Driving The Riding Mower Forward; Turning The Riding Mower While Driving Forward - Craftsman 247,204110 Operator's Manual

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Movethe throttle/choke controlleverforwardto the FAST _
(full throttle)
position.
NOTE: Althoughthe ridingmower'sengineisdesigned to runat full throttle,
whenperformingapractice session the ridingmowermustbeoperatedat
lessthanfull throttle.Thisonlyappliesto practice.
Alwaysmaintaina firm grip on the control levers.DONOT releasethe
control leversto slowor stop the ridingmower;moveleversto neutral
positionusing your hands.
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Todrivethe ridingmower, f irmly grasp the respective drivecontrol l evers
with yourright andleft hands andcontinuewith Drivingthe Riding mower
Forward.
Driving the Riding mower Forward
Keep all movementof the drive control leversslow and smooth.Abrupt
movementof the control leverscanaffect the stability of the riding mower
andcould causethe riding mower to flip over,which may result in serious
injury or death to the operator.
Slowlyandevenlymovebothdrivecontrollevers forward.Theridingmower
will startto moveforward.SeeFigure 13.
Driving Forward
Faster
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Figure 13
Asthe control l eversarepushedfartherforwardthe speed of the riding
mowerwill increase.
Toslowtheridingmowermove thecontrols leverrearward t o attainthedesired
speed, or move thelevers totheneutral p osition to stoptheridingmower.
Alwaysmaintainyour graspon the drivecontrol levers.Donot releasethe
leversto slow the riding moweror to return to neutral.
Turningthe Riding mower While Driving Forward
Whenreversing the direction of travel, werecommendperforming gradual
'U' turns where possible.Sharperturns increasethe possibility of turf
defacement,and could affect control of the riding mower.ALWAYS s low
the ridingmowerbefore making sharpturns.
Toturn the ridingmowerwhiledrivingforward,movethe controllevers as
necessary s othatoneleverisrearwardof the other.Theridingmowerwill turn in
the directionof the rearwardcontrollever.
Toturn to the left, movethe left drivecontrolleverrearwardof the right
lever. S eeFigure 14.
Forward LeftTurn
Figure 14
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Toturn to the right,movethe rightdrivecontrol l everrearwardof the left
lever. S eeFigure 15.
Forward RightTurn
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