A B line drifting

[Deereman]

Whilst waiting for the loader man fill me with fert i noticed that my ab line was drifting to to the right anyone know hot to fix this its a Starfire 300 receiver and a Greenstar 1800 screen

 

[cotswold shooter.]

had the same on a Topcon tractor makes things interesting

 

[milkloss]

Nudge the biatch!

 

[clbarclay]

I get similar with range point correction (similar accuracy to sf1) when its converging. Given time after start up or loosing and regaining signal it settles down to very little drift in practice.

Moling from a ditch, when I lost signal under over hanging trees I could start off a run manually steering, watch it regain signal claiming I was up to a meter off line, but the keep shifting as it continued to converge and before the end of a long run I could engage auto steer again without any nudging. If I engaged auto steer when it first regained signal I would have to nudge lots and the keep reducing the nudge in steps as it kept converging.

 

[beefandsleep]

Nudge the biatch!

Biatch, really? How old are you?

 

[Rural Rob]

That is why you pay all that money for RTK I am afraid. When you rely on various lines and cut off points for section control you have to bite the bullet.

 

[cotswold shooter.]

Biatch, really? How old are you?

2/3 seasons old on one estate. I use another one on different farm still Topcon RTK setup and there's no real differences. I think they are taking the skill of driving straight out of the job and when they go down the fun starts. they hate trees . power lines etc

 

[milkloss]

Biatch, really? How old are you?

Ha ha! Old enough, certainly feel it nowadays.

Nephew is following me round for few few days. Finding it quite educational actually. Not always in a good way I must admit!

 

[Northern farmer]

... they hate trees . power lines etc

You may have had problems with power lines and trees but those would affect satellite visibility, not drift which was the topic of the first message.

You must admit that those old school drivers like yourself who do not need auto-steer equipment, are hard to find these days. Specifically those who drive straight (or a predefined contour line) while watching back after the drill. Since those pro-drivers are not available for every farm any more (not willing to learn it the hard way eihter), it is better if 99% of the work is done well with electronics aids, leaving only some small areas for a not so good driver.

 

[Douglasmn]

Just nudge the line. Easy with a capital E. Or if you're on a serious acreage then pay the premium for rtk.