Operating the Hydrostatic Transmission

1. IMPORTANT: Avoid Damage! To prevent transmission damage, stop machine motion completely before shifting the range shift lever.

   Start machine engine.

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   A - Range Shift Lever

   B - Throttle Lever

   C - Forward Pedal

   D - Reverse Pedal

   Choose speed range with range shift lever (A) to match work application.
   • L – Low speed operations such as tilling hard soil, mowing long grass or heavy hauling. Machine speed is decreased, but machine power is increased.
   • N – Neutral position. Lever must be in the N (neutral) position when starting the engine.
   • H – High speed operations such as light tilling and hauling, mowing short grass and transport. Machine speed is increased, but machine power is decreased.
   
   

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3. Depress brake pedal.

4. Unlock park brake.

5. Release brake pedal.

6. Move throttle lever (B) forward until engine operates at desired speed.

7. NOTE: When the travel pedal is released, the transmission will automatically return to neutral.

   Slowly depress pedal (C) downward to travel forward. Slowly depress pedal (D) downward to travel in reverse.

   • The farther either travel pedal is depressed, the faster the machine will travel.
   
   

8. Stop machine to change speed range.