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Problem Solution Refer to
Excessive gap between top of front of
draper and cutterbar
Raise header fully at each end of field
or as required and shift decks back
and forth to help clean out cutterbar
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Symptom: Reel Carries Over Odd Plants in Same Location
Reel steel fingers bent and hook
plants from crop flow on drapers
Straighten steel fingers
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Dirt accumulation on end of fingers
prevent plants dropping off fingers
onto drapers
Raise reel
3.7.10 Reel Height, page 60
Dirt accumulation on end of fingers
prevent plants dropping off fingers
onto drapers
Adjust reel fore and aft location to
move fingers out of the ground
3.7.11 Reel Fore-Aft Position, page 61
Dirt accumulation on end of fingers
prevent plants dropping off fingers
onto drapers
Adjust reel fore and aft location to
move fingers out of the ground
3.7.11 Reel Fore-Aft Position, page 61
Symptom: Cutterbar Pushing Too Much Dirt in Certain Locations for Length of Field
Tire tracks or row crop ridges
Cut at angle to ridges or crop rows to
allow knife and guards to clean out
better
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Rolling land along length of field
Cut at 90° angle to undulations,
provided knife floats across without
digging in
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Symptom: Reel Carries Over Excessive Amounts of Plants or Wads
Excessive accumulation of crop on
drapers (up to height of reel
center tube)
Increase draper speed 3.7.8 Draper Speed, page 59
Finger pitch not aggressive enough
Increase finger aggressiveness (cam
position)
3.7.12 Reel Tine Pitch, page 68
Symptom: Reel Wraps Up with Crop
Reel too low Raise reel
3.7.10 Reel Height, page 60
Symptom: Reel Ends Wrap Up with Crop
Uncut crop interfering on reel ends
Add reel endshields
Refer to the header parts catalog
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