Chapter 7: Troubleshooting; Crop Loss At Cutterbar - MacDon FlexDraper FD1 Series Operator's Manual

7 Troubleshooting

7.1 Crop Loss at Cutterbar

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