Controls
(05/a), the drive is decoupled and the brake
on the transmission is applied.
■
With foot hydrostat transmission: If you
press the brake pedal (06/1) all the way down
(06/a), the brake on the transmission is ap-
plied.
The ride-on mower brakes.
Parking brake
■
With manual transmission: Pulling the lock-
ing lever (05/2) upwards (05/b) while the
brake/clutch pedal (05/1) is pressed down
locks the brake.
■
With foot hydrostat transmission: Pulling
the locking lever (06/2) upwards (06/b) while
the brake pedal (06/1) is pressed down locks
the brake.
Pressing the pedal again releases the brake.
NOTE The brake/clutch pedal must be
pressed down all the way to start the engine.
5.4
Transmission operation [driving speed]
5.4.1
Operating the manual transmission
(03, 05, 07)
The manual transmission of the ride-on mower
has four forwards gears and one reverse gear.
The gears can be selected using a selector lever
(03/B, 07/2) on the left of the operator's seat, ac-
cording to the required driving speed.
Starting the engine
The selector lever must be in the N position
(07/3), i.e. neutral, to start the engine.
NOTE The mower mechanism must be
switched off to start the engine.
Selecting a gear
1. Press the brake/clutch pedal (05/1) down all
the way when the engine is running.
2. Pull the locking button (07/1) on the selector
lever (07/2) all the way up.
3. Select the gear appropriate to the required di-
rection of travel and driving speed.
4. To move off, slowly release the brake/clutch
pedal (05/1).
NOTE If you want to select a lower gear
than the one that is engaged, first brake to re-
duce the speed of the ride-on mower until the
speed matches the corresponding gear.
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5.4.2
Operating the foot hydrostat
transmission (03, 08)
On ride-on mowers with a foot hydrostat trans-
mission, there are two separate pedals on the
right-hand side for forwards and reverse travel.
Direction of travel
Forwards
Reverse
Moving off
Precondition: The engine is running.
1. Release the parking brake (03/E, 08/1).
2. Select the direction of travel (03/F).
Increasing the speed
The further you press the pedal, the faster your
speed will be in the selected direction.
5.5
Operating the mower mechanism (09,
10)
Setting the cutting height
The ride-on mower's mower mechanism can be
set to various heights using an adjusting lever
(09/2) on the right next to the operator's seat.
1. Press the release button (09/1) on the adjust-
ing lever (09/2) (09/a).
2. Move the adjusting lever in the required di-
rection (09/b):
■
Lever downwards: low cutting height
■
Lever upwards: high cutting height
Switching on the mower mechanism
1. Set the uppermost cutting height with the ad-
justing lever (09/2).
Note: The mower mechanism must always
be started at the uppermost cutting height.
2. Pull the lever (10/1) for switching on the
mower mechanism upwards (10/a) and en-
Description
Press the front pedal
(08/2) to drive for-
wards.
Press the rear pedal
(08/3) to drive back-
wards.
Note: The speed is
limited when the mow-
er mechanism is
switched on.
Mowing in reverse
(see chapter 7.6.2
"Mowing in reverse",
page 40)
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