Land Pride FM3188 User Manual
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Introduction
FM3188 & FM4188 Flail Mowers 309-523M
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 Online Warranty Registration or Warranty
Registration card should be completed by the dealer at
the time of purchase. This information is necessary to
provide you with quality customer service.
The parts on your Flail Mower have been specially
designed by Land Pride and should only be replaced with
genuine Land Pride parts. Contact a Land Pride dealer if
customer service or repair parts are required. Your Land
Pride dealer has trained personnel, repair parts, and
equipment needed to service the implement.
Serial Number
Model No. _____________Serial No. _______________
For quick reference and prompt service, record model
and serial number in the spaces provided above and
again on warranty page 27. Always provide model and
serial number when ordering parts and in all
correspondences with your Land Pride dealer. Refer to
Figure 1 for location of your serial number plate.
Serial Number Plate Location
Figure 1
IMPORTANT: A special point of information related
to the following topic. Land Pride’s intention is this
information must be read & noted before continuing.
NOTE: A special point of information that the
operator should be aware of before continuing.
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Land Pride welcomes you to the growing family of new
product owners.
This Flail Mower 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 machine.
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 23 and
“Features & Benefits” on page 24 for additional
information and performance enhancing options.
Using This Manual
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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.
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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.
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