MacDon FlexDraper FD130 - Chapter 7: Troubleshooting; Crop Loss at Cutterbar

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7 Troubleshooting
7.1 Crop Loss at Cutterbar
Problem
Solution Refer to
Symptom: Does not pick up downed crop
Cutterbar too high
Lower cutterbar
• 3.7.1 Cutting off the Ground,
page 58
• 3.7.2 Cutting on the Ground,
page 62
Header angle too low Increase header angle
3.7.5 Header Angle, page 81
Reel too high Lower reel
3.7.10 Reel Height, page 95
Reel too far back Move reel forward
3.7.11 Reel Fore-Aft Position, page
99
Ground speed too fast for reel speed
Increase reel speed or reduce
ground speed
• 3.7.6 Reel Speed, page 89
• 3.7.7 Ground Speed, page 90
Reel fingers not lifting crop
sufficiently
Increase finger pitch
aggressiveness
3.7.12 Reel Tine Pitch, page 111
Reel fingers not lifting crop
sufficiently
Install lifter guards See your MacDon Dealer
Symptom: Heads shattering or breaking off
Reel speed too fast
Reduce reel speed
3.7.6 Reel Speed, page 89
Reel too low Raise reel 3.7.10 Reel Height, page 95
Ground speed too fast
Reduce ground speed
3.7.7 Ground Speed, page 90
Crop too ripe
Operate at night when humidity is
higher
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Symptom: Material accumulating in gap between cut-out in endsheet and knifehead
Crop heads leaning away from
knifehead hole in endsheet
Add knifehead shields (except in
damp or sticky soils)
5.8.8 Knifehead Shield, page 452
Symptom: Strips of uncut material
Crowding uncut crop
Allow enough room for crop to be
fed to cutterbar
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Broken knife sections
Replace broken sections
5.8.1 Replacing Knife Section, page
437
Symptom: Excessive bouncing at normal field speed
Float set too light
Adjust header float
3.7.3 Header Float, page 64