Claas TUCANO 500, Information And Basic Field Settings

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If the preparation pan is dirty
In wet and laid crops
It is even more important to get a good
cut and feed into the combine. Check the
knife and fingers regularly, paying particular
attention to the knife to finger gap.
To pick up laid crops
The skids under the bar must be raised into
their highest position. This will also reduce the
amount of soil sticking to the underside of the
cutterbar.
Do not try to go too low with
the cutterbar in laid crops
You only need to place the point of the lifter on
the ground. If you go too low, the point of the
lifter will lift and hold the crop down.
Soil and foreign objects
These are more likely to enter the combine
in a wet harvest, it is vital that the stone trap
be emptied at least daily. The worse the
conditions, the more frequently this should be
done.
Emptying the stone trap
Check that the APS concaves are clean. To
do this, simply open the concave to 50mm
before switching off and emptying the stone
trap.
Under the concave is the
preparation pan
This will become dirty as wet grain and soil
passes over it. The dirtier it becomes, the
less effective it will be, and hence, the dirtier
the sample will become. With wet grain it is
important to try to keep to a cleaner sample
than normal, as you then waste less fuel
drying chaff etc.
This is your first indication that further cleaning
inside the combine may well be required.
When cleaning the rest of the combine, follow
the path of grain through the machine, and
open covers as you come to them.
Wet Harvest Recommendations