Texas Efterh?ngt Rotorklipper [5/22] Preparation

PREPARATION

Never operate the tractor and mower until you have read and completely understand this manual, the

Tractor Operator's Manual, and each of the Safety Messages found on the safety signs on the tractor

and mower.

Personal protection equipment including hard hat, safety glasses, safety shoes, and gloves are

recommended during assembly, installation, operation, adjustment, maintaining, repairing, removal,

or moving the implement. Do not wear loose clothing, gloves, neckties, rings, bracelets, or other

jewelry which may get caught in moving parts. Wear protective hair covering to contain long hair.

PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO LOUD NOISE MAY CAUSE PERMANENT HEARING LOSS!

Tractors with or without Mowers attached can often be noisy enough to cause permanent, partial

hearing loss. We recommend that you wear hearing protection on a full-time basis if the noise in the

Operator's position exceeds 80db. Noise over 85db on a long-term basis can cause severe hearing

loss. Noise over 90db adjacent to the Operator over a long-term basis may cause permanent, total

hearing loss. NOTE: Hearing loss from loud noise (from tractors, chain saws, radios, and other such

sources close to the ear) is cumulative over a lifetime without hope of natural recovery.

Operate the mower only with a tractor equipped with an approved Roll-Over Protective System

(ROPS). Always wear your seat belt on tractors equipped with a ROPS. Serious injury or even death

could result from falling off the tractor - particularly during a turnover when the operator could be

pinned under the ROPS or the tractor.

Clear area to be cut of stones, branches or other debris that might be thrown, causing injury or

damage.

Operate only in daylight or good artificial light.

Ensure mower is properly mounted, adjusted and in good operating condition.

Make sure driveline spring-activated locking pin operates freely and is seated firmly in tractor PTO

stub shaft groove.

Ensure that all safety shielding and safety signs are properly installed and in good condition.

OPERATIONAL SAFETY

The use of this equipment is subject to certain hazards which cannot be protected against by

mechanical means or product design. All operators of this equipment must read and understand this

entire manual, paying particular attention to safety and operating instructions, prior to using. If there

is something in this manual you do not understand, ask your supervisor, or your dealer, to explain it

to you.

Most accidents occur because of neglect or carelessness. Keep all helpers and bystanders at least

several hundred feet from an operating rotary mower. Only properly trained people should operate

this machine.

When this machine is operated in populated areas or in other areas where thrown objects could

injure persons or property, standard equipment safety chain shielding (which is designed to reduce

the possibility of thrown objects) must be installed. Operation must be stopped when anyone

comes within 100 yards (300 feet).

The majority of accidents involve entanglement on the driveline, injury of bystanders by objects

thrown by the rotating blades, and operators being knocked off the tractor by low hanging limbs and