MacDon D65 Operator's Manual page 287

Problem
Excessive gap between top of front of
draper and cutterbar
Symptom: Reel Carries Over Odd Plants in Same Location
Reel steel fingers bent and hook
plants from crop flow on drapers
Dirt accumulation on end of fingers
prevent plants dropping off fingers
onto drapers
Dirt accumulation on end of fingers
prevent plants dropping off fingers
onto drapers
Dirt accumulation on end of fingers
prevent plants dropping off fingers
onto drapers
Symptom: Cutterbar Pushing Too Much Dirt in Certain Locations for Length of Field
Tire tracks or row crop ridges
Rolling land along length of field
Symptom: Reel Carries Over Excessive Amounts of Plants or Wads
Excessive accumulation of crop on
drapers (up to height of reel
center tube)
Finger pitch not aggressive enough
Symptom: Reel Wraps Up with Crop
Reel too low
Symptom: Reel Ends Wrap Up with Crop
Uncut crop interfering on reel ends
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TROUBLESHOOTING
Solution
Raise header fully at each end of field
or as required and shift decks back
and forth to help clean out cutterbar
Straighten steel fingers
Raise reel
Adjust reel fore and aft location to
move fingers out of the ground
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° angle to undulations,
provided knife floats across without
digging in
Increase draper speed
Increase finger aggressiveness (cam
position)
Raise reel
Add reel endshields
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Refer to
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3.7.10 Reel Height, page 60
3.7.11 Reel Fore-Aft Position, page 61
3.7.11 Reel Fore-Aft Position, page 61
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3.7.8 Draper Speed, page 59
3.7.12 Reel Tine Pitch, page 68
3.7.10 Reel Height, page 60
Refer to the header parts catalog
Revision B