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16.12 -
General Crop Specific
Productivity
Harvesting Standing Cereal Crop
Harvest in
RIGID
cutting mode. Lower platform
until cutterbar cuts below lowest grain heads or
pods. For maximum combine efficiency, take
in only as much crop material as necessary.
Position the reel above the cutterbar & feather
plates. Raise/lower the reel until the bats pull the
crop toward the cutter bar and the fingers comb
the cut crop across the feather plates.
Fig. 93 - Optimal Cereal Harvesting
Typical draper load envelope
Fingers separate cut
crop from uncut crop
Bats pull crop
towards cutterbar
Harvesting Pulse Crops
Harvest in
FLEX
mode. Set the reel fingers to a
more aggressive pitch. Position the reel in front
of the cutter bar. Raise/lower the reel until the
fingers lift the crop toward the cutterbar. The
draper should be half-way filled (see illustration)
Fingers pull crop into cutter bar
Fig. 94 - Optimal Pulse Crop Harvesting
Medium draper load envelope
Bats do not contact crop
Harvesting Bushy Crops
Harvest in
RIGID
cutting mode. Lower the
platform until cutterbar cuts below the material to
be collected. For maximum efficiency, completely
fill the drapers so the crop reaches just to the top
of the draper shields (see the illustration below).
Raise and retract the reel so it is slightly behind
the cutter bar so it assists in separating the cut
from the uncut crop. The reel bats should not
contact the crop.
Fig. 95 - Optimal Bushy Crop Harvesting
Full draper load envelope
Less aggressive finger pitch
Bats do not contact crop
Harvesting in Tough Feeding Crop
Conditions
Move reel rearward to ensure cut, heavy crop
is separated from uncut crops and transferred
across the feather plates to the drapers.
Harvesting in Short, Thin Crops
Position reel low, above knife (approximately half
way extended) and front area of draper, to assist
crop onto drapers. The reel fingers should be
directly above the cutter bar.
In thin crops, increase ground speed in order to
increase crop volume to facilitate feeding.
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