Poulan 178478 User Manual

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Follow the mower operation instructions in your tractor 
owner's manual.

When operating your grass catcher on a lawn where grass 
and leaf bagging equipment has not been used, you are 
picking up thatch and debris that has accumulated for long 
periods of time. The amount collected and the total time 
of operation may be greater than you will experience with 
regular use of your grass catcher.

•      Always run throttle at full speed when bagging.
•      Select a gear low enough to give good mower cutting 

performance, good quality cut and good bagging 
per for man ce.

NOTE: It may be necessary to overlap width of cut to suit 
your conditions.
•      If grass is extremely tall, it should be mowed twice. The 

fi rst time relatively high, the second time to desired 
height.

•      Use left hand side of mower for trimming.
•        Plastic trash bags can be inserted inside grass catcher 

containers for ease of debris disposal. To remove the 
plastic trash bags when full:

a.  Disengage blades, shift into neutral, en ga ge the 

par king brake and stop the engine.

b.  Raise seat. Unlatch and raise cover.
c.  Remove one container at a time by grasping 

con tai ner handles and pulling toward the rear, off 
of the tube rails.

d.  With the container resting on the ground, close 

and secure the top of the plastic lawn bag.

e.  Tip the container on its side and slide the fi lled bag 

from the container.

f.  Install a new plastic lawn bag with the edges of the 

bag draped over upper lip of the container.

g.  Repeat for other containers.
h.  Reinstall containers making sure  right con tai ner 

overlaps left container at center supports.

j. 

Close cover and secure latches over center support 
tubes.

•      Avoid cutting wet grass or in the morning while the dew 

is still heavy. Grass clippings collected under these 
conditions tend to be sticky and adhere to the walls of 
the fl ow path causing clogging.

•      Your bagger is equipped with a dump bag indicator. As 

the bags become full, the fl ow indicating ball will drop 
down in its slot, indicating that the bags are full or the 
chutes have become clogged. Care should be taken 
not to damage the parts and that the ball moves freely 
at the beginning of each use.

NOTE: To help prevent clogging of chutes, check/empty 
bags when ball begins to drop down in the slot. Experience 
will teach you the best time to empty the bags.
•      If the grass catcher fails to pick up cut grass or leaves, 

it is an indication that clogging has occurred in the 
system or that the grass catcher containers are full. 

a.   Disengage blades, shift into neutral, en ga ge the 

parking brake and stop the engine.

-  Raise seat. Unlatch and raise cover. 

-  Slide out containers and dispose of clippings . 

-  Replace containers, close cover, and latch.

b.  Unlatch chutes and check for clogging

-  Remove all debris in chutes.

-  Reassemble and latch chutes

c.    Check to insure dump bag indicator has not become 

clogged.

-  The air passage hole must be clear of debris. 

Gently insert a small twig or wire into pas sage way 
to clear.