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Harvesting Soybeans
When harvesting soybeans, set air pressure for
crop conditions:
• Dry conditions:
lower pressure/heavier
cutter bar
• Wet conditions:
higher pressure/lighter
cutter bar
Harvesting Sorghum
Set cutting height to cut off heads and no
more stalk than necessary. Adjust reel low and
rearward as much as possible to help move cut
heads onto belts. Tilt the header back so the
heads roll back.
Lodged/Downed Crops
Fully extend the reel toward the front of the
header.
At full reel extension, the reel will pick up crop
from below the cutter bar. Only use this reel
position for downed crops as high finger wear will
result.
The reel height should be set so the fingers have
a minimum of 1 1/2” (3.8 cm) clearance from the
cutter bar.
When picking up downed crops, the reel finger
pitch should be adjusted to be more aggressive.
It is very important that you check the reel finger
clearance before operating the header in order to
avoid cutting off the ends of the reel fingers.
Extreme Lodged/Downed Crops
Fully extend the tilt cylinder to angle the guards
down.
Lower the air pressure [increasing cutter bar
weight] to prevent cutter bar riding on top of down
crop.
If the cutter bar is still riding on top of crops:
Tilt the header forward to increase guard angle in
order to pick up crop better.
Increased wear will result on guards, knife
sections, and knife head bearings. When running
in this mode, grease the knife heads every 5
hours (not 10 hours). This method should only be
used in extremely down crop on rolled land.
The feather plates will be quite steep in this
mode, so set your reel to clean the top of the
feather to assist crop onto the drapers. Set
ground speed to ensure sufficient crop flow
across the cutter bar to aid in feeding.
Bushy/Ripe Crops
The feed auger fingers should be extended fully
forward or slightly upward to increase the ability
of the drum to grab and pull in bulky crops.
Fully retract the reel towards the rear of the
header.
When harvesting busy/ripe crops, the reel fingers
should be adjusted to be less aggressive.
Easily Shelled Crops
The reel should be positioned so it has minimum
contact with the crop in front of the cutter bar.
Positioning the reel too far forward can result in
shelled out crops dropping under the cutter bar.
Generally, the reel should be lined up to the
middle of the feather plates to allow for knife
clearing and good feeding with minimum losses.
Raise the reel so only the reel fingers engage the
crop and not the reel bats.
Normal Crops
Position the reel to provide best crop flow with
minimal interference. For grain crops, this is
typically about 7” out (fingers in line with top of
feather plate). For leaning or pulse crops, this is
further forward at about 11” out (fingers in line
with back of guards).
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