MacDon 742 HAY CONDITIONER - Manual (Page 87)

Form # 46290 Issue 09/05 85
TROUBLESHOOTING
SYMPTOM
PROBLEM SOLUTION REF.
WINDROW FORMATION - GRAIN (continued)
Heads in center (too much
herringbone).
Draper speed too fast or
draper angle too steep.
Reduce draper speed
and/or decrease draper
angle. 27
Ground speed too fast. Reduce ground speed. 25
Crop too green. Allow to mature. ---
All heads to one side. Crop leaning to one side
and reel too slow.
Increase reel speed to
reorient crop parallel to
draper slats and/or increase
finger pitch aggressiveness. 33
35
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. 25
27
Reel too low. Raise reel. 33
Reel too fast. Reduce reel speed. 33
Draper angle too steep. Decrease draper angle. 27
Material not feeding
evenly off of sickle.
Lower reel.
Install stub guards.
33
63
Reel speed too slow
causing bats to push
crop forward.
Increase reel speed so reel
gathers crop, pushing it
back. 33
Uneven windrow in down
crop. Reel finger pitch not
aggressive enough,
causing hesitation at
endsheet corners.
Increase finger pitch
aggressiveness to 1 or 2
notches past 90
°.
35
Uneven windrow in standing
crop. Reel finger pitch too
aggressive, disturbing
crop flow on draper.
Decrease finger pitch
aggressiveness to 2 notches
retarded from 90
°.
35
Reel too far back,
disturbing crop flow on
draper.
Move reel forward. 34