MacDon D65 - Adjusting Inner Skid Shoes; Adjusting Outer Skid Shoes

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Adjusting Inner Skid Shoes
Adjust the inner skid shoes to affect stubble height when cutting on the ground. Ensure both inner and outer skid shoes
should be set to the same height.
DANGER
To prevent bodily injury or death from the unexpected start-up or fall of a raised machine, always stop the engine,
remove the key, and engage the safety props before going under the header for any reason.
1. Raise the header fully.
2. Shut down the engine, and remove the key from the ignition.
3. Engage the header safety props. For instructions, refer to the windrower operator’s manual.
4. Raise the stabilizer wheels or slow speed transport wheels fully (if installed). For instructions, refer to the following:
• Adjusting Stabilizer Wheels, page 54
• Adjusting Stabilizer/Slow Speed Transport Wheels, page 52
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C
B
A
Figure 3.26: Inner Skid Shoe
5. Remove lynch pin (A) from each skid shoe.
6. Hold shoe (B) and remove pin (C) by disengaging it from the
frame and pulling it away from the shoe.
7. Raise or lower skid shoe (B) to achieve the desired position
using the holes in support (D) as a guide.
8. Install pin (C), engage the pin in the frame, and secure it
with lynch pin (A).
9. Check that all skid shoes are equally adjusted.
10. Adjust the header angle to the desired working position
using the machine’s header angle controls. If the header
angle is not critical, set it to the mid-position.
11. Check the header float as described in your windrower
operator’s manual.
Adjusting Outer Skid Shoes
Adjust the outer skid shoes to affect stubble height when cutting on the ground. Ensure both inner and outer skid shoes
are set to the same height.
DANGER
To prevent bodily injury or death from the unexpected start-up or fall of a raised machine, always stop the engine,
remove the key, and engage the safety props before going under the header for any reason.
1. Raise the header fully.
2. Shut down the engine, and remove the key from the ignition.
3. Engage the header safety props. For instructions, refer to the windrower operator’s manual.
OPERATION