Cutterbar Position

The adjustable cutterbar is shipped in mid-position that is suitable for most crops and conditions. Some harvesting conditions require cutterbar to be repositioned.

The extended position is for standing, tall, heavy stemmed crops, such as grain sorghum, tall wheat and soybeans and for very short, light, dry crops. This position lets tall material fall and feed evenly under platform auger.

For short crops, set reel to just clear the cutterbar. In this position, the reel sweeps material from cutterbar that otherwise falls on the ground or lays on cutterbar causing the knife to leave uncut straw.

Crops that are down and tangled, wet, or have heavy weeds, cause slug feeding. For these crop conditions the cutterbar works best in retracted position. This position places cutterbar near platform auger where the auger can easily move material before slugs form.

NOTE: In extended position, the center bolt is not supplied with platform.

A-Floor
B-Feedplate
C-Main Sill Support Arm
D-Skid Plate Assembly
E-Tilt Channel
F-Mid Position Average Crops
G-Extended Position Short Dry Crops
H-Retracted Position Short Down Crops

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