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Revision B
8.6
Windrow Formation
Problem
Solution
Section
Heads on ground and scattered
Draper speed too slow
Increase draper speed
Draper angle too flat
Increase header angle
Ground speed too slow
Increase ground speed
Crop too ripe
Cut crop before too mature
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Hollow in center
Draper speed too slow
Increase draper speed
Delivery opening too wide
Decrease delivery opening width
All heads in center
Draper speed too fast or header angle
too steep
Reduce draper speed and/or decrease
header angle
Draper speed too fast or header angle
too steep
Reduce draper speed and/or decrease
header angle
Ground speed too fast
Reduce ground speed
Crop too green
Allow crop to mature
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All heads to one side
Crop leaning to one side and reel
too slow
Increase reel speed to re-orient crop
parallel to draper slats and/or increase
finger pitch aggressiveness
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3.7.10 Reel Tine Pitch, page 68
Uneven windrow (any crop condition)
Ground speed too fast for drapers,
causing heads to fan out and crop to
leave drapers unevenly
Reduce ground speed or increase
draper speed
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Reel too low
Raise reel
Reel speed too fast
Reduce reel speed