
through unusually tall, dry grass (e.g., pasture) or piles of dry
leaves. Dry grass or leaves may contact the engine exhaust
and/or build up on the tractor deck presenting a potential
fire hazard.
10. Never over fill fuel tank. Fill tank to no more than 1/2” below
bottom of filler neck to allow space for fuel expansion.
11. Replace gasoline cap and tighten securely. Do not operate
without fuel cap in place.
12. Allow tractor to cool at least five minutes before fueling
or storing.
13. Never fill containers inside a vehicle or on a truck or trailer bed
with a plastic liner. Always place containers on the ground away
from your vehicle before filling.
14. When practical, remove gas-powered equipment from the truck
or trailer and refuel it on the ground. If this is not possible, then
refuel such equipment on a trailer with a portable container,
rather than from a gasoline dispenser nozzle.
15. Keep the nozzle in contact with the rim of the fuel tank or
container opening at all times until fueling is complete. Do not
use a nozzle lock-open device.
HAULING
1. Use properly secured full width ramps for loading and unloading
a tractor for transport.
2. Use extra care when loading or unloading the tractor into a
trailer or truck. This tractor should not be driven up or down
ramp(s), because the tractor could tip over, causing serious
personal injury. The tractor must be pushed manually on
ramp(s) to load or unload properly.
3. Raise the deck to the highest position for loading clearance.
TOWING WITH YOUR TRACTOR
1. Do not tow a load that exceeds 250 lbs (113 kg) rolling weight
and never exceed 50 lbs (22 kg) tongue weight.
2. Do not attach towed equipment except at the hitch point of
the tractor.
3. Never allow children or others in or on towed equipment.
4. Do not tow on slopes greater than 5° (9%). On slopes, the weight
of the towed equipment may cause loss of traction and loss of
control and/or the ability to stop.
5. Always use extra caution when towing with a tractor capable of
making tight turns (e.g. tight-turn tractor). Make wide turns to
avoid jack-knifing.
6. Travel slowly and allow extra distance to stop.
SERVICE
1. Keep tractor in good working order. Do not use the tractor until
worn or damaged parts are replaced.
2. To avoid serious injury or death, do not modify engine in
any way. Tampering with the governor setting can lead to
a runaway engine and cause it to operate at unsafe speeds.
Never tamper with factory setting of engine governor. Do not
change the engine governor settings or over-speed the engine.
The governor controls the maximum safe operating speed of
the engine.
3. Tractor blades are sharp. Wrap the blade or wear gloves, and use
extra caution when servicing them.
4. Tractors with hydraulic pumps, hoses or motors; and/or diesel
injection systems have fluid systems under pressure. Fluid
escaping under pressure may have sufficient force to penetrate
skin and cause serious injury. If fluid is injected into the skin,
seek immediate medical attention. Keep body and hands away
from pin holes or nozzles that eject fluid under high pressure.
If a leak occurs, have the tractor immediately serviced by an
authorized dealer.
5. Before cleaning, repairing, or inspecting, make certain the
blade(s) and all moving parts have stopped. Turn off the engine,
remove the key, disconnect the spark plug wire(s), and ground
against the engine to prevent unintended starting.
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