Wright Serial #49705 and Higher - Manual (Page 7)

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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.
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 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
foot-operated Operator Presence Control (OPC)
switch is released. (To test the OPC, follow
instructions in the
Operating Instructions section of
this manual.) Inspect the two anti-tip rollers and
their respective bolts at the rear of the mower for
tightness and proper operation. 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. Ensure
deck pitch is between 1/4 - 3/8”. (Refer to the
maintenance interval chart at the end of this manual)
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. When inspecting or
changing blades, turn off the blade clutch switch,
apply the parking brake, stop the engine and remove
the key. 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. (Refer to the maintenance interval
chart at the end of this manual)
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 throw you off the mower or into
and possibly over the handle bars 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 around. When the Wright mower is in
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