Form # 147083
Issue 01/07
71
CUTTING EDIBLE BEANS: TROUBLESHOOTING
SYMPTOM PROBLEM SOLUTION
Header stripping plants-
Complete or partial plants
left behind (continued).
Parts of vines get caught
in regular guard tip while
reel is trying to lift the
vines above the knife and
end up getting cut off.
(This is more prevalent
when cutting row-cropped
beans that have been
hilled due to cultivating.
Install stub guard kit. Reel has a better chance
of lifting the crop mat above the knife without
any pods being cut by the knife.
Excessive losses at dividers Divider rod running down
crop and shattering pods.
Install short divider rod.
Excessive amount of
vines and plants run up
divider and endsheet up
to cylinder and either fall
into or outside header in
lumps.
Install long divider rod.
Excessive shattering of
pods by the reel.
Reel running too fast.
Reduce reel speed.
Bean pods are too dry.
Cut at night with heavy dew once pods have
softened up
Reel finger pitch not
aggressive enough.
Make fingers more aggressive.
-Check reel clearance to knife and cutterbar.
-Check reel finger clearance to ground.
-Reel too far forward of cutterbar C-section.
Crop accumulating at
guards and not moving
rearward onto drapers.
Reel finger pitch not
aggressive enough.
Make fingers more aggressive.
-Check reel clearance to knife and cutterbar.
-Check reel finger clearance to ground.
-Reel too far forward of cutterbar C-section.
Reel too high relative to
knife.
Re-adjust reel minimum height with cylinders
fully retracted.
Cutterbar pushing too much
trash and dirt.
Header too heavy.
Readjust float to make header lighter.
-Check both ends of header.
Header angle too steep.
Decrease header angle by adjusting header lift
cylinders until they begin to lift header off the
ground.
If this is not enough, then shorten the center
link to flatten the header angle range that the
lift cylinders work through.
Regular guards push dirt
and plug up with trash or
plug up with trash and
then push dirt.
Install stub guard kit
Stub guard will prevent plugging when in
excessive trash.
Stub guard bottom is ~15-20 mm higher than
regular guard for the same header angle and
knife section height.
Improper support for
header.
Install center skid shoes on header. This
reduces ground pressure and reduces the
possibility of pushing excessive amts. of dirt.
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