MacDon R85 Operator's Manual page 198

Symptom
Not cutting short enough in
down crop
Not cutting short enough in
down crop
Material being pulled out
by roots when cutting tall
crop leaning into machine
Damaged leaves and
broken stems
Damaged leaves and
broken stems
Slow crop drying
Slow crop drying
Excessive drying or
bleaching of crop
Excessive drying or
bleaching of crop
Poorly formed or bunchy
windrows
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Problem
Broken, bent, or Replace blades or turn
dull blades blades over.
Adjust header angle to
Cutting height too
lower cutting height if field
high
conditions allow.
Crop in conditioner
rolls before crop is Increase roll gap.
cut
Insufficient roll gap Increase roll gap.
Check roll timing and
Roll timing off
adjust if necessary.
Crop is bunched in Adjust forming shields/
windrow baffle.
Rolls not crimping
Decrease roll gap.
crop sufficiently
Excessive crimping Increase roll gap.
Crop is spread too
Adjust forming shields.
wide in windrow
Forming shields not
Adjust forming shields.
properly adjusted
Solution
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Refer to
Replacing the Cutterblades,
page 144
4.6 Header Angle, page 97
4.2.2 Adjusting Roll Gap, page
87
4.2.2 Adjusting Roll Gap, page
87
4.4 Roll Timing, page 90
4.5 Forming Shields, page 93
4.2.2 Adjusting Roll Gap, page
87
4.2.2 Adjusting Roll Gap, page
87
4.5 Forming Shields, page 93
4.5 Forming Shields, page 93
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