MacDon D60 Draper Headers - Manual (Page 153)

SECTION 9. TROUBLESHOOTING
* See your MacDon dealer.
** Refer to Windrower Operator’s Manual.
*** Refer to Windrower Technical Service Manual.
Form 169441 151 Revision B
SYMPTOM PROBLEM SOLUTION SECTION
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). ---
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
Reel Carries Over Excessive
Amounts Of Plants Or Wads.
Excessive accumulation of crop
on drapers (up to height of reel
center tube).
Increase draper speed. 7.12.6
Finger pitch too retarded. Increase finger pitch. 7.12.10
Reel Wraps Up With Crop. Reel too low. Raise reel. 7.12.8
Reel Ends Wrap Up With
Crop. Uncut crop interfering on reel
ends.
Add reel endshields. 10.9
9.6 WINDROW FORMATION
SYMPTOM PROBLEM SOLUTION SECTION
Heads On Ground (Flowered
Out).
Draper speed too slow. Increase draper speed. 7.12.6
Draper angle too flat. Increase header angle. 7.12.3
Ground speed too slow. Increase ground speed. 7.12.5
Crop too ripe.
Cut material before too
mature.
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Hollow In Center.
Draper speed too slow. Increase draper speed. 7.12.6
Delivery opening too wide.
Decrease delivery opening
width.
7.13
Heads In Center (Too Much
Herringbone).
Draper speed too fast or draper
angle too steep. Reduce draper speed and/or
decrease draper angle. 7.12.6
7.12.3
Ground speed too fast. Reduce ground speed. 7.12.5
Crop too green. Allow to mature. ---
All Heads To One Side.
Crop leaning to one side and
reel too slow.
Increase reel speed to re-
orient crop parallel to draper
slats and/or increase finger
pitch aggressiveness.
7.12.4
7.12.10
Uneven Windrow (Any Crop
Condition).
Ground speed too fast for
drapers, causing heads to fan
out and causing crop to come off
draper in bunches.
Reduce ground speed or
increase draper speed. 7.12.5
7.12.6
Reel too low. Raise reel. 7.12.8
Reel too fast. Reduce reel speed. 7.12.4