Does Topcon now do auto-turn at headlands?

[Briantee]

Seems all of a sudden companies are releasing auto headland. Hopefully my releasing it for free gave them some incentive to get off their butts. The thing with auto headland is you also need the machine control, hydraulics, turn off 4wd, etc etc to go along with. Other then a sprayer, it really limits its usefulness.

Do you know if it can do multiheadland turns like inner boundaries, both drive thru and obstructive? I'm programming that right now, its much more complex again.

 

[Slick]

Seems all of a sudden companies are releasing auto headland. Hopefully my releasing it for free gave them some incentive to get off their butts. The thing with auto headland is you also need the machine control, hydraulics, turn off 4wd, etc etc to go along with. Other then a sprayer, it really limits its usefulness.

Do you know if it can do multiheadland turns like inner boundaries, both drive thru and obstructive? I'm programming that right now, its much more complex again.

It's been available from Trimble for a good few years, it's just too expensive!!

 

[Feldspar]

Just watching this. Has anyone been using the Topcon screen on a sprayer. How does it work out? I hate having to try and turn into a headland with no obvious visible mark in the dark. Causes a lot of boom whip. Being about to get the screen to do it would be great.

@Clive, going to get this for your sprayer tractor?

 

[Clive]

X35 only isn’t it still ? Current tractors are on x30’s but new one in March will be x35 and have auto-turn enabled

 

[Feldspar]

X35 only isn’t it still ? Current tractors are on x30’s but new one in March will be x35 and have auto-turn enabled

Are you clear that you can get it to do sprayer type tramlines?

 

[Clive]

Are you clear that you can get it to do sprayer type tramlines?

Not dig deep into it really yet, Can’t see why it wouldn’t. Same tractors are used on the drills so it will be worthwhile fir that alone, if it does sprayer turns then better still


We really are not that far at all from not needing a driver in the cab are we when you watch stuff like this !

 

[Feldspar]

Not dig deep into it really yet, Can’t see why it wouldn’t. Same tractors are used on the drills so it will be worthwhile fir that alone, if it does sprayer turns then better still


We really are not that far at all from not needing a driver in the cab are we when you watch stuff like this !

Looking at that video I think it looks like it can do normal sprayer boundaries. Will be really helpful. For example, I was marking out tramlines in the dark this evening. Couldn't see the headland clearly so had to keep swapping between A-B lines and headland curve which is a pain. If it will work for headlands which are not part of an idealised rectangle I will be very pleased.

 

[General-Lee]

How will it cope with abnormal headlands or is it square fields only?

 

[Feldspar]

How will it cope with abnormal headlands or is it square fields only?

Having watched another video I'm not sure it can do abnormal headlands or not. Depends whether the turn shape at the end squashes inside the offset headland boundary or not.

 

[Feldspar]

This guy's videos are highly amusing. I liked @Robt's tutorials, but he never showed me the tractor dick!

 

[General-Lee]

This guy's videos are highly amusing. I liked @Robt's tutorials, but he never showed me the tractor dick!

Where’s Topcon based? Seems to talk like he’s highly involved behind the scenes with set up etc.

 

[Feldspar]

Where’s Topcon based? Seems to talk like he’s highly involved behind the scenes with set up etc.

One would assume Aus but I don't know.

 

[Richard Smyth]

Where’s Topcon based? Seems to talk like he’s highly involved behind the scenes with set up etc.

I believe topcon are American but ag gps stuff started in Adelaide by a company call kee technologies. They were bought out by topcon. The guy in the video is a farmer here in south Australia who I believe works for topcon also. I’m not sure if he is a programmer or just tests the gear but he really knows what he product inside out

 

[Robt]

The guy is Andrew Walters , full time farmer, full time topcon senior manager, full time legend!