Locking The Cutting-Unit Pivot; Cutting Grass With The Machine - Toro Reelmaster 7000-D Operator's Manual

8. Wait for all moving parts to stop.
Locking the Cutting-Unit
Pivot
Cutting Grass on a Hill Side
Lock the cutting-unit pivots to prevent the cutting units
from rotating downhill when cutting across the face
of a hill.
1. Secure the carrier frame of the cutting unit to
the pivot yoke with the snapper pin as shown
in Figure 54.
Figure 54
1. Pivot yoke
2. Snapper pin
2. Repeat step 1 at the other cutting units.
Cutting Grass with the
Machine
1. Drive the machine to the job site and align the
machine outside the cutting area for the first
cutting pass.
2. Ensure that the PTO switch is set to the
D position
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3. Carrier frame (cutting unit)
(Figure 55).
1. Engine-speed switch
2. PTO switch
3. Use your foot to move the lever for the
mow-speed limiter forward, to the M
(Figure 56).
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1. Mow-speed limiter
4. Press the throttle-speed switch to set the engine
speed to
5. Press the PTO switch to the E
6. Begin driving the machine into the cutting area,
and move the lower mow/raise control lever
forward.
Note:
The cutting units start running as they
lower. The front cutting units are timed to lower
before the rear cutting units
Note:
Cutting grass at a rate that loads the
engine promotes DPF regeneration.
7. When you complete the mowing pass, move the
lever for the mow-speed limiter backward to lift
the cutting units.
8. Perform a tear-shaped turn to quickly line up for
your next pass.
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Figure 55
3. Mow/raise control lever
Figure 56
.
HIGH IDLE
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