How WeedSeeker is installed?

[pokmo]

Hi

I've noticed a spot weeding device called WeedSeeker https://agriculture.trimble.com/product/weedseeker-spot-spray-system/, but it seems to come as a plastic box. Does anyone know how it's meant to be fitted on the boom? And how about the plumbing, power, etc.? Is the user supposed to strip out the original fittings and refit all the pipes and wires? If so, that'd be a lot of work.

Any thought would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Richard Smyth]

Very expensive. There will be one of those sensors every meter if not more. The sensor will control up to 5 nozzles I believe. Each nozzle has a pwm valve which opens each time a weed is sensed. Best run on fixed height trailing booms but more are getting added to suspended booms these days.

WEED-IT Trailed Sprayers - Croplands Australia

Tailor made for optical spot spraying, Croplands WEED-IT Trailed Sprayers are available with contour-following or cable-suspended booms.

www.croplands.com.au

These are very popular around here but at close to $400,000 for a 36 meter machine there needs to be a lot of ha to cover to justify one

 

[pokmo]

Very expensive. There will be one of those sensors every meter if not more. The sensor will control up to 5 nozzles I believe. Each nozzle has a pwm valve which opens each time a weed is sensed. Best run on fixed height trailing booms but more are getting added to suspended booms these days.

WEED-IT Trailed Sprayers - Croplands Australia

Tailor made for optical spot spraying, Croplands WEED-IT Trailed Sprayers are available with contour-following or cable-suspended booms.

www.croplands.com.au

These are very popular around here but at close to $400,000 for a 36 meter machine there needs to be a lot of ha to cover to justify one

Interesting. If my reading is correct, WeedIt is a trailed sprayer, which might explain the high price tag. I think the WeedSeeker are just sensor modules, which are fitted onto third-party booms. I wonder how these modules are supposed to be plumbed, powered, fixed, etc.

 

[pokmo]

These are very popular around here but at close to $400,000 for a 36 meter machine there needs to be a lot of ha to cover to justify one

This site seems to suggest that it's around $5000 per metre https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/m...s/news-story/5a1b5b67ab193c4ccb0b5c480880ca98

 

[Richard Smyth]

Interesting. If my reading is correct, WeedIt is a trailed sprayer, which might explain the high price tag. I think the WeedSeeker are just sensor modules, which are fitted onto third-party booms. I wonder how these modules are supposed to be plumbed, powered, fixed, etc.

weedseeker are basically the same as weed it. Weedit have joined with croplands to provide the full package here and croplands are now selling into Canada.

the weedseeker is now an isobus unit meaning it will run on most gps displays which everyone has here. Power for them will be from this although it wouldn’t surprise me if they needed an additional power supply. Weedit need power direct from battery. Plumbing seems fairly simple on weedit,there is constant pressure in the line and constant travel speed so when nozzle opens the flow is there.
They just bolt to the boom but because of the weight this is why the trailing boom is popular.

 

[Richard Smyth]

This site seems to suggest that it's around $5000 per metre https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/m...s/news-story/5a1b5b67ab193c4ccb0b5c480880ca98

that is the number I’ve heard. With a sprayer on top to fit them to