Land Pride FDR15 Tractor Hook-Up, Driveline Installation, Table of Contents, Assembly and Setup

Table of Contents

Section 1 Assembly and Setup

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Tractor Hook-Up

1.Be certain that tractor draw bar will not interfere. Move draw bar ahead or remove if required. Draw bar should also be checked for clearance when unit is be- ing raised for the first time.

2.Align lower link arms of tractor to hitch clevises on mower. Insert lower hitch pins into lower ball swivels and attach lynch pins.

3.Attach tractor top link to upper floating hitch on mower with pin supplied. Secure with lock pin Refer to Figure 1-2.

4.Adjust the tractor top link in or out to place the upper hitch pin vertically above the lower hitch pins as shown in Figure 1-2, to allow mower flotation.

Driveline Installation

1.Slide driveline end with extended safety cone over splined shaft of the gearbox and secure with attaching device.

2.Slide driveline over the tractor’s splined PTO shaft and secure with locking device of powershaft.

3.Driveline should now be moved back and forth to in- sure that it is secure on the PTO shaft of the tractor and mower gearbox.

4.Attach the chain from the PTO shield to one of the up- per hitch braces to ensure that the shield does not ro- tate.

5.Should the driveline require shortening:

a.Hold the half-shafts next to each other in the shortest working position and mark them.

b.Shorten inner and outer guard tubes equally.

c.Shorten inner and outer sliding profiles by the same length as the guard tubes.

d.Proper overlap is a minimum of one-half the length of each tube, with both tubes being of equal length.

e.Round off all sharp edges and remove burrs. Grease sliding profiles.

Tractor Hook-Up

Figure 1-2

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!CAUTION!

Tractor PTO shield and all mower guards must be in place at all times during operation!

10 FDR15 Rear Discharge Grooming Mowers 310-188M 5/8/08