10.1.1 Operations to be carried out after the harvest .......................... 459
10.1.2 Ordering spare parts .............................................460
10.1.3 Operations to be carried out before the new season ......................460
11 Optional equipment ..................................................... 463
11.1 Information ...................................................... 465
11.1.1 General considerations ...........................................465
11.2 Optional equipment .............................................. 466
11.2.1 Four-wheel drive ............................................... 466
11.2.2 Camera ...................................................... 466
11.2.3 Windbreak ....................................................467
11.2.4 Additional lights ................................................ 467
11.2.5 Additional lights for flip-up maize headers ............................. 469
11.2.6 Additional mirrors ...............................................469
11.2.7 Additional fire extinguisher ........................................ 470
11.2.8 Diesel fuel prefilter ..............................................470
11.2.9 Air compressor for maintenance ....................................471
11.2.10 Weight and moisture control monitor ................................472
11.2.11 Multimedia navigation system .....................................472
11.2.12 Trailer hitch .................................................. 473
11.2.13 Refrigerator .................................................. 473
11.2.14 Vertical Knifes ................................................ 474
11.2.15 Electrically-operated sieves and returns sensors ........................474
11.2.16 Cylinder cover ................................................ 475
11.2.17 Tailings cover plate .............................................476
11.2.18 Top sieve ....................................................476
11.2.19 Bottom sieve ................................................. 477
11.3 Equipment for threshing .......................................... 478
11.3.1 Equipment for maize .............................................478
11.3.2 Equipment for corn-cob .......................................... 480
11.3.3 Equipment for rice .............................................. 480
11.3.4 Equipment for light seed crops .....................................481
11.3.5 Equipment for soya and peas ......................................481
11.4 Ballast weights ...................................................482
11.4.1 Description ................................................... 482
11.4.2 Ballast weights on rear axle ........................................483
11.4.3 Ballast weights on the straw walker hood for machines without straw chopper ..484
11.4.4 Ballast weights on the rear wheels with a liquid mix (for tubeless tires) ........485
11.4.5 Filling tires with anti-freeze solutions .................................486
11.5 Straw chopper ................................................... 487
11.5.1 Electrically operated straw chopper straw deflectors ..................... 487
11.5.2 Transport position ...............................................487
11.5.3 Working position ............................................... 488
11.5.4 Operating the straw chopper .......................................490
11.5.5 Disengaging the straw chopper .....................................491
11.5.6 Access to the straw chopper rotor ...................................491
11.5.7 Straw chopper rotor knives ........................................492
11.5.8 Counter-knives .................................................493
11.5.9 Chopping quality ................................................493
11.5.10 Use of straw chopper in maize .................................... 494
11.6 Chaff Spreader ................................................... 496
11.6.1 Working and maintenance positions ................................. 496
11.6.2 Chaff spreader speed ............................................498
11.6.3 Disengaging the chaff spreader .....................................498
11.6.4 Chaff spreader belt tensioning ......................................498
11.7 Tracks ........................................................... 499
11.7.1 Use and maintenance ............................................499
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