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I run the Amatron 3 on a 250 quid Garmin boat GPS using the free L5 signal, plenty accurate fir spraying and spreading and FJ dynamics for the Autosteer using a base station, again no friggin pesky subscriptions.

Good stuff.

Take 12vdc from a nearby source or the battery to power the GPS, attach the power source to the red and black leads coming from GPS. The Green lead from GPS is your speed pulse signal lead and would connect to your implement control box on the same pin as you would connect either your wheel...

I made my own cable, the Amatron box is a DB9 type input. The benefit of this speed impulse box is its GPS derived speed, not tractor wheel speed which has slippage inaccuracies or ground radar sourced which can get bolloxed in tall crops. https://amzn.eu/d/1XJJh6Z

Plug this into your Amatron and set the pulses per 100m to 223 and away you go.think the price is about 45 quid https://www.bridgwater-electronics.co.uk/gps-road-speed-signal-interface-p139

I do a yearly tour of different areas/states of the U.S. in a caravan and it seems a vast majority of the farmers there use old, and I mean OLD, some from the 80’s tractors and get by with them. When I drive around the East of Scotland it’s like a dealer showroom in every field.

I got into farming 5 years back and looked at tractor purchase options with a budget of around £80k. my choice seemed to be one new or newish one or 3 scrappers. I went for the scrappers buying them over the next few years. (130hp with loader 2500hrs @ £27k, 160Hp with 6600 hrs @ £23K and 250HP...

Spend £34K on a tractor and the remaining £6k on an aftermarket Autosteer kit with Isobus screen and activations.

What factor was it giving you?

Maybe even ask if there’s an Amabus update for the drill computer too.

If I remember correctly the latest release was 1.09. I can check tomorrow. When i bought the spreader/box I think it was running 1.02 or 3

i took my Amatron 3 into the local Amazone dealer and he plugged it into his PC and pulled the update from the Amazone server. It’s a pretty simple & quick process. Make sure you back all your settings & implement templates & fields onto the thumb drive on the back of the Amatron. I didn’t...

i would get the amatron3 software up to the latest version first before looking at any potential hardware issues, sometime rejiggering the operating version fixes quirks.

I’m running an Amatron3 with section control and auto on/off on my ZAM Profis hydro and UF 1500 sprayer. I use a £250 Garmin boat GPS which picks up the newish L5 GPS signal and is accurate (and free) down to about 12 inches which is fine for spreading and spraying. I think you will need to...

Amatron3 here with section control/auto on/off and FJD for Autosteer guidance.

I’ve got M600 with the standard issue tyres 520/70R38 rear and 480/70R24 and a M620 which usually comes with 650/65/R38 rear and 540/65R28 however this machine has row crops on it sized 380/90r46 rear and 380/85R30 ( interestingly this size of row crops aren’t listed on the Duetz compatibility...

NMEA 0183 signal (not NMEA 2000) most if not all GPS systems have an auxiliary output port sharing positioning data, wire it onto pins 2 (data) & 5 (common ground) on the db9 (see Amazon link below) going into the Amatron 3. However if you can’t get the position signal from the JD GPS then...

Git my eye on one of the lots but can’t make it as I’m overseas, managed to convince a friend to take the drive up there tomorrow to bid for me. fingers crossed!

Not sure exactly how he managed it, he was “pushing up” so the bucket should never have had the underneath clearance to cause such a tip. 2 seconds to put it there, a lot longer to get it down without damage.

A forehead tattoo of the above as a reminder while brushing his teeth in the morning.