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DANGER
When the machine is in operation, contact with
rotating or moving parts will severely injure hands
and feet.
• Before adjusting, cleaning, inspecting,
troubleshooting, or repairing the machine, stop
the engine and wait for all moving parts to stop.
Disconnect the wire from the spark plug and
keep it away from the plug to prevent someone
from accidentally starting the engine.
• Stay behind the handle and away from the seed
mixer and cutting blades while operating the
machine.
• Keep face, hands, feet, and any other part of
your body or clothing away from concealed,
moving, or rotating parts.
1. If seeding, fill the seed hopper and set the seeding rate
gauge; refer to
Adjusting the Seeding-rate Gauge (page
15).
2. Adjust the cutting-blade depth to the desired setting;
refer to
Adjusting the Cutting-blade Depth (page
3. Start the engine.
4. Set the engine throttle to the Fast position.
5. Push down on the handle to raise the front wheels
slightly off the ground.
6. Squeeze the blade-control bail against the handle to
engage the blades. Slowly lower the front wheels to
the ground, allowing the blades to gradually work into
the grass and soil.
7. If seeding, push the seeder-control lever forward to
start the seed flow.
Note: There is no need to turn the seeder-control
lever off and on for each turn. The seed flow will slow
and/or stop when the machine is stopped or slowed
for turning. To reduce seed loss, raise the front wheels
as the machine is turned.
Note: The machine will seed at the same rate going
forward or rearward.
Note: If there is excessive thatch, it may be necessary
to remove the thatch prior to seeding.
8. Engage the self-propel drive bail to begin operating.
Using the Seed Cover
•
To install the seed cover
seed hopper and fasten it to the latch posts on either side
using the rubber latches.
•
To remove the seed cover, pull each rubber latch down
and away from the latch posts and remove the cover.
(Figure
13), place it over the
1. Seed cover
2. Seed hopper
Adjusting the Cutting-blade
Depth
1. Bring the machine to a full stop.
15).
2. Disengage the cutting blades.
3. Stop the engine and wait for all moving parts to stop
before leaving the operating position. Disconnect the
wire from the spark plug.
4. Unlock the cutting-blade depth handle by pulling
upward.
1. Unlock
2. Cutting-blade depth
handle
5. Move the lever to the desired working depth slot
setting. Rotate and push the handle down to lock the
handle.
6. The setting will need to be adjusted as the cutting
blades wear.
Adjusting the Seeding-rate
Gauge
1. Bring the machine to a full stop.
2. Disengage the cutting blades.
15
Figure 13
3. Rubber latch
4. Latch post
Figure 14
3. Lock
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