MacDon D115X, Operator'S Manual

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8.5 Cutting Edible Beans
Table 8.2 Cutting Edible Beans Troubleshooting
Problem Solution Refer to
Symptom: Plants being stripped and complete or partial plants left behind
Header off ground
Lower header to ground and run on
skid shoes and/or cutterbar
Cutting on the Ground, page 61
Float set too light
—
rides on high spots
and does not lower soon enough
Set float to 335
–
338 N (75
–
85 lbf).
Increase or decrease as necessary to
prevent header from bouncing
excessively or plowing into
soft ground
3.7.2 Header Float, page 63
Reel too high Fully retract reel cylinders 3.7.8 Reel Height, page 66
Reel too high with cylinders fully
retracted
Adjust reel height 3.7.8 Reel Height, page 66
Finger pitch not aggressive enough Adjust finger pitch 3.7.10 Reel Tine Pitch, page 68
Reel too far aft
Move reel forward until the fingertips
skim the soil surface with header on
the ground and the header angle
properly adjusted
3.7.9 Reel Fore-Aft Position, page 67
Header angle too shallow Adjust header angle Adjusting Header Angle, page 64
Header angle too shallow
Increase header angle by fully
retracting lift cylinders (if cutting on
ground)
Adjusting Header Angle, page 64
Reel too slow
Adjust reel speed to be marginally
faster than ground speed
3.7.4 Reel Speed, page 64
Ground speed too fast Lower ground speed 3.7.5 Ground Speed, page 65
Skid shoes too low
Raise skid shoes to highest setting Cutting on the Ground, page 61
Dirt packs on bottom of cutterbar and
raises cutterbar off the ground
Install plastic wear strips on bottom of
cutterbar and skid shoes
—
Dirt packing on bottom of cutterbar
with plastic wear strips on cutterbar
and raises cutterbar off the ground
Ground too wet
–
allow soil to dry
—
Dirt packing on bottom of cutterbar
with plastic wear strips on cutterbar
and raises cutterbar off the ground
Manually clean the bottom of
cutterbar when excessive
accumulation occurs
—
Plastic wear strip for cutterbar has
been installed over top of steel
wearplates
Remove steel cutterbar wearplates
when installing the plastic wear strips
for cutterbar
—
Header not level Level header
3.12 Levelling the Header, page 84
Worn or damaged knife sections Replace sections or replace knife
5.5.1 Replacing Knife Section, page
132
Parts of vines get caught in pointed
guard tip. (Occurs more in row-
cropped beans that are hilled from
cultivating.)
Install stub guard conversion kit
6.2.4 Stub Guard Conversion Kit, page
247
Symptom: Excessive losses at dividers
Divider rod running down crop and
shattering pods
Remove divider rod
3.7.11 Crop Dividers, page 70
TROUBLESHOOTING