Ploughing with gps

[Rattie]

The other alternative is to simply shift your AB line once you're moving in the furrow. Ultimately, as long as you are driving straight and parallel then your OK Does it matter if the screen is painting correctly and the tractor is showing in the right spot?
Mostly on land here, but same applies, different soil types affect plough width across the field etc so we don't get too hung up on it. We use it so that the operator can concentrate on doing the best possible job, our ploughing quality has vastly improved with gps.

 

[davidroberts30]

First world problems...

 

[Boysground]

I tried it when I first had rtk. Quickly decided it’s not worth the hassle I just strike out on ab line now

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[ollie989898]

I could see how it would be useful for on-land ploughing or when working with a herculean sized one in furrow.

 

[fermerboy]

I tried it when I first got autosteer purely because I had it and the time while trundling up and down the field.
Spent as much time nudging lines and faffing about I don't bother with it at all, unless setting out a headland, measuring off a bit of fallow, or striking out at an angle to the fence.
It was surprising to me just how much the width varied from side to side though.
I sometimes leave it on "painting the screen" when doing a long rolling field in the dark, sometimes when you come back next day after 6hours work in the dark it can be a shock how wavy its gone.

Old man always says theres more land in a bent/wavy round anyhow!!

 

[Boysground]

I do use the gps for my headland mark. It beeps when I need to lift the plough, don’t bother with the scratch mark and I think it give a more accurate headland width than my bad setting out

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[Will 1594]

What's the world come to. Next thing is people will put gps on their scraper tractor. I get that if you have gps you use it more than you need to but ploughing in furrow is over the top ffs

It will come having a robot scraper , look at the driverless stacker trucks in warehouses , loads of them scurrying around , inside the factory other night , had a bit about them .

to the op why do you want Gps in furrow
Ploughing last night , heavy patches , lighter then black sand , back to heavy , you had to drive it to keep it straight ish hugging wall in light , and off it in heavy
I would learn to plough properly first , then use you Gps if you have to for in outs for a guide put in a dummy headland line , or get your eye in , and please don’t plough through headland tramline , or you will have sore lugs or arse from spray man

 

[ollie989898]

It will come having a robot scraper , look at the driverless stacker trucks in warehouses , loads of them scurrying around , inside the factory other night , had a bit about them .

to the op why do you want Gps in furrow
Ploughing last night , heavy patches , lighter then black sand , back to heavy , you had to drive it to keep it straight ish hugging wall in light , and off it in heavy
I would learn to plough properly first , then use you Gps if you have to for in outs for a guide put in a dummy headland line , or get your eye in , and please don’t plough through headland tramline , or you will have sore lugs or arse from spray man

I've seen the same. A (now distant) friend works for an Italian company that manufactures automated forklift robots. They can work day and night in a warehouse with the doors shut and even in total darkness. They park pallets on racks with millimetric precision and can unload a truck if it is parked in the exact correct place. Humans aren't supposed to ever enter the building. If one unit breaks down, the others will use a different route to avoid it. They recharge themselves at designated docking bays. All very very clever.

 

[MrNoo]

A contractor friend said he tried it this year and loves it, when I asked him re widths and offsets etc he just said he put a very narrow implement width in, matter of inches and then the tractor would follow whichever one was best.
I have never used mine for ploughing but have found if you've got it set up right, you can start on the pee and it'll be straight by the time youre half way across the field, the plough will straighten the work. The only time this doesnt seem to hold true is when you've heavy clay one end and light brash the other end of the field, which is fairly common here

 

[holywell farmer]

A contractor friend said he tried it this year and loves it, when I asked him re widths and offsets etc he just said he put a very narrow implement width in, matter of inches and then the tractor would follow whichever one was besmayt.
I have never used mine for ploughing but have found if you've got it set up right, you can start on the pee and it'll be straight by the time youre half way across the field, the plough will straighten the work. The only time this doesnt seem to hold true is when you've heavy clay one end and light brash the other end of the field, which is fairly common here

Maybe it be benifical if contractor or big arable farming enterprise is ploughing lots of acres it would make life easier for the ploughman perhaps.

 

[Andy12345]

You need an offset but will also need to reduce width slightly also worth doing a TCM calibration/ roll calibration

Just as a matter of interest does your LO pull straight behind the Fendt? We have a new to us LO 7 furrow and I find the left hand bodies pull the plough about 3 inches further to unploughed land than the right and I'm struggling to see why. A 2 or 3 cm offset seems to get over most of the issues , any suggestions ?