RTX Range Point

[Fish]

Is RTX Range point any good for fixed tramlines ?

Or will it drift over time.

 

[Steevo]

Is RTX Range point any good for fixed tramlines ?

Or will it drift over time.

It will drift within 24 hours so I wouldn't count on it. For that job you need RTK with a base station.

 

[clbarclay]

Bigger problem I have encountered with it is convegance time rather than drift (I always loose signal driving some tracks) and if given time to fully converge (not just until it says converged) the drift is not so much of an issue. Sitting in a feild waiting for it to finish converging, watching the distance offline keep shifting is annoying when I want to get going. Once its finished though I don't have to nudge or nudge by very much.

Only just got the steering motor on the sprayer, so last year I scratted many of the tramlines this year as a seperate pass after drilling using 2 leg mole plough running on the surface for the sprayer to follow.

 

[Fish]

Thanks for the replays gents, that confirms what I thought might be the case regarding RTX range point, that it simply does not have the repeatability for fixed tramlines, and full RTK is the only way.

 

[AS_Comms]

Is RTX Range point any good for fixed tramlines ?

Or will it drift over time.

Trimble RangePoint RTX Correction (15 cm pass-to-pass accuracy) is a broadacre correction service with repeatability of around 50 cm so you would get drift on fixed tramlines.

 

[Douglasmn]

No stats here, just user experience. Range point is absolutely fine for sowing, does a great job. I then use it to put in tramlines (don't tramline with the drill). Have measured and they are always within 10cm. After that just follow the marks, really not difficult. Top accuracy for minimal cost.