MacDon D65 SP DHOM - Manual (Page 266)

TROUBLESHOOTING
7.5 Cutting Edible Beans
Symptom Problem Solution Section
Header off ground.
Lower header to ground
and run on skid shoes
and/or cutterbar.
Cutting On the Ground,
page 53
Float set too light—rides
on high spots and does
not lower soon enough. Set float for:
- Dry ground: 100–150 lbf
- Wet ground: 50–100 lbf
4.7.2 Header Float, page
55
Reel too high. Fully retract reel cylinders.
4.7.8 Reel Height, page
58
Reel too high with
cylinders fully retracted.
Adjust reel height.
4.7.8 Reel Height, page
58
Finger pitch not
aggressive enough.
Adjust finger pitch.
4.7.10 Reel Tine Pitch,
page 65
Reel too far aft.
Move reel forward until
the fingertips skim the soil
surface with header on the
ground and the center-link
properly adjusted.
4.7.9 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 58
Lengthen center-link.
Header angle too shallow.
If cutting on ground,
header angle can
be increased by fully
retracting lift cylinders.
Controlling Header Angle,
page 56
Reel too slow.
Adjust reel speed to be
marginally faster than
ground speed.
4.7.4 Reel Speed, page
56
Ground speed too fast. Lower ground speed.
4.7.5 Ground Speed, page
57
Skid shoes too low.
Raise skid shoes to
highest setting. Cutting On the Ground,
page 53
Dirt packs on bottom
of cutterbar and raises
cutterbar off the ground. Install plastic wear strips
on bottom of cutterbar and
skid shoes.
See your MacDon Dealer
Ground too wet. Allow soil
to dry.
Plants being stripped
and complete or partial
plants left behind.
Dirt packing on bottom of
cutterbar with poly wear
strips on cutterbar and
raises cutterbar off the
ground.
Manually clean the
bottom of cutterbar
when accumulation gets
unacceptable.
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