Cutting Edible Beans - MacDon D65 Operator's Manual

7.5 Cutting Edible Beans

Use the following tables to determine the cause of any cutting edible bean problems and the recommended solutions.
Problem
Symptom: Plants Being Stripped and Complete or Partial Plants Left Behind
Header off ground
Float set too light—rides on high spots
and does not lower soon enough
Reel too high
Reel too high with cylinders fully
retracted
Finger pitch not aggressive enough
Reel too far aft
Header angle too shallow
Header angle too shallow
Reel too slow
Ground speed too fast
Skid shoes too low
Dirt packs on bottom of cutterbar and
raises cutterbar off the ground
Dirt packing on bottom of cutterbar
with plastic wear strips on cutterbar
and raises cutterbar off the ground
Dirt packing on bottom of cutterbar
with plastic wear strips on cutterbar
and raises cutterbar off the ground
Plastic wear strip for cutterbar has
been installed over top of steel
wearplates
Header not level
Worn/damaged knife sections
Parts of vines get caught in pointed
guard tip. (Occurs more in row-
cropped beans that are hilled from
cultivating)
Symptom: Excessive Losses at Dividers
214327
TROUBLESHOOTING
Solution
Lower header to ground and run on
skid shoes and/or cutterbar
Set float as follows:
• Dry ground: 445-667 N
(100–150 lbf)
• Wet ground: 222–445 N
(50–100 lbf)
Fully retract reel cylinders
Adjust reel height
Adjust finger pitch
Move reel forward until the fingertips
skim the soil surface with header on
the ground and the center-link
properly adjusted
Lengthen center-link
If cutting on ground, header angle can
be increased by fully retracting lift
cylinders
Adjust reel speed to be marginally
faster than ground speed
Lower ground speed
Raise skid shoes to highest setting
Install plastic wear strips on bottom of
cutterbar and skid shoes
Ground too wet. Allow soil to dry
Manually clean the bottom of
cutterbar when accumulation gets
unacceptable
Remove steel cutterbar wearplates
when installing the plastic wear strips
for cutterbar
Level header
Replace sections or complete knife
Install stub guard kit
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Refer to
3.7.3 Cutting on the Ground, page 55
3.7.4 Header Float, page 57
3.7.10 Reel Height, page 60
3.7.10 Reel Height, page 60
3.7.12 Reel Tine Pitch, page 68
3.7.11 Reel Fore-Aft Position, page 61
Controlling Header Angle, page 57
Controlling Header Angle, page 57
3.7.6 Reel Speed, page 58
3.7.6 Reel Speed, page 58
3.7.3 Cutting on the Ground, page 55
See your MacDon Dealer
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3.12 Leveling Header, page 91
5.5 Cutterbar, page 138
6.2.3 Stub Guard Conversion Kit, page
247
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