Header Setup; Header Settings - MacDon D65 Operator's Manual

4.6 Header Setup

4.6.1 Header Settings

This table is a guideline for setting up the D65 Draper Header. Settings other than those suggested can be made
to suit various crops and conditions not covered here.
Table 4.1 Recommended Header Settings
Crop Stubble Crop
type height condition
Light
0 in.
Normal
(ground
Heavy
level)
Lodged
Light
4–8 in.
Normal
Cereals (102–203
Heavy
mm)
Lodged
Light
10+ in.
Normal
(254+
Heavy
mm)
Lodged
4. Keep guard angle as shallow as possible. Center-link position depends on skid shoe and stabilizer wheel position. Set
guard angle and skid shoe position to maximize amount of poly on the ground while maintaining desired cutting height.
See Section 4.7.3 Header Angle, page
5. Minimum knife drive pulley rpm. Applicable only to single knife drive headers. See Section
6. See Section 4.7.10 Reel Tine Pitch, page 66
7. Percentage above ground speed. See Section
8. See Section 4.7.9 Reel Fore-Aft Position, page
9. Cutting height is controlled with a combination of skid shoes, stabilizer wheels and header angle. By supporting header
with skid shoes or stabilizer wheels, the windrower floats header over obstacles and ground contours. See Section
Cutting Height, page 50.
10. See windrower operator's manual.
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OPERATION
Divider Header Knife
4 5
rods angle speed
High
Shallow
On
Medium
Middle
High
Shallow
On
Medium
Variable
High
Middle
On
Medium
Variable
56.
4.7.4 Reel Speed, page
60.
Reel
Reel Reel
tine
7
speed position
6
pitch
10%–15%
2 6 or 7
10%
3 5%–10% 4 or 5
10%–15%
2 6 or 7
10%
3 5%–10% 4 or 5
10%–15%
2 6 or 7
10%
3 4 or 5
5%–10%
57.
46
Skid Upper
Stabilizer
shoe cross
8
wheels
9
position augers
Not
1 or 2 Storage
Required
2 or 3
Not
Variable
Required
Variable
Not Not
Variable
Applicable Required
4.7.7 Knife Speed, page
10
Float
70 lbs
70 lbs
150
lbs
59.
4.7.1
Rev. C