MacDon FD75 OM - Manual (Page 426)

TROUBLESHOOTING
Symptom Problem Solution Section
Float insufficient Increase float
4.7.3 Header Float, page
137
Cutterbar Guards
Breaking
Excessive amount of
rocks in field
Consider installing
optional stub guards
Tip:
Experiment with a
few guards on a section
of cutterbar to compare
the performance of the two
different styles of guards
8.1.16 Stub Guard
Conversion Kit, page 420
,
and See your MacDon
Dealer
Reel running too fast Reduce reel speed
4.7.5 Reel Speed, page
146
Bean pods are too dry
Cut at night with heavy
dew once pods have
softened
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Reel finger pitch not
aggressive enough
Increase finger
aggressiveness (cam
position)
Reel Shattering Pods
Reel too far forward of
cutterbar C-section
Reposition reel
4.7.11 Reel Tine Pitch,
page 156
Header too heavy
Readjust float to make
header lighter 4.7.3 Header Float, page
137
Decrease header angle
with lift cylinders
Header angle too steep
Shorten the center-link
4.7.4 Header Angle, page
145
Regular guards push dirt
and plug up with trash
or plug up with trash and
then push dirt
Install Stub Guard
Conversion kit
See your MacDon Dealer,
6.8.7 Knife Guards, page
304
, Knife Hold-Downs,
page 309 , and 8.1.16 Stub
Guard Conversion Kit,
page 420
Cutterbar Pushing Too
Much Trash And Dirt
Improper support for
header Install center skid shoes
on header
See your MacDon Dealer
Tire tracks or row crop
ridges caused by seeding
or spraying operations
Cut at angle to ridges, or
crop rows to allow knife
and guards to clean out
better
Cutterbar Pushing Too
Much Dirt In Certain
Locations For Length Of
Field
Rolling land along length
of field due to cultivating
Cut at 90° to undulations,
provided knife floats
across without digging in
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