Wright Serial #55142 and higher - Manual (Page 8)

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1.3 Important Information
It is vital that these instructions are available to machine users. It is also important to retain with the machine
if the machine is sold or transferred to another user.
1.4 Safety for Operation
The Mid-Mount Z should only be used by fully trained operators to prevent the risk of injury to themselves or
other personnel. The owner’s/user’s obligation is to instruct themselves and all potential users in the safe
operation of this equipment and be sure they read and follow the instructions in this safety manual and other
material provided by Wright Manufacturing, Inc. before using or allowing others to operate the equipment.
DO NOT operate this unit unless you carefully read, understand and follow the operation and safety
instructions contained in this manual and the warning decals provided on the unit. DO NOT allow other
persons to use this unit unless you make sure they carefully read, understand and follow these instructions.
Never allow children to operate or play on the unit.
1.5 User Qualifications
This product is designed for use by physically fit, experienced, professional commercial mower operators
who have a minimum of 160 hours of experience operating twelve horsepower and greater industrial
mowers. Operators must be 18 years or older and weigh at least 120 pounds and no more than 350
pounds. They must have read and understood this manual. DO NOT allow children to operate the mower.
Never allow passengers on the mower. DO NOT allow adults to operate the mower without proper
instruction as mentioned above.
1.6 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.
1.7 Inspect the 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, control system ball joints 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.
1.8 Regular Mower Safety
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