Hints to Improve Performance
1.
Not all field conditions encountered are the same.
The Crop Sweeper is shipped with the 15”
standard paddles which are the best to address most all crop conditions. In the event you are
experiencing difficulty in getting down stalks to come up onto the head, one of the following
suggestions should solve this problem.
2.
If more reach is needed, check to see that the rear lift tube is slid all of the way out in the
mounting bracket rocker assemblies. This gives the Crop Sweeper its maximum reach.
3.
For more down reach, there is adjustment at the top of the hydraulic lift cylinders. If the
downward reach is still inadequate after this adjustment, it is possible to gain more downward
reach by moving the hydraulic cylinder lower link plates.
4.
Sometimes just a little bit more outward reach is necessary to get the stalk coming up the snout.
In the event you are experiencing this, a long (19”) paddle option is available for 30" or wider
row spaced machines. Place over standard paddle supplied.
5.
On rare occasions, in extreme down crop conditions, it sometimes becomes necessary to resort to
adding the (27”) longest paddles available for 30" or wider row spaced machines. When these
paddles become necessary, the corn head snout is longer, taller, or are not as slick as standard
snouts combined with extremely down corn. Place over standard paddle supplied.
6.
ORDER CSP152 BOLTS, 9 PER ROW, WHEN ORDERING EITHER CSP119 OR CSP130
PADDLES.
7.
When either of these longer paddles are used, the Crop Sweeper reel is not able to be drawn in as
close to the auger as would be possible with the standard paddles. The reel is drawn in close
when it is necessary to clear fluff building up in front of the auger and feeder house. In addition,
the longer paddles do not have as long of a useful life as the standard paddle because of the extra
leverage being applied to them.
8.
All paddles are normal wear items.
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