Macdon 4000 Mower Conditioner User Manual download pdf (Page 32)

OPERATION

OPERATING VARIABLES (continued)

8. FORMING SHIELDS

WARNING: Keep hands and feet away from discharge opening. Keep everyone several

hundred feet away from your operation. Never direct the discharge toward anyone. Stones

or other foreign objects can be ejected with force.

A baffle inside the forming shields controls the degree to which they narrow the discharge of cut material. The

decision to lay a full width swath or narrow windrow (or one of the five intermediate widths) should be based

on the following factors:

- weather conditions (rain, sun, humidity, wind)

- type and yield of crop

- drying time available

- method of processing (bales, silage, "green-feed")

A wide swath will generally dry faster and more evenly, resulting in less protein loss. Fast drying is especially

important in areas where the weather allows only a few days to cut and bale. See "Haying Tips" in this section

for more information.

Where weather conditions permit or when drying is not critical, for example, when cutting for silage or "green-

feed", a narrower windrow may be preferred for ease of pick-up.

To adjust material discharge width:

a. Pull spring-loaded pin (A) out of adjustment

hole.

b. Raise or lower handle (B). Handle fully up (as

shown) raises baffle (C) completely, producing

the narrowest windrow. Handle fully down

lowers baffle completely, producing the widest

swath. There are five intermediate positions.

c. Release pin (A) into desired adjustment hole.

Light crop deflectors

Deflectors (D) are only required when windrowing

light crop to aid in proper windrow formation. In

relatively heavy crops, the deflectors may cause

bunching at the sides of the windrow.

MATERIAL DISCHARGE WIDTH

ADJUSTMENT

BAFFLE (C) CONTROLS DISCHARGE WIDTH /

DEFLECTORS (D) FOR LIGHT CROP

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