MacDon D60 Draper Headers - Manual (Page 152)

SECTION 9. TROUBLESHOOTING
* See your MacDon dealer.
** Refer to Windrower Operator’s Manual.
*** Refer to Windrower Technical Service Manual.
Form 169441 150 Revision B
SYMPTOM PROBLEM SOLUTION SECTION
Cutterbar Guards Breaking.
Float insufficient. Increase float. 7.12.2
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.
* & 8.7.6
& 10.3
Cutterbar Pushing Too
Much Trash And Dirt.
Header too heavy.
Re-adjust float to make
header lighter.
7.12.2
Header angle too steep.
Decrease header angle with
lift cylinders.
7.12.3
Shorten the center-link. 7.12.3
Regular guards push dirt and
plug up with trash or plug up
with trash and then push dirt.
Install stub guard kit. 10.3
Improper support for header.
Install center skid shoes on
header.
7.12.1.2
Cutterbar Pushing Too
Much Dirt In Certain
Locations For Length Of
Field.
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.
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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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Cutterbar Fills Up With Dirt.
Excessive gap between top of
front of draper and cutterbar.
Adjust front deck supports to
obtain proper clearance
between cutterbar and
draper.
8.8.6
Raise header fully at each
end of field or as required
and shift decks back and
forth to help clean out
cutterbar.
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Reel Carries Over Odd
Plants In Same Location.
Reel fingers (steel) bent and
hook plants out of the crop flow
on drapers.
Straighten fingers (steel).
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Dirt accumulation on end of
fingers do not let plants slide off
fingers over drapers.
Raise reel.
Adjust reel fore and aft
location to move fingers out
of the ground.
7.12.8
7.12.9