John Deere 712FC Folding Corn Head Operator Manual OMHXE147783

Table of Content:

1 Introduction
1.1 Foreword
1.2 A Message to Our Customers
1.3 Identification View
2 Safety Features
2.1 Header Safety Features
3 Safety
3.1 Recognize Safety Information
3.2 Understand Signal Words
3.3 Follow Safety Instructions
3.4 French and Spanish Safety Signs and Operator’s Manual
3.5 Ballasting for Safe Ground Contact
3.6 Parking and Leaving the Machine
3.7 Prepare for Emergencies
3.8 Wear Protective Clothing
3.9 Stay Clear of Harvesting Units
3.10 Use Safety Lights and Devices
3.11 Transport Combine With Header Safely
3.12 Road Transport Disconnect Switch
3.13 Practice Safe Maintenance
3.14 Remove Paint Before Welding or Heating
3.15 Avoid Heating Near Pressurized Fluid Lines
3.16 Avoid Entanglement
3.17 Avoid Contact With Moving Parts
3.18 Stay Clear of Rotating Drivelines
3.19 Guards and Shields
3.20 Avoid High-Pressure Fluids
3.21 Service Accumulator Systems Safely
3.22 Service Machines Safely
3.23 Service Drive Belts Safely
3.24 Protect Against High Pressure Spray
3.25 Decommissioning ? Proper Recycling and Disposal of Fluids and Components
3.26 Support Machine Properly
3.27 Store Attachments Safely
4 Safety Signs
4.1 Front View Decals
4.2 Rear View Decals
4.3 Rear View Decals (Continued)
4.4 Replace Safety Signs
5 Transporting
5.1 Transporting on Trailer
5.2 Transporting on Combine
6 Attaching and Detaching
6.1 Attaching Header to Feeder House
6.2 Detaching Header from Feeder House
7 Calibration and Settings
7.1 When to Calibrate
7.2 Calibration Error Codes
7.3 User Calibration Procedures
7.4 Adjusting Feeder House Drop Rate and Sensitivity
7.5 Wing Position Calibration
8 Operating the Corn Head
8.1 General Information
8.2 Drive and Operate Carefully
8.3 Corn Head Speed of Travel
8.4 Armrest Functions
8.5 Active Header Control Display?Features
8.6 Description of Automatic Header Height Control Systems
8.7 Header Engage/Disengage Drive
8.8 Deck Plate Control and Resume
8.9 Folding and Unfolding the Corn Head
8.10 Limp Home Mode
8.11 Combines With Fixed-Speed Feeder House
8.12 Harvesting Corn With Weakened or Broken Stalks
8.13 Harvesting Popcorn
8.14 Gatherers
8.15 Row Units
8.16 Auger
8.17 Hydraulic Adjustable Deck Plates
8.18 Outer Gatherer Extensions
8.19 Raising and Removing Inner Gatherer Points and Shields
8.20 Raising, Tilting, and Removing Outer Gatherer Points and Shields
8.21 Engaging and Disengaging StalkMaster? Chopping Knives
9 Attachments and Options
9.1 Stalk Roll Details
9.2 Stalk Roll Types
9.3 Ear Savers
9.4 Active Header Control Ground Sensors
9.5 StalkMaster? Chopping Gear Cases (Optional)
9.6 AutoTrac? RowSense?
9.7 Stubble Lights
9.8 Stalk Strykers
10 Adjustments ? Corn Head
10.1 Adjusting and Leveling Gatherer Points
10.2 Adjusting Trash Knives
10.3 Adjusting Gatherer Chain Tension
10.4 Adjusting Gatherer Chain Flights
10.5 Adjusting Deck Plates
10.6 Adjusting Row Unit Drive Chain
10.7 Adjusting Row Unit Drive Sprockets with Fixed Speed Drive ONLY
10.8 Adjusting Auger Height
10.9 Adjusting Lower Stripper
10.10 Coupling the Chain
10.11 Adjusting Auger Drive Chain
11 Lubrication
11.1 Grease
11.2 Lubricant Storage
11.3 Alternative and Synthetic Lubricants
11.4 Mixing of Lubricants
12 Lubrication and Maintenance
12.1 Service Interval Chart?Every 10 Hours
12.2 Every 10 Hours of Operation
12.3 Service Interval Chart?Every 200 Hours
12.4 Every 200 Hours of Operation
12.5 Service Interval Chart?Every 400 Hours
12.6 Every 400 Hours of Operation
12.7 Service Interval Chart?Every 1000 Hours
12.8 Every 1000 Hours of Operation
13 Service
13.1 Feeder House Safety Stop
13.2 Remove and Install Stalk Rolls
13.3 Reversing Gatherer Chains and Sprockets for Additional Wear
13.4 Remove and Install Gatherer Chain
13.5 Remove and Install Oil Pan
13.6 Remove and Install Wear Strips
13.7 Remove and Install StalkMaster? Chopping Knife Blades
13.8 Stubble Light Bulb Replacement
13.9 Header Warning Light Bulb Replacement
13.10 Phasing and Bleeding Folding Cylinders
14 Troubleshooting
14.1 Corn Head
14.2 Active Header Control (AHC)
15 Storage
15.1 End of Season Service
15.2 Beginning of Season Service
16 Specifications
16.1 Specifications
16.2 Keep Machines Secure
16.3 Header Identification Number
16.4 Keep Proof of Ownership
16.5 Unified Inch Bolt and Screw Torque Values
16.6 Metric Bolt and Screw Torque Values
17 John Deere Service Literature Available
17.1 Technical Information
18 John Deere Service Keeps You On The Job
18.1 John Deere Is At Your Service