GPS settings for 3m combi drill Heed Scratching

Phil P

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Arable Farmer
Location
North West
Just be careful setting the width wider than 3m especially if your on 24m tramlines as it will add up and you’ll end up missing bits with the sprayer.
I think I’m right in saying 3.08m will give you 24.64m between tramlines so you’d have half a meter missed with the spray!
It’s not an issue if you not putting tramlines in with the drill though and just making them after with the spray.
 

PSQ

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Arable Farmer
my markers are still gonna be used ! i wont be fooled just yet !

The only shortcoming with RTX is it can drift a wee bit overnight, so it’s maybe worthwhile leaving a mark at lousing time, and when you come back to it in the morning do a “shift to here (DONT save)” and your sorted (y)

As for width, set it to 3.00m / 24.00m.
There’s little point investing in ‘precision farming’ if all you want is very precise overlaps. Tweak the settings after the crop rows up a cm or 2 if it needs it.
 

KennyO

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Angus
The only shortcoming with RTX is it can drift a wee bit overnight, so it’s maybe worthwhile leaving a mark at lousing time, and when you come back to it in the morning do a “shift to here (DONT save)” and your sorted (y)

As for width, set it to 3.00m / 24.00m.
There’s little point investing in ‘precision farming’ if all you want is very precise overlaps. Tweak the settings after the crop rows up a cm or 2 if it needs it.
Interesting that you chose DON'T save. I sometimes have to do shift to here and then always choose Save cause I thought it would yet revert to original drifted line if I didn't?

Mine Will also jump if I lose signal going under endrig trees
 
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Badshot

Member
Location
Kent
Interesting that you chose DON'T save. I sometimes have to do shift to here and then always choose Save cause I thought it would yet revert to original drifted line if I didn't?

Mine Will also jump if I lose signal going under endrig trees
If you choose save you end up with loads of bloody lines .
 

PSQ

Member
Arable Farmer
Interesting that you chose DON'T save. I sometimes have to do shift to here and then always choose Save cause I thought it would yet revert to original drifted line if I didn't?

Mine Will also jump if I lose signal going under endrig trees
If you choose save you end up with loads of bloody lines .

It will continue to use the shifted (unsaved) line until the GPS is turned off at the end of the day, or the line is shifted again. As Badshot says, if you click 'save' you just end up with dozens of parallel lines clogging up the AB options for evermore, which is a royal PITA.
 

Farma Parma

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Northumberlandia
@Farma Parma if on RTX I would advise setting your width a bit less than it should be for first season to see how you get on. I have settled at 2.95 and a 3cm offset for my mounted amazone. still get odd wide ones where it throws a wobbly.
cheers, found out last night the poxy drilling discs are pulling to one side, so need to correct that once ive had kuhn
dealer look at it. heck its only sown about 3000ac nowt really to be worn much.
 

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