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472H Potato Harvester Owner Operator’s Manual
Section
Description
Page
Contents
3.20 OPERATING HINTS ................................................................................................................... 39
3.20.1
PREPARING SOIL AND CROP .................................................................................. 39
3.20.2
LOADING THE TRUCK .............................................................................................. 39
3.20.3
ADVERSE CONDITIONS ........................................................................................... 39
3.20.4
HARVESTING EFFICIENCY ...................................................................................... 40
3.21 GENERAL LOW DAMAGE POTATO HARVESTING .................................................................. 40
3.21.1
DIGGER BLADES ..................................................................................................... 40
3.21.2
BELTED CHAINS ....................................................................................................... 40
3.22 HEX BORE SPROCKETS ......................................................................................................... 42
3.23 EQUATION ................................................................................................................................ 43
3.24 STORAGE ................................................................................................................................. 44
3.24.1
POST-SEASON MAINTENANCE ............................................................................... 44
3.24.2
REMOVING FROM STORAGE /PRE-SEASON MAINTENANCE .............................. 45
3.25 DRIVE CHAIN TENSION ............................................................................................................ 46
3.26 DRIVE BELT TENSION .............................................................................................................. 46
3.27 BELTED CHAIN ......................................................................................................................... 46
4.0 SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE ................................................................................................ 47
4.1 SERVICE .................................................................................................................................. 47
4.1.1
FLUIDS AND LUBRICANTS ....................................................................................... 47
4.1.2
GREASING ............................................................................................................... 47
4.2 SERVICE RECORD ................................................................................................................... 48
4.3 PTO SERVICE .......................................................................................................................... 49
4.4 MAINTENANCE ......................................................................................................................... 49
4.4.1
PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE .................................................................................. 49
4.4.2
REPAIR OF BELTED CHAIN ..................................................................................... 50
4.4.3
CHANGING HYDRAULIC OIL FILTER ........................................................................ 51
4.4.4
BLEEDING THE SYSTEM ......................................................................................... 52
5.0 TROUBLE SHOOTING .............................................................................................................. 53
5.1 HARVESTER TROUBLESHOOTING ......................................................................................... 53
5.2 PREVENTABLE DAMAGE TO PTO SHAFT .............................................................................. 55
5.3 SHAFT MONITOR TROUBLESHOOTING .................................................................................. 56
6.0 SPECIFICATIONS ..................................................................................................................... 58
6.1 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................................... 58
6.2 CHAIN PITCH AND ROD CONFIGURATIONS ............................................................................ 59
6.3 CHAIN PATTERNS .................................................................................................................... 62
6.4 CHAIN COVERINGS ................................................................................................................. 65
6.4.1
PEGS ........................................................................................................................ 65
6.4.2
FLIGHTS ................................................................................................................... 65
6.4.3
RUBBER COVER ...................................................................................................... 66
6.4.4
PILLOW CUSHIONS ................................................................................................. 67
6.4.5
C-FLEX ...................................................................................................................... 68
6.4.6
EARS ........................................................................................................................ 69
6.5 BOLT TORQUE .......................................................................................................................... 70
6.6 HYDRAULIC FITTING TORQUE ................................................................................................. 71
6.7 TIRE INFLATION PRESSURES ................................................................................................. 72
