Wright Manufacturing Wright Z 31897 - Manual (Page 8)

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WARNING
User Clothing
DO NOT operate the mower while wearing
sandals, tennis shoes, sneakers, or shorts.
Always wear long non-baggy pants. Wear high-
top leather steel-toed work boots with thick,
textured tread, soft-rubber soled at all times.
Hard or smooth soled shoes are too slippery for a
good footing on mower platform. NEVER wear
loose-fitting clothing or jacket pockets that can get
caught on the handlebars or control levers of any
mower you drive. Wearing safety glasses, ear
protection and safety shoes is advisable and
required by some local ordinances and insurance
regulations.
WARNING
Inspect Mower Before Each Use
DO NOT use the mower if any parts are not
maintained in good operating condition. Examine
the moving parts prior to each use. Look for
excessive wear, bald or worn tires, cracks in
parts, loose or missing bolts, cotter pins, linchpins
or “hair” pins or cable yoke pins and replace
before operating the mower. Make sure all safety
equipment provided with the mower is in good
operating order, including all the warning decals
and the required operator-presence device which
stops the engine and blades when the seat-
operated Operator Presence Control (OPC)
switch is released. (To test the OPC, follow
instructions in the
Operating Instructions section
of this manual.) Be sure that all parts of the hand-
operated hydraulic control system are tight and
secure. This is to reduce the possibility that the
mower could have a loss of control during
operation and compromise operator safety.
Regular Mower Safety Maintenance
Keep your Wright mower in good operating
condition, and keep safety devices and shields in
place and in working condition. Replace worn
tire(s) with less than 3/32” of any tread groove left.
Use tires with the tread pattern specified by
Wright Mfg., Inc. only. DO NOT change the
engine governor settings or over-rev the engine
contrary to engine manufacturer specifications.
Failure to comply can compromise operator
safety, shorten equipment life and void your
manufacturer’s warranty. Keep all nuts, bolts, and
screws tight to be sure the equipment is in safe
working condition. Check the blade mounting
bolts for proper tightness every eight (8) hours of
operation. Check the blades for excessive wear
and sharpness every four to eight (4-8) hours of
operation. Sharpen dull blades. Replace blades
when they become excessively worn. The mower
should not be used after the blades or other part
of the mower strikes a foreign object, until
conducting a thorough inspection and any
damage is repaired. Make sure the chute
deflector is always in place and operating
properly. Replace if the deflector becomes worn
or ceases to properly deflect the grass in a safe
manner. See the instructions in the
Recommended Maintenance section of this
manual for other items of required maintenance.
WARNING
WARNING
Work Area Conditions & Inspection
Prior to operating the unit, carefully inspect all
lawn/ground areas where you plan to use the
mower for hidden, hard-to-see objects or uneven
ground that may be hidden in the grass. Clear the
work area of moveable objects such as wires,
rocks, glass, toys, etc. that might be picked up by
the mower and dangerously thrown. Remove, if
possible, or mark the location of all immovable
objects or irregular areas and be sure not to hit
them with any part of the mower, its deck or the
blades. Obstacles such as holes, abrupt changes
in ground contour, tree trunks, stumps or roots,
pipes protruding from the ground, paving edges,
etc. in the path of operation can abruptly turn or
stop the mower. This could possibly throw you
into the control levers or even off the mower,
causing serious injury or death. The faster you
are moving the more potential there is for injury.
Mow only in daylight or in good artificial light.
Keep away from drop-offs, the edges of ponds,
streams, pools, etc. especially at the bottom of
slopes. Do not mow when children or others are
nearby. When the Wright mower is in use, never