MacDon D65 SP DHOM User Manual
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Symptom
Problem
Solution
Section
Float insufficient.
Increase float.
Consider installing
optional stub guards.
Cutterbar guards
breaking
Excessive number of
rocks in field.
Tip: Experiment with a
few guards on a section of
cutterbar to compare the
performance of the two
different styles of guards.
6.5.7 Knife Guards, page
144
8.2.3 Stub Guard
Conversion Kit, page
262
Header too heavy.
Re-adjust float to make
header lighter.
Decrease header angle
with lift cylinders.
Header angle too steep.
Shorten the center-link.
Regular guards push dirt
and plug up with trash
or plug up with trash and
then push dirt.
Install stub guard kit.
8.2.3 Stub Guard
Conversion Kit, page
262
Cutterbar pushing too
much trash and dirt
Insufficient support for
header.
Install center skid shoes
on header.
Adjust front deck supports
to obtain proper clearance
between cutterbar and
draper.
6.7.7 Adjusting Deck
Height, page 186
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 from crop
flow on drapers.
Straighten fingers (steel).
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Raise reel.
Reel carries over odd
plants in same location
Dirt accumulation on end
of fingers prevent plants
dropping off fingers onto
drapers.
Adjust reel fore and aft
location to move fingers
out of the ground.
4.7.9 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 58
Tire tracks or row crop
ridges.
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.
Cut at 90° to undulations,
provided knife floats
across without digging in.
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