MacDon FlexDraper FD1 Series Operator's Manual page 599

Symptom: Cutterbar fills up with dirt
Excessive gap between draper and cutterbar
Excessive gap between draper and cutterbar
Symptom: Reel occasionally carries over plants in same location
Steel fingers bent and hooking plants from drapers
Dirt accumulation on end of fingers preventing plants
from falling off fingers onto drapers
Dirt accumulation on end of fingers preventing plants
from falling off fingers onto drapers
Symptom: Cutterbar pushing soil
Tire tracks or row crop ridges
Rolling terrain along length of field
Symptom: Reel carries over an excessive amount of plants or wads
Excessive accumulation of crop on drapers (up to reel
center tube)
Finger pitch too slow
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TROUBLESHOOTING
Problem Solution
Adjust front deck supports
to achieve proper
clearance between
cutterbar and draper
Raise header fully at each
end of field (or as
required) and shift decks
back and forth to help
clean out cutterbar
Straighten fingers (steel)
Raise reel
Adjust reel fore-aft
position to move fingers
out of the ground
Cut at angle to crop rows
or ridges
Cut at 90° to undulations
(provided knife floats
across without digging in)
Increase draper speed
Increase finger pitch
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Refer to
5.14.5 Adjusting Deck
Height, page 492
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3.7.10 Reel Height, page
95
3.7.11 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 99
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3.7.8 Draper Speed, page
91
3.7.12 Reel Tine Pitch,
page 111
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