HEADER
OPERATION
Operating Variables (continued)
REEL
SPEED
Reel speed affects the smoothness and evenness
of
the delivered crop. Operating the reel too fast or
too
slow
relative to ground speed
will
cause bunching.
In
standing crop, reel speed should
be
just faster than ground speed, sweeping crop across the sickle.
A faster reel speed may
be
necessary in leaning or down crop.
Excessive shattering
of
grain heads or crop loss over the header back tube may be indications that reel
speed is too fast.
REEL
HEIGHT
In standing crop, adjust reel height so bat contacts the plants just below the head, and carries material
through the sickle onto the drapers.
Down crop may require a lower reel height to wipe crop off the sickle.
Bushy crop may require raising the reel to prevent unevenness in delivery.
Indications that reel may be too low are crop loss over the header back tube, or disturbance
of
crop
on
the drapers by the reel bats.
REEL
POSITION -
FORE
&
AFT
Reel fore-aft position can be adjusted to suit
various crop conditions:
For straight standing crop, the reel position is
normally centered above the cutterbar.
For crops that are down, tangled, or leaning,
move reel ahead
of
cutterbar.
Disturbance
of
crop on the drapers
by
the
reel bats may be an indication that the reel is
too far back.
To
adjust
reel
fore-aft
position:
1. Lower reel so support arms are horizontal.
2.
Back
off
jam
nut on positioning screw (A) at
each arm.
3.
Loosen screw (A) and slide reel mounting
channel (B). Pry bar may be used
at
hole (C).
4.
Tighten screw into selected hole position and
secure with
jam
nut.
5.
Be sure screw is in the same hole at each
arm.
6.
Check reel clearance to cutterbar. See
Maintenance/Service section.
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NOTE: For 36' center arm, positioning screw is
on top
of
mounting channeL (There is no jam nut
on positioning screw
at
center arm.)
REEL FORE-AFT POSITION
ADJUSTMENT
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