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TROUBLESHOOTING
8.6 Windrow Formation
Symptom
Problem
Solution Section
Draper speed too slow Increase draper speed
3.7.6 Draper Speed, page
52
Draper angle too fl at
Increase header angle
3.7.3 Header Angle, page
50
Ground speed too slow Increase ground speed
3.7.5 Ground Speed, page
51
Heads on ground and
scattered
Crop too ripe
Cut material before
too mature
—
Draper speed too slow Increase draper speed
3.7.6 Draper Speed, page
52
Hollow in center
Delivery opening too wide
Decrease delivery
opening width
3.8 Delivery Opening,
page 64
3.7.6 Draper Speed, page
52
Draper speed too fast or
header angle too steep
Reduce draper speed
and/or decrease
header angle
3.7.3 Header Angle, page
50
Ground speed too fast Reduce ground speed
3.7.5 Ground Speed, page
51
All heads in center
Crop too green Allow to mature —
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
fi nger pitch
aggressiveness
•
3.7.4 Reel Speed, page
50
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3.7.10 Reel Tine Pitch,
page 55
Ground speed too fast for
drapers, causing heads to
fan out and crop to leave
drapers unevenly
Reduce ground speed or
increase draper speed
•
3.7.5 Ground Speed,
page 51
•
3.7.6 Draper Speed,
page 52
Reel too low Raise reel
3.7.8 Reel Height, page
53
Uneven windrow (any
crop condition)
Reel speed too fast Reduce reel speed
3.7.4 Reel Speed, page
50
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