Spraying without tramlines.

[Power Harrow Pilot]

Client has bought a direct drill and will be drilling at an angle to current tramlines. I have a Trimble 750 and ez pilot on rtx. What would i need to hit the tramlines exactly every pass?? Any experience.

 

[clbarclay]

Nudge as needs be if there is a previous mark to follow. If there are no visible tramlines don't nudge and just let the sprayer/spreader wheels leave a mark for next time.

 

[Shutesy]

Essentially what clbarclay says above. First time through the crop just let the GPS do its thing unless there are very visible previous tramlines as if the crop doesnt grow in an old compacted tramline and you put in a new set of tramlines as well you can end up with a bit of a mess. If I know im likely to be moving my tramlines for some reason I might rip them up a bit before drilling to avoid ending up with 2 sets of tramlines, but once they are in have been put in place with the gps in a previous year you can normally see them in the following crop and just nudge the gps a fraction if required to stay in them once you've set your AB line on the first one.

 

[Cambridgeshire]

Essentially what clbarclay says above. First time through the crop just let the GPS do its thing unless there are very visible previous tramlines as if the crop doesnt grow in an old compacted tramline and you put in a new set of tramlines as well you can end up with a bit of a mess. If I know im likely to be moving my tramlines for some reason I might rip them up a bit before drilling to avoid ending up with 2 sets of tramlines, but once they are in have been put in place with the gps in a previous year you can normally see them in the following crop and just nudge the gps a fraction if required to stay in them once you've set your AB line on the first one.

The only thing I have achieved through ripping old spraying wheelings up pre drilling is masses of unneeded black grass germination!

 

[clbarclay]

I have ripped up and moved tramlines in no till, but only when the old tramline is a rutted mess. Now winter OSR is out of the question here, they shouldn't suffer anything like so much again from early spring nitrogen applications.

It can take a couple of years though for old tramlines to completely disappeared on their own with no till, when I've just moved them to fit the fields better.