Table of Contents

Land Pride.

Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . .1

Safety Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Owner Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Section 1: Assembly and Set-Up . . . . . . . .8

Tools Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Assembly Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Gearbox and Cutter Bar Lubrication . . . . . . . . . 8 Main Frame to Cutter Bar Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 9 PTO Guard Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Support Stand Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Cutter Bar Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Main Frame Assembly (Back Side) . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Canvas Curtain Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Section 2: Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

3-point Pin Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Tractor Hook-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Driveline Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Checking Driveline Minimum Length . . . . . . . . 14

Rope Hook-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Transport Latch Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Upper Spring Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

After Hooking-up Mower to Tractor . . . . . . . . . 15

Before Unhooking Mower From Tractor . . . . . 15

Spring Tension Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Adjusting Lower Spring Tension . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Adjusting Upper Spring Tension . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Operating Check List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Working Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Mowing Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Adverse Field Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Safety Break-Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Section 3: Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Belt Tension Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Cutting Height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Section 4: Maintenance and Lubrication 21

General Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

At beginning of season: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Servicing Blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Blade Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Blade Fastener Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Belleville Washer Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Blade & Belleville Washer Pt. No’s. . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Cutter Bar Timing Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Driveline Inner Tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Driveline U-Joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Cutter Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Frame Pivot Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Hitch Pivot Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Section 5: Specifications & Capacities . .25

Section 6: Features & Benefits . . . . . . . .26

Section 7: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . .27

Section 8: Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Torque Values Chart for Common Bolt Sizes . . . . 28 Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Land Pride provides this publication “as is” without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this manual, Land Pride assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions. Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein. Land Pride reserves the right to revise and improve its products as it sees fit. This publication describes the state of this product at the time of its publication, and may not reflect the product in the future.

Land Pride is a registered trademark.

All other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Printed in the United States of America.

DM3705, DM3706, and DM3707 Series Disc Mowers 327-083M

9/15/06

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