MacDon D60 Draper Headers - Manual (Page 150)

SECTION 9. TROUBLESHOOTING
* See your MacDon dealer.
** Refer to Windrower Operator’s Manual.
*** Refer to Windrower Technical Service Manual.
Form 169441 148 Revision B
SYMPTOM PROBLEM SOLUTION SECTION
Material Accumulating On
End Deflectors And
Releasing In Bunches.
End deflectors too wide.
For headers with manual
deck shift only, trim deflector
or replace with narrow
deflector (172381).
7.17
9.5 CUTTING EDIBLE BEANS
SYMPTOM PROBLEM SOLUTION SECTION
Plants Being Stripped, and
Complete Or Partial Plants
Left Behind.
Header being carried off
ground.
Lower header to ground and
run on skid shoes and/or
cutterbar.
7.12.1.2
Float set too light - rides on
high spots and does not get
back down soon enough.
Set float for:
100 - 150 lbf - dry ground
50 - 100 lbf - wet ground.
7.12.2
Reel being operated too high. Fully retract reel cylinders. 7.12.8
Reel too high with cylinders
fully retracted.
Adjust reel height. 8.9.1
Finger pitch not aggressive
enough.
Adjust finger pitch. 7.12.10
Reel too far back on reel
support arms.
Move reel forward until the
fingertips skim the soil
surface with header on
ground and center-link
properly adjusted.
7.12.9
Header angle too shallow.
Lengthen center-link.
If cutting on ground, header
angle can be increased by
fully retracting lift cylinders.
7.12.3
Reel too slow.
Adjust reel speed to be
marginally faster than
ground speed.
7.12.4
Ground speed too fast. Lower ground speed. 7.12.5
Header skid shoes adjusted too
low. Raise skid shoes to
maximum “up” position.
7.12.1.2
Dirt packs on bottom of
cutterbar and raises cutterbar
off the ground. Install plastic wear strips on
bottom of cutterbar and skid
shoes.
*
Dirt packing on bottom of
cutterbar with poly wear strips
on cutterbar and raises
cutterbar off the ground.
Ground too wet. Allow soil
to dry.
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Manually clean the bottom of
cutterbar when accumulation
gets unacceptable.