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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS..........................................................................................................3
1. SAFETY...............................................................................................................................5
2. OPERATION AND FUNCTION.......................................................................................13
3. IDENTIFICATION AND SPECIFICATIONS..................................................................16
3.1. Identification..............................................................................................................................16
3.2. Specifications.............................................................................................................................17
3.2.1. Dimensions.............................................................................................................17
3.2.2. Gearbox Lubricant: EP-00 (liquid) grease, and SAE 80W-140 standard
lubricating oil....................................................................................................................17
3.2.3. Pitch of the gathering auger: 560 mm (22”)..........................................................17
3.2.4. Input shaft speed of the snapping unit drive: 550 rpm ...........................................17
3.2.5. Length of chopped stalk: average 50 mm, depending on crop conditions. ............17
3.2.6. Adjustment of the snapping plate: central in-cab control switch. ..........................17
3.2.7. Available row spacing: 20” – 22” – 28” – 30” (50.8 cm – 56 cm – 70 – 76.2 cm)
with addition of specified snouts and dividers. ................................................................17
4. SHIPPING CONDITIONS.................................................................................................18
5. MOUNTING THE CORN HEAD ON THE COMBINE ..................................................20
6. RUN-IN PROCEDURE.....................................................................................................28
7. SETUP PROCEDURE AND ADJUSTMENT OF THE CORN HEAD...........................29
7. 1. Frame ........................................................................................................................................29
7.2. Auger..........................................................................................................................................30
7.3. Input Gearbox Drive ..................................................................................................................31
7.4. Snapping units............................................................................................................................32
7.4.1. Snapping rolls adjustment ......................................................................................32
7.4.2. Snapping plate adjustment......................................................................................33
7.4.3. Vine knife adjustment.............................................................................................34
7.4.4. Gathering chain adjustment....................................................................................34
7.4.5. Gearbox timing and backlash adjustment...............................................................35
7.5. Header Drive Shafts...................................................................................................................35
7.6. Plastic snout adjustment ............................................................................................................36
7.7. Automatic header height control................................................................................................36
8. HARVESTING ..................................................................................................................37
8.1. Stalk chopper .............................................................................................................................38
8.2. Harvestec Corn Head Automatic Header Height Control (AHHC) System..............................39
9. ROW SPACING ADJUSTMENT.....................................................................................40