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Realistic savings to be gained from auto steer
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<blockquote data-quote="Brisel" data-source="post: 1155592" data-attributes="member: 166"><p>5-10% in terms of time, overlap, fuel, spares etc. It varies with operator skill and methods. Working in lands is easier with corrected auto steer systems like RTK, RTX, SF2, HP2. Savings are biggest on the most expensive operations like combining. The time saving is far more than a few days each season - less stress, time to look at the job better instead of a steering wheel and line of sight trying to keep a straight line, that has a good value not readily measurable.</p><p></p><p>Whether or not narrower tramlines are wasting seed, fertiliser and sprays is debatable as unless yield suffers the inputs are not wasted as such. Having more of the field at closer to the intended dose rate is certainly an improvement though & ensures you get more of your inputs working as you wanted. Might save another run in a big field too...</p><p> </p><p>Running a Quadtrac and 4.5m Simba Solo (working width 3.9m) up supposedly 24m tramlines(23.4m) then filling in worked out at 16% overlap due to a narrow last run. At £58/hour 12% less overlap saved £7/hour pays a £9k capital cost back in around 2 years. The gear ought to last 10 years. That's a simple example on a bigger scale but you get the idea.</p><p></p><p>A really good operator will get less benefit than a sloppy one but no one can really beat a machine, not even [USER=23]@John 1594[/USER] </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Sorry, I just couldn't help myself <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite27" alt=":whistle:" title="Whistling :whistle:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":whistle:" /></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brisel, post: 1155592, member: 166"] 5-10% in terms of time, overlap, fuel, spares etc. It varies with operator skill and methods. Working in lands is easier with corrected auto steer systems like RTK, RTX, SF2, HP2. Savings are biggest on the most expensive operations like combining. The time saving is far more than a few days each season - less stress, time to look at the job better instead of a steering wheel and line of sight trying to keep a straight line, that has a good value not readily measurable. Whether or not narrower tramlines are wasting seed, fertiliser and sprays is debatable as unless yield suffers the inputs are not wasted as such. Having more of the field at closer to the intended dose rate is certainly an improvement though & ensures you get more of your inputs working as you wanted. Might save another run in a big field too... Running a Quadtrac and 4.5m Simba Solo (working width 3.9m) up supposedly 24m tramlines(23.4m) then filling in worked out at 16% overlap due to a narrow last run. At £58/hour 12% less overlap saved £7/hour pays a £9k capital cost back in around 2 years. The gear ought to last 10 years. That's a simple example on a bigger scale but you get the idea. A really good operator will get less benefit than a sloppy one but no one can really beat a machine, not even [USER=23]@John 1594[/USER] [SIZE=3]Sorry, I just couldn't help myself :whistle:[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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