Pearson enterprise harvester

[dave6470]

Hi new to forum looking for good clean Pearson enterprise potato harvester needs wheel drive and picking table are there any common problems that I wood need to look out for

 

[grumpy]

a grimme dl1700 no do you?but i would want the wet conditions kit on the main webb
http://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/grimme-dl1700-wheel-drive-potato-harvester.9334/

 

[dave6470]

Thank did see that add looked at one at a dealer he also had Pearson but had sold it the thing I liked was it was a lot shorter have a lot of small fields and narrow roads around friend has one had to get a kV 2200 to dig fields he had problems getting into

 

[grumpy]

http://www.farmingads.co.uk/pearson...newmarket/Farm-machinery-and-equipment/262458

 

[John 1594]

ideally you want to see it in work with a load on the web. These things can run fine with no load, but as they get older they main web drive becomes weaker to the point where it will keep stalling when you have the speed knob in the low numbers and a heavy crop on the web. When you turn the dial up to increase the flow it will grab hold and go with such force it will fire the potatoes over the top of the star cleaners, thats the sign that the drive motor/flow valve is on its way out

similar applies to all the other vary-speed valves on the stars, dolmans and elavator, make sure they will throttle right down under a good load without stalling, its a good indication of the general condition of the machine

wheel bearings are a bit of a weak point on them, had one fail where i worked and the wheel did come off

lots of sensors and wiring on the lifting gear for auto depth control, make sure that all works ok

windrowing kit is handy addition, as is an oil cooler for the main pump

there was 3 pumps on ours, 1st one drove main web, second drove stars and dolmans, 3rd one drove elevator

 

[dave6470]

Thank for the info John 1594 was hoping to try one be for buying