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Introduction
3/21/07
FM3188 & FM4188 Flail Mowers 309-523M
Land Pride
Table of Contents
Introduction
Terminology
“Right” or “Left” as used in this manual is determined by
facing the direction the machine will operate while in use
unless otherwise stated.
Definitions
Owner Assistance
The Warranty Registration card should be filled out by
the dealer at the time of purchase. This information is
necessary to provide you with quality customer service.
If customer service or repair parts are required contact a
Land Pride dealer. A dealer has trained personnel, repair
parts and equipment needed to service the mower.
The parts on your Flail Mower have been specially
designed and should only be replaced with genuine Land
Pride parts. Therefore, should your mower require
replacement parts go to your Land Pride Dealer.
Serial Number Plate
For prompt service always use the serial number and
model number when ordering parts from your Land Pride
dealer. Be sure to include your serial and model numbers
in correspondence also. Refer to Figure 1 for the location
of your serial number plate.
Serial Number Plate Location
Figure 1
NOTE: A special point of information that the
operator must be aware of before continuing.
IMPORTANT: A special point of information related
to its preceding topic. Land Pride’s intention is that
this information should be read and noted before
continuing.
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Land Pride welcomes you to the growing family of new
product owners. This implement has been designed with
care and built by skilled workers using quality materials.
Proper assembly, maintenance, and safe operating
practices will help you get years of satisfactory use from
this product.
Application
The heavy duty FM3188 and FM4188 Series Flail
Mowers are designed and built to provide excellent
cutting performance on gently sloping or slightly
contoured right-of ways, roadsides, ditches, pastures,
nurseries, and smaller fields of row crop debris, stalks,
and residual agricultural growth.
Both are capable of cutting 88” wide and 1/2" to 6" high.
The three-point Cat. I hitch is designed to be used on
tractors with a maximum 80 PTO horsepower. Their hitch
is designed with a screw type crank adjustment for 7 3/4"
offset capability to the left or right making this mower
even more desirable for cutting in and around trees with
extremely low hanging branches. Its horizontal rotor
cutting design greatly reduces the potential of launching
projectiles out from under the mower making it an
excellent choice for state and municipal mowing
applications. Both models are complete with a 540 rpm
Cat. 4 driveline.
The FM3188 model equipped with fine cutting knives will
perform extremely well cutting material up to 1" in
diameter or provide a very respectable quality of cut for
grooming yards, municipal parks, medians, and right of
ways.
The FM4188 model equipped with forged hammer
knives and heavy duty brush rake teeth make this model
well suited for nursery and agricultural applications
where heavy grass, brush, prunings, saplings, small
stumps, corn stocks and other row crop debris are
present. The rake teeth will gather and aggressively
force material into the rotor hammer knives for a more
complete pulverization.
See “Specifications & Capacities” on page 21 and
“Features and Benefits” on page 22 for additional
information and performance enhancing options.
Using This Manual
•
This Operator’s Manual is designed to help familiarize
you with safety, assembly, operation, adjustments,
troubleshooting, and maintenance. Read this manual
and follow the recommendations to help ensure safe
and efficient operation.
• The information contained within this manual was
current at the time of printing. Some parts may change
slightly to assure you of the best performance.
• To order a new Operator’s or Parts Manual contact
your authorized dealer. Manuals can also be
downloaded, free-of-charge from our website at
www.landpride.com or printed from the Land Pride
Service & Support Center by your dealer.