214323 503 Revision A
7.5 Cutting Edible Beans
Symptom
Problem
Solution Refer to
Excessive losses at
dividers
Divider rod running down
crop and shattering pods
Remove divider rod
3.7.13 Crop Divider Rods,
page 99
Excessive losses at
dividers
Vines and plants build up
on endsheet
Install divider rod
3.7.13 Crop Divider Rods,
page 99
Reel ends wrap with crop
Uncut crop interfering on
reel ends
Add reel endshields
See your MacDon Dealer
Reel wraps with crop Reel too low Raise reel
3.7.9 Reel Height, page
84
Plants being stripped and
complete or partial plants
left behind
Header being carried off
ground
Lower header to ground
and run on skid shoes
and/or cutterbar
Cutting on the Ground,
page 56
Plants being stripped and
complete or partial plants
left behind
Float set too light—
cutterbar not following
ground
Set float for:
• Dry ground: 50–70 kg
(100–150 lb.)
• Wet ground: 25–50 kg
(50–100 lb.)
3.7.2 Header Float, page
58
Plants being stripped and
complete or partial plants
left behind
Reel too high Fully retract reel cylinders
3.7.9 Reel Height, page
84
Plants being stripped and
complete or partial plants
left behind
Reel too high with
cylinders fully retracted
Adjust reel height
Adjusting Reel Clearance,
page 438
Plants being stripped and
complete or partial plants
left behind
Finger pitch too retarded
Adjust finger pitch
3.7.11 Reel Tine Pitch,
page 91
Plants being stripped and
complete or partial plants
left behind
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
3.7.10 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 84
Plants being stripped and
complete or partial plants
left behind
Header angle too shallow
Lengthen center-link; if
cutting on ground, header
angle can be increased by
fully retracting lift cylinders
3.7.4 Header Angle, page
76
Plants being stripped and
complete or partial plants
left behind
Reel too slow
Adjust reel speed to be
marginally faster than
ground speed
3.7.5 Reel Speed, page
79
Plants being stripped and
complete or partial plants
left behind
Ground speed too high
Lower ground speed
3.7.6 Ground Speed, page
80
Plants being stripped and
complete or partial plants
left behind
Header skid shoes
adjusted too low
Raise skid shoes to
maximum up position
Cutting on the Ground,
page 56
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