TROUBLESHOOTING
Symptom
Problem
Solution Section
Float insufficient Increase float
3.7.2 Header Float, page
58
Cutterbar guards
breaking
Excessive amount of
rocks in field
Consider installing
optional stub guards
Tip: Experiment with a
few guards on a section of
cutterbar to compare the
performance of the two
different styles of guards
• 6.2.3 Stub Guard
Conversion Kit, pag e
410
• See your MacDon
Dealer
Reel runni
ng too fast Reduce reel s peed
3.7.4 Reel
Speed, page
67
Bean pods are too dry
Cut at night with heavy
dew once pods have
softened
—
Reel finger pitch not
aggressive enough
Increase finger
aggressiveness (cam
position)
Reel shattering pods
Reel to
o far forward of
cutter
bar C-section
Reposition re el
3.7.11 R
eel Tine Pitch,
page 80
Header too heavy
Readjust fl oat to make
header lighter
3.7.2 Header Float, page
58
Decre
ase header angle
with l
ift cylinders
Header angle too steep
Shorten the center-link
3.7.3 Header Angle, page
66
Regu
lar guards push dirt
and p
lug up with trash
or p
lugupwithtrashand
the
n push dirt
Inst
all stub guard
con
version kit
See your MacDon Dealer
Cutterbar pushing too
much trash and dirt
Improper support for
header
Install center skid shoes
on header
See your MacDon Dealer
Tire tracks or row crop
ridges caused by seeding
or spraying operations
Cut at angle to ridges, or
crop rows to allow knife
and guard s to c lean out
better
Cutterbar pushing too
much dirt in certain
locations for length of
field
Rolling land along length
of fie ld due to cultiv ating
C
ut at 90° to undulations,
provided knife floats
across without digging in
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