MacDon FD75 OM - Manual (Page 424)

TROUBLESHOOTING
7.5 Cutting Edible Beans
Symptom Problem Solution Section
Divider rod running down
crop and shattering pods
Remove divider rod
Excessive Losses at
Dividers
Vines and plants build up
on endsheet
Install divider rod
4.7.13 Crop Divider Rods,
page 163
Reek Ends Wrap Up
With Crop Uncut crop interfering on
reel ends
Add reel endshields See your MacDon Dealer
Reel Wraps Up With
Crop
Reel too low Raise reel
4.7.9 Reel Height, page
151
Header being carried off
ground
Lower header to ground
and run on skid shoes
and/or cutterbar
Cutting On the Ground,
page 55
Float set too light—rides
on high spots and does
not get back down soon
enough
Set float for:
• Dry ground:
100–150 lbf
• Wet ground: 50–100 lbf
4.7.3 Header Float, page
137
Reel being operated too
high
Fully retract reel cylinders
6.12.1 Reel Clearance to
Cutterbar, page 348
Reel too high with
cylinders fully retracted
Adjust reel height
6.12.1 Reel Clearance to
Cutterbar, page 348
Finger pitch not
aggressive enough
Adjust finger pitch
4.7.11 Reel Tine Pitch,
page 156
Reel too far back on reel
support arms
Move reel forward until
the fingertips skim the
soil surface with header
on ground and center-link
properly adjusted
4.7.10 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 152
Header angle too shallow
Lengthen center-link; if
cutting on ground, header
angle can be increased by
fully retracting lift cylinders
4.7.4 Header Angle, page
145
Reel too slow
Adjust reel speed to be
marginally faster than
ground speed
4.7.5 Reel Speed, page
146
Ground speed too high Lower ground speed
4.7.6 Ground Speed, page
147
Plants Being Stripped
and Complete or Partial
Plans Left Behind
Header skid shoes
adjusted too low Raise skid shoes to
maximum up position Cutting On the Ground,
page 55
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