OPERATING THE CROP SWEEPER
Controls
The Crop Sweeper uses two hydraulic circuits from the
harvesting machine.
1.
The fore/aft hydraulic circuit for the reel on a
platform head or the deck plates on a corn head,
2.
Reel drive circuit
Both circuits are easily controlled from the operator’s seat in
the combine cab using the combine control joystick and
operator console. On newer harvesting machines, the factory hydraulic control for the deck plates is
located on the corn head itself. If the control is on the corn head, the hydraulic oil supply for the crop
sweeper will come from this location and not from the single point connector on the combine. The reel
drive will still come from the single point connector on the combine.
The Crop Sweeper comes with a control box (Fig. 1) that turns the fore/aft circuit into three circuits:
1.
Stripper Plate Adjustment – deck plate or stripper plate adjustment on the corn head
2.
Fore/Aft Adjustment – adjusts the length of the paddle reel from the rear tube
3.
Lift Adjustment – adjusts the height of the paddle reel
These circuits are used to control certain functions of the Crop Sweeper depending upon which circuit
switch is selected. The circuit will only be activated if the associated toggle is placed in the “on”
position. Once the operator selects the circuit to be used, the fore/aft button on the combine joystick is
used to control the hydraulic flow. For example, if the operator selects the “Stripper” circuit, that will
activate, and when the operator uses the fore/aft button in the combine, the deck or stripper plates on the
corn head will get closer together or further apart depending upon the direction of operation of the
fore/aft button.
Please notice the toggle switch labeled as the “Reel Motor”. This toggle switch controls an optional
motor shut off kit for the Crop Sweeper.
Finally, the Crop Sweeper also uses the reel drive hydraulic circuit from the combine to supply oil to the
reel motor giving control of the reel speed to the operator. The operator can adjust the reel speed the
same way they do with the reel on the platform head, right from the cab of the combine.
Fig. 1
Crop Sweeper V 10.0
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