Wright Manufacturing 14SH654 - 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 use, never direct the grass
discharge toward bystanders, traffic, cars or buildings
nor allow anyone within 50 feet of the machine while in
operation. Thrown objects can pass through glass
windows and some walls of buildings. There is extreme
risk of danger from thrown objects or being cut by the
blades of the mower or being run over if you lose
control. Never operate the mower in an enclosed area
without good, approved ventilation. Exhaust fumes are
dangerous.
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