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Revision A
Troubleshooting
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Cutting Edible Beans (continued)
Problem
Solution
Refer to
Bean pods too dry
Cut at night when heavy dew is
present and pods have softened
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Reel finger pitch not
aggressive enough
Increase the finger aggressiveness
(cam position)
3.9.12 Reel Tine Pitch, page 152
Symptom: Cutterbar guards breaking
Float insufficient (float setting
too heavy)
Increase the float (adjust to lighter
float setting)
Excessive number of rocks in field
Consider installing optional short
knife guards
Note:
With the installation of short
knife guards, you are trading guard
damage for section damage (although
changing sections with short knife
guards is easier)
MacDon Dealer
Symptom: Cutterbar pushing too much debris and dirt
Header too heavy
Readjust the float to make the header
lighter
Header angle too steep
Decrease the header angle
Guards plug with debris or and soil
Install the short knife guard
4.8.8 Short Knife Guards and Hold-
Downs, page 328
Insufficient support for the header
Install the center skid shoes
3.9.2 Cutting on Ground, page 118
Symptom: Crop wrapping around reel ends
Uncut crop interfering on reel ends
Add reel endshields
Header parts catalog
Symptom: Cutterbar fills up with dirt
Excessive gap between the draper and
the cutterbar
Raise the header fully at each end of
field (or as required) and shift the
decks back and forth to help clean out
the cutterbar
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Symptom: Reel occasionally carries over plants in the same location
Steel fingers bent and hooking plants
from drapers
Straighten the fingers (steel)
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Dirt accumulation on end of fingers
preventing plants from falling off
fingers onto drapers
Raise the reel
Dirt accumulation on end of fingers
preventing plants from falling off
fingers onto drapers
Adjust the reel fore-aft position to
move the fingers out of the ground
3.9.11 Reel Fore-Aft Position, page
144
Symptom: Cutterbar pushing soil
