Yes, I read them, but I do so in installments.
Why?
Well, as in the case of my Tundra truck manual has the thickness of a big city phone book. This is a lot of information to digest.
So, I'll read a chapter a day or less...and sometimes, I even understand what they're saying, sometime not so much...
As in the case of my Toro manual which was reasonably short, but worded as clear as Chinese algebra.
What did I do to clear up matters?
I called and called and with dogged determination finally got through to a technician. We went over a section of the manual I was confused about. Ultimately, the technician said that section of the manual made no sense at all. He was looking at the same page and paragraph that left us both scratching our heads.
I not only wonder who writes these things, but who proof reads them, or not...?