Disengaging The Rotor Blades; Shutting Off The Engine; Adjusting The Discharge Chute And Chute Deflector; Clearing A Clogged Discharge Chute - Toro 38741 Operator's Manual

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Disengaging the Rotor
Blades
To disengage the rotor blades, release the control bar
(Figure 17).
Figure 17

Shutting Off the Engine

To shut off the engine, turn the ignition key
counterclockwise to the O
Figure 18
position (Figure 18).
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Adjusting the Discharge
Chute and Chute Deflector
To adjust the discharge chute, move the chute handle
and the chute-deflector handle as shown
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1. Chute handle
Clearing a Clogged
Discharge Chute
To clear the chute:
•
Shut the engine off!
•
Wait 10 seconds to ensure that the rotor blades
have stopped rotating.
•
Always use a clean-out tool; never use your hands.
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Operating Tips

WARNING
The rotor blades can throw stones, toys,
and other foreign objects and cause serious
personal injury to you or bystanders.
• Keep the area to be cleared free of all
objects that the rotor blades could pick up
and throw.
• Keep all children and pets away from the
area of operation.
•
Remove the snow as soon as possible after it falls.
•
Overlap each swath to ensure complete snow
removal.
•
Discharge the snow downwind whenever possible.
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If the machine does not propel itself forward on
slippery surfaces or in heavy snow, push forward
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(Figure
Figure 19
2. Chute-deflector handle
19).
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