Operating the Hydrostatic Transmission

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

1. Start machine engine.

2. Choose speed range with range shift lever to match work application.

   • L – Low speed operations such as loader work, 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.
   
   

3. Depress brake pedals.

4. Unlock park brake.

5. Release brake pedals.

6. Move engine speed hand throttle forward until engine operates at desired speed.

7. NOTE: When the travel pedals are released, machine travel should stop.

   Slowly depress forward travel pedal downward to travel forward. Slowly depress reverse travel pedal 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.