Poulan 96042004700 User Manual

•  Lift seat pan to raised position.
•  If this battery is put into service after month and year 

indicated on label (label located between terminals) 

charge battery for minimum of one hour at 6-10 amps. 

(See "BATTERY" in MAINTENANCE section of this 

manual for charging instructions).

•  Push down on seat to engage pads in slots and pull 

seat towards rear of tractor.

•  Raise seat and tighten bolt securely.
•  Remove tape and discard.
•  Lower seat into operating position and sit on seat. 

Press clutch/brake pedal all the way down. If operating 

position is not comfortable, adjust seat.

To adjust seat: Grasp adjustment handle and pull up, slide 

seat to desired po si tion and release adjustment handle.

NOTE: You may now roll or drive your tractor off the skid. 

Follow the ap pro pri ate instruction below to remove the 

tractor from the skid.

  WARNING: Before start ing, read, un der stand and fol low 

all in struc tions in the Op er a tion section of this man u al. Be 

sure tractor is in a well-ventilated area. Be sure the area in  

front of tractor is clear of other peo ple and objects.

•  Press lift lever plunger and raise attachment lift lever 

to its highest po si tion.

•  Release parking brake by de press ing clutch/brake 

ped al.

•  Place freewheel control in "trans mis sion dis en gaged 

position" (See “TO TRANS PORT” in the Op er a tion 

section of this manual).

•  Roll tractor forward off skid.
• 

Remove banding holding the deflector shield up against 

tractor.

• 

Be sure all the above assembly steps have been com-

pleted.

•  Check engine oil level and fill fuel tank with gasoline.
•  Place freewheel control in "trans mis sion en gaged" 

po si tion (see "TO TRANSPORT" in Op er a tion section 

of this manual).

• 

Sit on seat in operating position, depress clutch/brake 

pedal and set the parking brake.

•  Place motion control lever in neutral (N) position.
•  Press lift lever plunger and raise attachment lift lever 

to its highest position.

•  Remove key from bag and start the engine (see "TO 

START ENGINE" in the Operation section of this 

manual). After engine has started, move throttle control 

to idle (slow) position.

•  Release parking brake.
• 

Slowly move the mo tion control lever for ward and slowly 

drive tractor off skid.

• 

Apply brake to stop trac tor, set park ing brake and place 

motion con trol lever in neutral po si tion.

•  Turn ignition key to "STOP" position.

Continue with the in struc tions that follow.