I'm not sure of which mower you have but you should be able to contact the company to ask about a manual. I have found that most companies are very helpful. Here is a link to Trupower.http://www.trupower.com/tru_cut/tru-cut.htm

Hey Dave I went ahead and scanned the manual - It's only 5 pages total, the front cover, 3 pages & then the back cover. I scanned it 300dpi so hopefully there's plenty of resolution so you can get nice clean printed pages. the manual is an 8-1/2" by 11" tri-fold booklet & I emailed you 5 .jpg's - I hope your email will hold that much in one email - The 5 attachments total just over 5.08 mb! Let me know if you got 'em ok or if you need me to try sending 'em one at a time -- Here's what the front cover (small low-res pic) looks like: Good day, Dan

Did you buy this from a local dealer or thru internet? If local, I cannot believe dealer didn't set the mower up and check blade and bedknife adjustment. If you have to do it yourself, you'd be wise to get a spanner wrench for adjusting the bearing caps. You can use a drift punch (I've done it myself) but as in the rest of life, the right tool is the best tool. When adjusted properly, each reel blade (all five or seven) should be able to cut strips of paper along it's entire length every four or five inches. With a seven blade reel, that means you are going to be checking cut at 35 to 40 locations. BTW, the mower will tend to throw grass to one side, due to the spiral of the reel. When I mow, I'll fill catcher about half, push a handful of grass over to the empty side, and then continue mowing until full. Only takes an extra few seconds.

I've never used a pull behind type gang set up of cutting units, but I do operate a Jacobsen LF123 Fairway mower at work. The toughest thing about a multi-cutting unit set up is getting all three or five or whatever set to the exact height and adjusted for reel/bedknife contact exactly the same. As an owner of many reel mowers, I can absolutely vouch for the workmanship and performance of the Tru-Cut product. I have owned McLane, Trimmer, and a Jacobsen 522PGM. My current Tru-Cut H-27 outperforms all of them and has equal construction to the Jacobsen. (a 5000.00 dollar mower) At 27 inches it makes quick work of most residential lawns. An acre though, I'm not sure about. Consider that if you start cutting that Tif low, you will be cutting every other day at the least. The 27 inch, 7 blade Tru-Cut sells for about 2000.00. A front roller, (mandatory) adds about 200.00, but this machine is effortless and is the only reel mower on the market that will cut from 3/8ths to 2 inches with operator controlled single-lever adjustment. I love mine, and you won't be disappointed.