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MacDon C Series Unloading And Assembly Instructions

MacDon C Series Unloading And Assembly Instructions

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C Series
Corn Header
Unloading and Assembly Instructions
(Dealer
Shipments)
215037
Revision B
Original Instruction
The harvesting specialists.

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  • Page 1 C Series Corn Header Unloading and Assembly Instructions (Dealer Shipments) 215037 Revision B Original Instruction The harvesting specialists.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    680 Moray Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3J 3S3 T. (204) 885-5590 f. (204) 895-9146 www.macdon.com Unload and Assembly, Dealer – C Series The following instructions are to be completed when receiving a C Series header and prepping for field use. Table of Contents Safety ..................................2 Header Lifting Points ..............................

  • Page 3: Safety

    U&A, Dealer – C Series MacDon Industries Ltd. 680 Moray Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3J 3S3 T. (204) 885-5590 f. (204) 895-9146 www.macdon.com Safety 1.1 Signal Words Three signal words, DANGER, WARNING, and CAUTION, are used to alert you to hazardous situations. Two signal words, IMPORTANT and NOTE, identify non-safety related information.
  • Page 4 U&A, Dealer – C Series MacDon Industries Ltd. 680 Moray Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3J 3S3 T. (204) 885-5590 f. (204) 895-9146 www.macdon.com 1.2 General Safety CAUTION The following are general farm safety precautions that should be part of your operating procedure for all types of machinery.
  • Page 5 U&A, Dealer – C Series MacDon Industries Ltd. 680 Moray Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3J 3S3 T. (204) 885-5590 f. (204) 895-9146 www.macdon.com Wear close-fitting clothing and cover long hair. NEVER wear dangling items such as scarves or bracelets. Keep all shields in place. NEVER alter or remove safety equipment.
  • Page 6 • If original part on which a safety sign was installed is replaced, be sure the repair part displays the current safety sign. • Safety signs are available from your MacDon Dealer. Figure 1.7: Operator's Manual Decal 215037 Revision B...

  • Page 7: Header Lifting Points

    U&A, Dealer – C Series MacDon Industries Ltd. 680 Moray Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3J 3S3 T. (204) 885-5590 f. (204) 895-9146 www.macdon.com Header Lifting Points The header can be lifted with either a forklift, or via a crane (Figure 1).

  • Page 8: Moving Driveline Storage Bracket From Shipping To Field Position

    MacDon Industries Ltd. 680 Moray Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3J 3S3 T. (204) 885-5590 f. (204) 895-9146 www.macdon.com Once header is tilted down to field position, remove header stand. i. Remove lifting bar after attaching header to combine (Section 6), raising header, and engaging feederhouse cylinder props.

  • Page 9: Attaching Snouts

    U&A, Dealer – C Series MacDon Industries Ltd. 680 Moray Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3J 3S3 T. (204) 885-5590 f. (204) 895-9146 www.macdon.com ii. Loosen hardware, adjust plates as needed to engage lock, and retighten hardware (John Deere, Figure 5).

  • Page 10: Setting Header Angle

    U&A, Dealer – C Series MacDon Industries Ltd. 680 Moray Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3J 3S3 T. (204) 885-5590 f. (204) 895-9146 www.macdon.com Figure 7: Snouts in shipping position (left), snout pivot hardware (circled, right). i. May consider completing step 10 before installing snouts.

  • Page 11: Checking Snout Seating Pin Alignment

    U&A, Dealer – C Series MacDon Industries Ltd. 680 Moray Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3J 3S3 T. (204) 885-5590 f. (204) 895-9146 www.macdon.com Measure snapping plate angle relative to the ground (Figure 9). i. Angle should measure 23 degrees for field operation.

  • Page 12: Setting Auger Debris Shield Angle

    MacDon Industries Ltd. 680 Moray Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3J 3S3 T. (204) 885-5590 f. (204) 895-9146 www.macdon.com 11. Setting Auger Debris Shield Angle Auger debris shield angle is factory set at 192 degrees (Figure 12) – verify setting has not changed.
  • Page 13 U&A, Dealer – C Series MacDon Industries Ltd. 680 Moray Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3J 3S3 T. (204) 885-5590 f. (204) 895-9146 www.macdon.com Check auger clearance is between 1.0” and 1.25” (Figure 15). i. See Operator’s Manual for adjustment procedure.
  • Page 14 U&A, Dealer – C Series MacDon Industries Ltd. 680 Moray Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3J 3S3 T. (204) 885-5590 f. (204) 895-9146 www.macdon.com i. Chopping header – 2-3 mm gap ii. Non-chopping headers – 1mm gap Figure 16: Checking minimum snapping roll knife clearance.

  • Page 15: Pdi Checklist

    MacDon Industries Ltd. 680 Moray Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3J 3S3 T. (204) 885-5590 f. (204) 895-9146 www.macdon.com ii. For folding headers, ensure flighting pitch is 22” (560 mm) or less at pivot (Figure 18, red arrow). The center auger flighting should lag the wing auger flighting to avoid binding of material flow.
  • Page 16 U&A, Dealer – C Series MacDon Industries Ltd. 680 Moray Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3J 3S3 T. (204) 885-5590 f. (204) 895-9146 www.macdon.com Table 1: PDI Checklist Checkoff Item Reference Lifting bar and other packaging removed Section 3a Header latches properly seated...
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