Recent content by Docwalters

I do like the Patchwork and they are offering £500 p/x against a new one, but I want something future proof and I have been told that the new Kuhn EMC type spreaders (which we'll probably upgrade to in a few years) will only take a GPS signal from Trimble, Topcon and Greenstar (not sure who...

The 505 is not sold in UK and is a very simple system. You cannot compare it as like-for-like since it was intended for a specific job at very low cost.

Got to agree with both Robt and Pheasant Surprise. Antenna should be mounted as high as possible to read signals from satellites. Also remove from great lump of machinery that can set up all sorts of radio and electrical harmonics. When mounted in centre of cab, with correct measurements...

You made it through....wonderful words eh!! God bless

As a member of the Clergy as well as a member of the agricultural community (long story) I have spoken with many people over the last few years who have been involved in, specifically, farming suicides. It is a subject close to my heart having seen it at first hand. I had a long talk with the...

Amen to that, Brother ! Patchwork Eco at £1000 is easy to use and a nice simple bit of kit for what you need. Call Andrew on 01291 673366 Well done

Yeah, very good. Nice marketing link. The Chinese system will not be up until 2020. Our preparation work is done ready tho' so we have GONE!! Happy Christmas

We don't really use BeiDou at the moment because it is not really relevant to our area. It is designed for China and India and GPS which is free anyway and Glonass which is also free are designed to be used in Europe. However, when the system is available, fully in Europe our equipment will be...

BlackBox by Patchwork is already compatible with the BeiDou satellite transmissions when they become available. Happy Patchwork Christmas to all our customers past, present and future. CW

(I'm after a simple plug and play gps system for spraying grassland of the quad bike. Would like a product I can move from the bike to tractor for other jobs. Any other make to consider? Pros and cons of both systems?) What Simpers has said makes perfect sense. The main contenders as far as I...

No Robt is correct. We all use the same satellites and download the same signals. It's what happens next that makes the difference in Precision Farming terms. CW

£1000 will get you a Patchwork BlackBox Eco, a simple, accurate, ready to go, complete kit for simple jobs like fert spreading. It will give you Egnos accuracy and headland and AB lines which will save to the file so ready for next time's use.It will give you accurate measurement of your fields...

Sorry, but just coming to this this morning without any real idea of how family partnerships work only seeing some horror stories about how they don't work, can I ask an obvious question: are you a limited company? CW

Brisel is correct, Smartphones don';t have any correction signal and are designed to get you from A to B not to work a specific piece of ground with 20 cm accuracy. If you try to cobble something together it may work but what if it goes wrong? What if it lets you down and makes your work more...

Any lifetime Way leave would be registered on any Deeds as ExFarmer ( above). Write to BT and Electricity and ask them. They are usually only to pleased to keep up to date with landowners.