Hydraulic Hook-Up; Pull Rope Hook-Up; Gauge Wheel Assembly - Land Pride AFM4214 Operator's Manual

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Section 1: Assembly & Set-Up

Hydraulic Hook-up

Refer to Figure 1-4:
This mower is equipped and plumbed from the factory
with double acting cylinders, hydraulic hoses and
couplings for folding the wings and center deck.
Hydraulic Hook-up
Figure 1-4
1. Cut plastic ties securing hydraulic hoses (#1) to hose
support loop (#2). Be careful not to cut plastic tie
securing the ten linch pins (#5) to the support loop.
2. Route hoses (#1) through hose support loop (#2)
and connect to tractor remote outlets. Quick
disconnect hydraulic fittings for your tractor are
supplied attached to the hoses.
3. Locate carbon steel wire (#3) attached between wing
cylinders (#4). This wire secures the wing decks in
the folded position during shipment. Remove wire
and dispose of it in a trash container.

Pull Rope Hook-up

Refer to Figure 1-5:
The operator on the tractor seat will need to be able to
access the pull rope from the tractor seat when lowering
the folded decks to ground level.
1. Attach pull rope (#1) to an area within the operator's
reach. Make sure the pull rope can not become
tangled with the operator and driveline.
2. Unfold mower decks as follows:
AFM4216 Model Only
Refer to Figure 2-3 on page 18:
a. If attached, remove wing deck floating pins and
store in storage tube (#2).
AFM4214 & AFM4216 Models
Refer to Figure 1-5:
b. Retract hydraulic cylinders to remove weight from
transport locks.
c. Pull transport lock rope (#1) toward the tractor to
disengage locks.
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d. Hold locks in this position until all 3 mower decks
have unfolded enough to allow lock lugs to
become fully disengaged.
e. Extend all 3 cylinders to their maximum stroke.
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Gauge Wheel Assembly

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Refer to Figure 1-6:
IMPORTANT: Do not bend spring steel mounting
bracket supporting the slow moving vehicle sign.
This sign is purposely angled so that when the deck
is folded up for transporting, the sign will face traffic.
Center deck gauge wheels (#4) are mounted in the
carrier frames spindle support tubes upside down.
1. Remove nuts (#7) and bolts (#6) from the center
deck carrier frames and remove gauge wheels from
the frames.
2. Check spacer location on the other gauge wheels.
Note how many and what sizes are above and below
the gauge wheel spindle support tube and then place
an equal number of spacers (#1, 2 & 3) and sizes
above and below the spindle support tube while
inserting the gauge wheel spindle into the spindle
support tubes.
Leave Slow Moving Vehicle Sign angled.
This sign should face traffic when deck
is folded up for transporting.
AFM4214 and AFM4216 All-Flex Grooming Mowers 315-587M
Pull Ropes
Figure 1-5
Center Deck Rear Gauge Wheels
Figure 1-6
Spring Loaded
Transport Locks
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