Operating the Parking
Brake
Always engage the parking brake when you stop the
machine or leave it unattended.
Engaging the Parking Brake
WARNING
The parking brake may not hold the machine
parked on a slope and could cause personal
injury or property damage.
Do not park on slopes unless the wheels are
chocked or blocked.
To engage the parking brake, pull up the parking
brake until it latches into the detent slot (
).
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1.
Pull up the parking brake.
Disengaging the Parking Brake
To disengage the parking brake, pull the lever out of
the detent slot and toward you, then push it down
(
).
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1.
Push the parking brake
out of the detent slot and
toward you.
2.
Push the parking brake
down.
Operating the Mower
Blade-Control Switch (PTO)
The blade-control switch (PTO) starts and stops the
mower blades and any powered attachments.
Engaging the Blade-Control
Switch (PTO)
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Note:
Always engage the blades with the throttle in
the F
AST
position (
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Disengaging the Blade-Control
Switch (PTO)
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Figure 19
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