John Deere C12F, C16F, C18F Folding Corn Heads Operator Manual OMHXE161273

Table of Content:

1 Introduction
1.1 Foreword
1.2 A Message to Our Customers
1.3 Identification View
2 Safety Features
2.1 Corn Head 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 Corn Head 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 Multicoupler Electric Conversion (If Necessary)
6.2 Attaching Front-End Equipment to Combine
6.3 Adjust Corn Head Parking Stand
6.4 Detaching Front-End Equipment from Combine
7 Calibration and Settings
7.1 When to Calibrate
7.2 Corn Head Sensor Locations
7.3 Calibration Error Codes
7.4 User Calibration Procedures Generation 3 CommandCenter? Display
7.5 User Calibration Procedures Generation 4 CommandCenter? Display
7.6 Adjusting Feeder House Drop Rate and Sensitivity Generation 3 CommandCenter?
7.7 Adjusting Feeder House Drop Rate and Sensitivity Generation 4 CommandCenter? Display
7.8 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 Generation 3 CommandCenter?
8.5 Armrest Functions Generation 4 CommandCenter?
8.6 Active Header Control Display Features?Generation 3 CommandCenter? Display
8.7 Active Header Control Display Features?Generation 4 CommandCenter? Display
8.8 Description of Automatic Header Height Control Systems
8.9 Header Engage/Disengage Drive
8.10 Deck Plate Control and Resume Generation 3 CommandCenter? Display
8.11 Deck Plate Control and Resume Generation 4 CommandCenter? Display
8.12 Limp Home Mode Generation 3 CommandCenter? Display
8.13 Limp Home Mode Generation 4 CommandCenter? Display
8.14 Folding and Unfolding the Corn Head
8.15 Combines with Fixed-Speed Feeder House
8.16 Harvesting Corn with Weakened or Broken Stalks
8.17 Harvesting Down Corn
8.18 Harvesting Popcorn
8.19 Gathering Points
8.20 Row Units
8.21 Auger
8.22 Hydraulic Adjustable Deck Plates
8.23 End Fenders
8.24 Active End Fenders (If Equipped)
8.25 Raising and Removing Inner Gatherer Points and Shields
8.26 Raising and Tilting Outer Gatherer Points and Shields
8.27 Engaging and Disengaging StalkMaster? Chopping Knives
9 Attachments and Options
9.1 Stalk Roll Details
9.2 Stalk Roll Types
9.3 Corn Head Parking Stand Adjustments
9.4 Ear Savers
9.5 Active Header Control Ground Sensors
9.6 StalkMaster? Chopping Gear Cases (Optional)
9.7 AutoTrac? RowSense?
9.8 Stubble Lights
9.9 Stalk Deflectors
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 Plate Linkage
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 Adjusting Active End Fender Stripper
10.11 Coupling the Chain
10.12 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 Using High-Pressure Washers
12.2 Using Pressurized Air
12.3 Important Considerations
12.4 Working Underneath or Around Feeder House
13 Maintenance?Every 50 Hours
13.1 Service Interval Chart?Every 50 Hours
13.2 Lubricate Input Driveshafts
14 Maintenance?Every 200 Hours
14.1 Service Interval Chart?Every 200 Hours
14.2 Inspect and Adjust Chains?Gatherer, Auger Drive, and Row Unit Drive
14.3 Replace Oil in Row Unit Drive Chains
14.4 Lubricate Auger Drive Chains
14.5 Check Oil in Row Unit Gear Cases
14.6 Lubricate Row Unit Slip Clutches
14.7 Check Oil in StalkMaster? Gear Cases (If Equipped)
14.8 Lubricate Folding Cylinders
14.9 Lubricate Coupled Driveshafts
15 Maintenance?Every 1000 Hours
15.1 Service Interval Chart?Every 1000 Hours
15.2 Replace Oil in Row Unit Gear Cases
15.3 Replace Oil in StalkMaster? Chopping Gear Cases
16 Service
16.1 Feeder House Safety Stop
16.2 Remove and Install Stalk Rolls
16.3 Reversing Gatherer Chains and Sprockets for Additional Wear
16.4 Remove and Install Gatherer Chain
16.5 Remove and Install Oil Pan
16.6 Remove and Install Wear Strips
16.7 Remove and Install StalkMaster? Chopping Knife Blades
16.8 Warning Light Replacement (if equipped)
16.9 Stubble Light Replacement
16.10 End Panel Light Replacement
16.11 Divider Point Light Replacement
16.12 Phasing and Bleeding Folding Cylinders
17 Troubleshooting
17.1 Corn Head
17.2 Active Header Control (AHC)
18 Storage
18.1 End of Season Service
18.2 Beginning of Season Service
19 Specifications
19.1 Specifications
19.2 Unified Inch Bolt and Screw Torque Values
19.3 Metric Bolt and Screw Torque Values
20 Identification Numbers
20.1 Identification Numbers
20.2 Identification Plate
20.3 Identification Plate Location
20.4 Keep Proof of Ownership
20.5 Keep Machines Secure
21 Index
22 John Deere Service Literature Available
22.1 Technical Information
23 John Deere Service Keeps You On The Job
23.1 John Deere Is At Your Service