Table of Contents
Introduction
Land Pride welcomes you to the growing family of new product owners.
This Backhoe 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 the machine.
Application
The BH3512 Backhoe is the ideal tool for farms, drainage ditches, nurseries, golf courses, utilities and cemeteries. An unobstructed view of the work area, comfortable positioning of the controls and walk through platform allow for hours of fatigue free work. Stabilizer legs provide a stance of 10’ 7" assuring more stability and safer operational control. Optional rubber shoes can be added to the stabilizer legs for working on concrete. Selected skid steer loader mounting kits are available for added versatility. See “Features and Benefits”, “Section 6” for additional information.
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,
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
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.
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 backhoe.
The parts on your backhoe have been specially designed and should only be replaced with genuine Land Pride parts. Therefore, should your backhoe 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.
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Serial Number Plate Location
Figure 1
Further Assistance
Your dealer wants you to be satisfied with your new backhoe. If for any reason you do not understand any part of this manual or are not satisfied with the service received, the following actions are suggested:
1.Discuss the matter with your dealership service manager making sure he is aware of any problems you may have and that he has had the opportunity to assist you.
2.If you are still not satisfied, seek out the owner or general manager of the dealership, explain the problem and request assistance.
3.For further assistance write to:
Land Pride Service Department
1525 East North Street
P.O. Box 5060
Salina, Ks.
lpservicedept@landpride.com
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