MacDon FD75 - Page 523

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Symptom
Problem
Solution Refer to
Cutterbar guards breaking
Excessive amount of
rocks in field
Consider installing
optional stub guards
Tip: Experiment with a few
guards on a section of
cutterbar to compare the
performance of the two
different styles of guards
• 6.3.3 Stub Guard
Conversion Kit, page 482
• See your MacDon
Dealer
Reel shattering pods
Reel running too fast
Reduce reel speed
3.7.5 Reel Speed, page
79
Reel shattering pods Bean pods are too dry
Cut at night with heavy
dew once pods have
softened
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Reel shattering pods
Reel finger pitch not
aggressive enough
Increase finger
aggressiveness (cam
position)
3.7.11 Reel Tine Pitch,
page 91
Reel shattering pods
Reel too far forward of
cutterbar C-section
Reposition reel
3.7.11 Reel Tine Pitch,
page 91
Cutterbar pushing too
much trash and dirt
Header too heavy
Readjust float to make
header lighter
3.7.2 Header Float, page
58
Cutterbar pushing too
much trash and dirt
Header angle too steep
Decrease header angle
with lift cylinders
3.7.4 Header Angle, page
76
Cutterbar pushing too
much trash and dirt
Header angle too steep
Shorten the center-link
3.7.4 Header Angle, page
76
Cutterbar pushing too
much trash and dirt
Regular guards push dirt
and plug up with trash or
plug up with trash and
then push dirt
Install stub guard
conversion kit
See your MacDon Dealer
Cutterbar pushing too
much trash and dirt
Improper support for
header
Install center skid shoes
on header
See your MacDon Dealer
Cutterbar pushing too
much dirt in certain
locations for length of field
Tire tracks or row crop
ridges caused by seeding
or spraying operations
Cut at angle to ridges, or
crop rows to allow knife
and guards to clean out
better
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Cutterbar pushing too
much dirt in certain
locations for length of field
Rolling land along length
of field due to cultivating
Cut at 90° to undulations,
provided knife floats
across without digging in
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Cutterbar fills up with dirt
Excessive gap between
top of front of draper and
cutterbar
Adjust front deck hooks to
obtain proper clearance
between cutterbar
and draper
5.12.5 Adjusting Deck
Height, page 424
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
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