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8.5 Cutting Edible Beans
Problem Solution Refer to
Symptom: Excessive losses at dividers
Divider rod running down crop and
shattering pods
Remove divider rod
3.7.13 Crop Divider Rods, page 105
Vines and plants build up on endsheet
Install divider rod
3.7.13 Crop Divider Rods, page 105
Symptom: Reel ends wrap with crop
Uncut crop interfering on reel ends
Add reel endshields
See your MacDon Dealer
Symptom: Reel wraps with crop
Reel too low Raise reel
3.7.9 Reel Height, page 89
Symptom: 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 Ground, page 58
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 60
Reel too high Fully retract reel cylinders 3.7.9 Reel Height, page 89
Reel too high with cylinders fully
retracted
Adjust reel height Adjusting Reel Clearance, page 467
Reel finger pitch not aggressive
enough
Adjust finger pitch 3.7.11 Reel Tine Pitch, page 97
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 90
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 78
Reel too slow
Adjust reel speed to be marginally
faster than ground speed
3.7.5 Reel Speed, page 85
Ground speed too high Lower ground speed 3.7.6 Ground Speed, page 86
Header skid shoes adjusted too low
Raise skid shoes to maximum up
position
Cutting on Ground, page 58
Dirt packs on bottom of cutterbar and
raises cutterbar off the ground
Install cutterbar wear plate on bottom
of cutterbar and skid shoes
See your MacDon Dealer
Worn/damaged knife sections
Replace sections or complete knife
• 6.8.1 Replacing Knife Section, page
399
• 6.8.2 Removing Knife, page 400
• 6.8.5 Installing Knife, page 402
Dirt packs on bottom of cutterbar with
wear plate and raises cutterbar off the
ground
Ground too wet; allow soil to dry
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Dirt packs on bottom of cutterbar with
wear plate and raises cutterbar off the
ground
Manually clean the bottom of
cutterbar when accumulation gets
unacceptable
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TROUBLESHOOTING
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