MacDon D65 Operator's Manual page 264

Symptom
Cutterbar guards
breaking
Cutterbar pushing too
much trash and dirt
Cutterbar fills up
with dirt
Reel carries over odd
plants in same location
Cutterbar pushing too
much dirt in certain
locations for length
of field
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Problem
Float insufficient
Excessive number of
rocks in field
Header too heavy
Header angle too steep
Regular guards push dirt
and plug up with trash
or plug up with trash and
then push dirt
Insufficient support for
header
Excessive gap between
top of front of draper and
cutterbar
Reel fingers (steel) bent
and hook plants from crop
flow on drapers
Dirt accumulation on end
of fingers prevent plants
dropping off fingers onto
drapers
Tire tracks or row crop
ridges
Rolling land along length
of field
Solution
Increase float
Consider installing
optional stub guards
Tip: Experiment with a
few guards on a section of
cutterbar to compare the
performance of the two
different styles of guards
Readjust float to make
header lighter
Decrease header angle
with lift cylinders
Shorten the center-link
Install stub guard kit
Install center skid shoes
on header
Adjust front deck supports
to obtain 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 and aft
location to move fingers
out of the ground
Cut at angle to ridges or
crop rows to allow knife
and guards to clean out
better
Cut at 90° to undulations,
provided knife floats
across without digging in
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Section
3.7.2 Header Float, page
55
• 5.5.7 Knife Guards,
page 131
• 6.2.3 Stub Guard
Conversion Kit, page
231
3.7.2 Header Float, page
55
3.7.3 Header Angle, page
55
6.2.3 Stub Guard
Conversion Kit, page
231
Cutting On the Ground,
page 53
5.7.7 Adjusting Deck
Height, page 172
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3.7.8 Reel Height, page
58
3.7.9 Reel Fore-Aft
Position, page 58
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