How did you get invited to see this technology
Autonomous tractor
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How did you get invited to see this technology
The two biggest problems are range and weight with battery technology. 5 hours work is simply not enough it need to be at least double that which leads on to weight and size. Despite what was said above in the article weight is an issue or rather compaction is but the two are linked.
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Indeed, the issue is generally referred to as energy density. Nature, over millions of years, has settled on carbon for energy storage and management, if she could do it with electricity then she probably would, but worth noting that even the electric eel runs into the same problem -
The electric eel has three pairs of abdominal organs that produce electricity: the main organ, the Hunter's organ, and the Sach's organ. These organs make up four fifths of its body
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_eel
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I guess you get identified as a likely potential future customer for it ?
The green marketing machine rises again
https://www.futurefarming.com/Machi...-tractor-to-revolutionise-field-work-350427E/
Looks like it is happening now, Europe in three years.
Looks like it is happening now, Europe in three years.
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As soon as you hear such tired old cliches as 'revolutionise' or 'the future is here' you know that you are in the company of an almighty pile of BS.
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Indeed, my thoughts entirely, but I've been on poor old Clive's case a fair bit of late so thought I'd go easy on the lad.
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'Farming reimagined' is another one. It's all hype, some might be a little more worthy than the rest but don't be bedazzled by any of it.
If I could buy one and run it in the uk I would !
I’m not sure if it still exists but If you look back on the british farming forum about 15-20 years ago you will find a post by a guy called Clive who had just got a very early 8000t tractor with auto-steer
He posted about what a game changer it was and how it would be almost standard on arable tractors within a decade
Others replied that it was a gimmick, not needed as they could drive perfectly without it, They worried it would replace skilled men , said it was too expensive to ever become widely adopted etc ........
Let’s revisit this thread in 2040 !
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What is stopping you. The technology does not look that sophisticated
They say Europe 2021, maybe autumn 2020 if you want to be the guinea pig, Just one more year with the JD750.
I do think things like 12 metre drills will depreciate very fast when this tech takes off.
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'Game changer', another cliche. Farming is a game that is always changing, it's never been static, it has, at times, even gone backwards.
Now, if I were going to apply a cliche to any sort of implement it would be the overarm bale handler I mentioned on another thread. A simple and effective piece of engineering that has doubled the rate at which I, at least, can stack bales with no damage. Nothing digital or autonomous about it, but it has given an impressive gain in productivity and will improve overall silage quality. Yet it will never be spoken of in the hushed tones of something with a 'pooter attached.
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If Canada were to return the land to the indigenous people then I very much doubt that there would be a "chronic staff shortage". There is a degree of racism in rural Canada that has to be seen to be believed, the settlers don't like the first nations and why should the first nations bother their arse working for the white man who stole their land?
Law / HSE I think ?
I was in touch with them 2 years ago ;-)
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Isn't it John Deere that have the driverless grain chaser bin, seem to remember something about that?
That'll be a bit of you Clive, perhaps one less driver at harvest time?
That'll be a bit of you Clive, perhaps one less driver at harvest time?
I have seen it too and it is not nice, but you cannot put the clock back 100yrs and start again.
There are places in rural Canada on maps which barely exist when you get there.
I listened to an RBauction were a house and yard made $30,000 and a 60 ft airdrill made $300,000.
A house has no value if people do not want to live there, hard to imagine in UK.