TROUBLESHOOTING
7.5 Cutting Edible Beans
Symptom
Problem
Solution Section
Divider rod ru
nning down
crop and shatt
ering pods
Remove divide
rrod
Excessive losses at
dividers
Vines and plants build up
on endsheet
Install divider rod
3.7.13 Crop Divider Rods,
page 87
Reel ends wrap up with
crop
Uncut crop i
nterfering on
reel ends
Add reel endshields
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Don Dealer
Reel wraps up with crop Reel too low Raise reel
3.7.8 Reel H eight, page
73
Header being carried off
ground
Lower header to gro un d
and run on skid shoes
and/or cutterbar
Cutting On the Ground,
page 56
Float set too
light—cutterbar not
following ground
Set float for:
• Dry grou
nd:
100–150
lbf
• Wet grou
nd: 50–100 lbf
3.7.2 Header Float, page
58
Reel too high Fully retract reel cy lin ders
3.7.8 Reel H eight, page
73
Reeltoohighwith
cylinders fully retracted
Adjust reel heigh t
Adjust
ing Reel Clearance,
page 3
52
Finger pitch too retarded
Adjust finger pitch
3.7.11 Reel Tine Pitch,
page 80
Reel
too far back on reel
supp
ort arms
Move
reel forward until
the fi
ngertips skim the
soil
surface with header
on gr
ound and center-link
pro
perly adjusted
3.7.
9 Reel Fore-Aft
Posi
tion, page 73
Header angle too shallow
Lengthen center-link; if
cutting on ground, header
angle can be increased by
fully retracting lift c ylinders
3.7.3 Header Angle, page
66
Re
el too slow
Ad
just reel speed to be
ma
rginally fas te r than
gr
ound speed
3.7.4 Reel Speed, page
67
Ground speed too high
Lower ground speed
3.7.5 G round Speed, page
68
Plan
ts being stripped
and c
omplete or partial
plan
ts 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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