Wright Serial # 27543 and Higher - Manual (Page 8)

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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 work boots with thick, textured tread,
soft-rubber soled at all times. Hard or smooth
soled shoes are too slippery for a good footing
the Velke™ or sulky. NEVER wear loose-fitting
clothing which could get caught in moving parts
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.
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,
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 hand-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
transmission control system are tight and
secure. This is to reduce the possibility that the
mower could have a loss of control or safety.
Regular Mower Safety
Maintenance
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.
Grease all fittings daily. 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 &
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 movable 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, stub 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 Velke™ or sulky or
into and possibly over the handles 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.
WARNING