John Deere is recalling a couple versions of the Ztrak mower. The
blades don't stop
when the driver climbs off.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/john-deere-recalls-ztrak-riding-223031992.html

On 02/04/2018 05:39 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
John Deere is recalling a couple versions of the Ztrak mower.Â*Â* The blades don't stop
when the driver climbs off.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/john-deere-recalls-ztrak-riding-223031992.html

That's a nice feature. I had to put a jumper on my Exmark's seat switch to keep my blades from stopping.

On Sunday, February 4, 2018 at 7:13:11 PM UTC-5, Lawn Ranger wrote:
On 02/04/2018 05:39 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
John Deere is recalling a couple versions of the Ztrak mower.Â*Â* The blades don't stop
when the driver climbs off.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/john-deere-recalls-ztrak-riding-223031992.html

That's a nice feature. I had to put a jumper on my Exmark's seat switch to keep my blades from stopping.

Although my husband disabled the "blades stop while backing up" feature,
he left the "blades stop when the driver climbs off". He reckoned he
didn't want to find me at the bottom of the hill, under the mower, being
slashed to ribbons.

Cindy Hamilton

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On Sunday, February 4, 2018 at 7:13:11 PM UTC-5, Lawn Ranger wrote:
On 02/04/2018 05:39 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
John Deere is recalling a couple versions of the Ztrak mower.** The blades don't stop
when the driver climbs off.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/john-deere-recalls-ztrak-riding-223031992.html

That's a nice feature. I had to put a jumper on my Exmark's seat switch to keep my blades from stopping.

Although my husband disabled the "blades stop while backing up" feature,
he left the "blades stop when the driver climbs off". He reckoned he
didn't want to find me at the bottom of the hill, under the mower, being
slashed to ribbons.



A number of years ago I had a mower that had a push button to keep the
blades running while backing. I am thhinking that not only did the
blades stop but the engine quit if you had the blades button set for the
blades to run. Problem was that you had to push it every time you
backed up. I defeated that.

The mower I bought about 2 years ago has a position on the start switch
that stops the blades while backing and one that will keep them running.

I think it defaults to the 'stop blades' position if you just let go if
the key and you have to put it in the 'keep running' position if you
want them to keep on running while backing.