MacDon FD75 OM User Manual
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Symptom
Problem
Solution
Section
Adjust front deck hooks to
obtain proper clearance
between cutterbar and
draper
6.11.5 Adjusting Deck
Height, page 339
Cutterbar Fills Up With
Dirt
Excessive gap between
top of front of draper and
cutterbar
Raise header fully at each
end of field or as required
and shift decks back and
forth to help clean out
cutterbar
—
Reel fingers (steel) bent
and hook plants out of the
crop flow on drapers
Straighten fingers (steel)
—
Raise reel
Reel Carries Over Odd
Plants In Same Location
Dirt accumulation on end
of fingers do not let plants
slide off fingers over
drapers
Adjust reel fore and aft
location to move fingers
out of the ground
4.7.10 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 152
Excessive accumulation
of crop on drapers (up to
height of reel center tube)
Increase draper speed
Reel Carries Over
Excessive Amounts
Of Plants Or Wads
Finger pitch too retarded
Increase finger pitch
4.7.11 Reel Tine Pitch,
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