Combines Flax winding

are you running the serated blades on the beater if you are try running the smooth ones.we ran a set of each side by side the smooth no problem ,the serated constant wrapping. just a thought your conditions might be different than ours

We have the the original smooth bars on and they are in the retracted position. Yesterday I spoke with a mechanic who suggested placing a tined grate at the top of the stone trap to help keep material moving threw. I had to build one and it seemed to help when I tried it later. long strands of twitch grass seemed to be starting the wrapping. Maybe the grate keeps it from bunching in stone trap area and then the beater grabbing and pulling it all the way around. Thanks for your suggestion, Terry

Our combine has no rocktrap and flax staw will wrap on the left side of the feeder chain. I think this is because of the rotor coming up on the left of the feeder housing and down on the right. With the rotor coming up, the flax doesn't feed as well into the rotor.