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<blockquote data-quote="Spud" data-source="post: 7313420" data-attributes="member: 78"><p>We justified RTK autosteer in 2009 for ridging potato land, and adjusted things a bit so that we drill with the same tractor. </p><p>It's brilliant for ridging, because it's generally harder to see the mark, and the consequences of inaccuracies are greater.</p><p>It's much harder to quantify for drilling, particularly if your current drill operator is good. If you're currently averaging 5% overlap, that's £1.50/acre - field shapes and headlands mean that overlap always happens somewhere, so you need a lot of acres at pence per acre to pay for autosteer.</p><p>Fert is similar - essentially it depends how bad you currently are - the possible 'savings' don't add up to a lot, unless you're stomping over thousands of acres.</p><p>It's an operator aid, mostly. You can start drilling in the middle of the field if you wish, and know that the tramlines are in the correct place. Trying to spot the mark among dry clods with the sun in your face is no longer a problem. </p><p>Autosection on the sprayer is more beneficial, ime. Light bar guidance sufficient, you know wether you've missed anything or not, it'll tell you area single and double dosed (so you'll see how far out the drill man is) and you remove repetitive operator guesswork switching the sprayer on & off.</p><p>It's one of those things you buy in a good year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spud, post: 7313420, member: 78"] We justified RTK autosteer in 2009 for ridging potato land, and adjusted things a bit so that we drill with the same tractor. It's brilliant for ridging, because it's generally harder to see the mark, and the consequences of inaccuracies are greater. It's much harder to quantify for drilling, particularly if your current drill operator is good. If you're currently averaging 5% overlap, that's £1.50/acre - field shapes and headlands mean that overlap always happens somewhere, so you need a lot of acres at pence per acre to pay for autosteer. Fert is similar - essentially it depends how bad you currently are - the possible 'savings' don't add up to a lot, unless you're stomping over thousands of acres. It's an operator aid, mostly. You can start drilling in the middle of the field if you wish, and know that the tramlines are in the correct place. Trying to spot the mark among dry clods with the sun in your face is no longer a problem. Autosection on the sprayer is more beneficial, ime. Light bar guidance sufficient, you know wether you've missed anything or not, it'll tell you area single and double dosed (so you'll see how far out the drill man is) and you remove repetitive operator guesswork switching the sprayer on & off. It's one of those things you buy in a good year. [/QUOTE]
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