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SYMPTOM
WINDROW FORMATION
Heads in center of
windrow, butts sticking
up.
Heads in center of
windrow.
Windrow too narrow.
Windrow too wide.
Uneven windrow.
Windrow falls through
stubble.
Delivery of bulky crop
impeded by frame tube
CROP LOSS AT CUTTERBAR
Heads shattering or
breaking off.
Cut grain falling ahead
of cutterbar.
Does not pick up crop
that is down.
Form # 147021
TROUBLE SHOOTING
PROBLEM
Ground speed too fast.
Draper speed too fast.
Opening too narrow.
Opening too wide.
Drapers too slow.
Ground speed too fast
for drapers.
Reel too low.
Reel too fast.
Stubble too high.
Stubble too thin.
Seed rows too wide.
Insufficient clearance to
back tube.
Reel speed too fast.
Ground speed too fast.
Crop too ripe.
Reel too high.
Header too high.
Cutterbar too high.
Reel too high.
Reel too far back.
Ground speed too fast
for reel speed.
Cutterbar not level.
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SOLUTION
Reduce ground speed.
Reduce draper speed
(try running R/H draper
slower than L/H).
Remove draper
extensions.
Install draper
extensions.
Increase draper speed.
Reduce ground speed.
Raise reel.
Reduce reel speed.
Reduce cutting height.
Reduce plant spacing at
next seeding.
Reduce row spacing at
next seeding.
Raise frame at casters
for more clearance
Reduce reel speed.
Reduce ground speed.
Cut earlier or at night
when humidity is higher.
Lower reel.
Lower header.
Lower header.
Lower reel.
Move reel forward.
Reduce ground speed
or increase reel speed.
Level cutterbar.
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