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SECTION 9. TROUBLESHOOTING
Reel fingers (steel) bent and hook plants out of the crop flow on drapers.
Straighten fingers (steel).
Reel Carries Over Odd
Plants In Same Location.
Dirt accumulation on end of fingers do not let plants slide off fingers over drapers.
Raise reel.
Adjust reel fore and aft location to move fingers out of the ground.
Reel Carries Over Excessive
Amounts Of Plants Or Wads.
Excessive accumulation of crop on drapers (up to height of reel center tube).
Reel Wraps Up With Crop.
Reel Ends Wrap Up With
Crop.
Finger pitch too retarded.
Reel too low.
Uncut crop interfering on reel ends.
Increase draper speed.
Increase finger pitch.
Raise reel.
Add reel endshields.
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7.12.8
7.12.9
7.12.6
7.12.10
7.12.8
10.9
Heads On Ground (Flowered
Out).
Hollow In Center.
Heads In Center (Too Much
Herringbone).
All Heads To One Side.
Uneven Windrow (Any Crop
Condition).
Draper speed too slow.
Draper angle too flat.
Ground speed too slow.
Crop too ripe.
Draper speed too slow.
Delivery opening too wide.
Increase draper speed.
Increase header angle.
Increase ground speed.
Cut material before too mature.
Increase draper speed.
Decrease delivery opening width.
Draper speed too fast or draper angle too steep.
Ground speed too fast.
Reduce draper speed and/or decrease draper angle.
Reduce ground speed.
Crop too green.
Crop leaning to one side and reel too slow.
Allow to mature.
Increase reel speed to reorient crop parallel to draper slats and/or increase finger pitch aggressiveness.
Ground speed too fast for drapers, causing heads to fan out and causing crop to come off draper in bunches.
Reduce ground speed or increase draper speed.
Reel too low.
Reel too fast.
Raise reel.
Reduce reel speed.
7.12.4
7.12.10
7.12.5
7.12.6
7.12.8
7.12.4
7.12.6
7.12.3
7.12.5
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7.12.6
7.13
7.12.6
7.12.3
7.12.5
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* See your MacDon dealer.
** Refer to Windrower Operator’s Manual.
*** Refer to Windrower Technical Service Manual.
Form 169441
151
Revision B
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Key Features
- Cuts and lays crop into uniform fluffy windrows
- Allows starting the harvest earlier
- Protects the crop from wind damage
- Gives you more flexibility in scheduling combine time
- Designed for self-propelled windrowers
- Optional hay conditioner available