Wright Manufacturing Sentar Commercial Mower - Manual (Page 5)

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 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 to
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.
Inspection of 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, linchpin 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 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
transmission control system are tight and secure.
This is to reduce the possibility that the mower
could have a loss of control or safety.
Scheduled Mower Maintenance Safety:
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. Keep the Wright mower in good
operating condition, and keep safety devices and
shields in place and in working condition. 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. Replace
excessively worn blades. Sharpen dull blades.
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. See the
instructions in the Recommended Maintenance
section of this manual for other items of required
maintenance.
WARNING
WARNING
WARNING
Work Area Conditions and 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, 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 near the machine
while in operation. Thrown objects can pass
WARNING