OPERATION
Figure 3.75: Aft Position – Right Arm
3.7.11 Reel Tine Pitch
The pick-up reel is designed to pick up flattened and severely lodged crops.
It is not always necessary to increase the tine pitch (higher cam setting) to pick up crops that are lodged, but rather,
the cam settings are mainly used to determine how the crop will get delivered to the drapers.
The position of the fingers relative to the ground (tine pitch) is not significantly affected by the cam setting. For
example, the cam position range is 33°, but the corresponding fi nger pitch range is only 5° at the lowest point of
reel rotation.
For best performance, use the minimum cam setting that will deliver the crop past the rear edge of the cutterbar and
onto th e drapers. R efer to 3.6.2 H eader Settings, page 44.
Reel Cam Settings
The fol
lowing outlines the function of each cam setting and includes guidelines for set-up in various crop conditions.
The se
tting nu m be rs are visible ab ove the slots on the cam disc. Refer to Adjusting Reel Cam, page 82.
Cam Po
sition 1, Reel Position 6 or 7 delivers the most
even c
rop flow onto the drapers without fluffing up o r
distu
rbing the material.
•Thec
rop is released quite close to the cutterbar and
work
s best with the cutterbar on the ground.
•Some
crops will not be delivered past the cutterbar when
the c
utterbar is raised off the ground and the reel is
push
ed forward. Initially, have the reel speed set about
equ
al to the ground speed.
Figure 3.76: Finger Profile – Position 1
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