Removing the Grass Bag
1. Stop the engine and wait for all moving parts to stop.
If the rear door does not close completely,
the lawn mower could throw objects, causing
serious personal injury or death.
If you cannot close the rear door because the
grass clippings clog the discharge area, stop the
engine, wait for all moving parts to stop, and
remove the grass clippings (with a stick, not
your hand) until the rear door closes completely.
2. Open the rear door and hold it up.
3. Lift the grass bag frame pins off the hooks and out
of the opening.
Installing the Recycler Plug
1. Stop the engine and wait for all moving parts to stop.
2. Open the rear door and hold it up.
3. Insert the recycler plug into the opening as shown
in Figure 21.
Figure 21
1.
Recycler plug
4. Release the rear door.
Rear Discharging the Grass
Clippings
Occasionally, you may need to cut the lawn without the
grass bag or the recycler plug when the grass is too long
for bagging.
To use the rear discharge feature, remove the recycler
plug or the grass bag (refer to Removing the Grass Bag),
and close the rear door.
If the rear door does not close completely,
the lawn mower could throw objects, causing
serious personal injury or death.
If you cannot close the rear door because the
grass clippings clog the discharge area, stop the
engine, wait for all moving parts to stop, and
remove the grass clippings (with a stick, not
your hand) until the rear door closes completely.
Operating Tips
General Mowing Tips
•
Clear the area of sticks, stones, wire, branches, and
other debris that the blade could hit.
•
Avoid striking solid objects with the blade. Never
deliberately mow over any object.
•
If the mower strikes an object or starts to vibrate,
immediately stop the engine, disconnect the wire
from the spark plug, and examine the mower for
damage.
•
For best performance, install a new blade before the
cutting season begins.
•
Replace the blade when necessary with a Toro
replacement blade.
Cutting Grass
•
Grass grows at different rates at different times of
the year. In the summer heat, it is best to cut grass
at the D, E, or F (52, 63, or 75 mm) cutting height
settings. Cut only about a third of the grass blade
at a time. Do not cut below the D (52 mm) setting
unless the grass is sparse or it is late fall when grass
growth begins to slow down.
•
When cutting grass over 15 cm tall, mow at the
highest cutting height setting and walk slower; then
mow again at a lower setting for the best lawn
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