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Table 8.2 Cutting Edible Beans Troubleshooting (continued)
Problem Solution
Refer to
Symptom: Cutterbar pushing too much debris and dirt
Header too heavy
Readjust float to make header lighter
3.7.2 Header Float, page 63
Header angle too steep Decrease header angle 3.7.3 Header Angle, page 63
Guards plug with debris or and soil Install stub guard kit
6.2.4 Stub Guard Conversion Kit, page
247
Insufficient support for header
Install center skid shoes on header
Cutting on the Ground, page 61
Symptom: Crop wrapping around reel ends
Uncut crop interfering on reel ends
Add reel endshields
For information, refer to the header
parts catalog
Symptom: Cutterbar fills up with dirt
Excessive gap between draper and
cutterbar
Adjust front deck supports to achieve
proper clearance between cutterbar
and draper
5.7.5 Adjusting Deck Height, page 181
Excessive gap between draper and
cutterbar
Raise header fully at each end of field
(or as required) and shift decks back
and forth to help clean out cutterbar
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Symptom: Reel occasionally carries over plants in same location
Steel fingers bent and hooking plants
from drapers
Straighten fingers (steel)
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Dirt accumulation on end of fingers
preventing plants from falling off
fingers onto drapers
Raise reel
3.7.8 Reel Height, page 66
Dirt accumulation on end of fingers
preventing plants from falling off
fingers onto drapers
Adjust reel fore-aft position to move
fingers out of the ground
3.7.9 Reel Fore-Aft Position, page 67
Symptom: Cutterbar pushing soil
Tire tracks or row crop ridges Cut at angle to crop rows or ridges
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Rolling terrain along length of field
Cut at 90° to undulations (provided
knife floats across without digging in)
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Symptom: Reel carries over an excessive amount of plants or wads
Excessive accumulation of crop on
drapers (up to reel center tube)
Increase draper speed 3.7.6 Draper Speed, page 66
Finger pitch too slow
Increase finger pitch
3.7.10 Reel Tine Pitch, page 68
TROUBLESHOOTING
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