Anyone plowing with autosteer/gps?

Do any of you use gps to plow? We don't plow but many area famers do. I'm just curious as to how well the GPS works with plowing.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Smith on December 8, 2012 at 10:13pm

Generally gps is only needed for striking out when plowing and not a real huge benefit since a wheel in the furrow will usually steer the tractor on its own

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Permalink Reply by Roadrunner on January 7, 2013 at 11:23am

Thanks Paul,

Good point.

I like reading your articles.

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Permalink Reply by Jordan Wallace on January 8, 2013 at 11:24pm

Guys

As i agrere with paul in most cases, that most guys are using autosteer to strike out. I am / have growers who plow with autosteer. Typlically its on larger plows where the tractor is always on flat ground, This is because plow/ tractor setup is more simplified.

Tyipically growers dont understand that the Roll and Yaw Compensation in the Autosteer throws off the tractor when 1 set of wheels are running in a Plow furrow. This when setup correctly can be very easilly compensated for in the Setup of the system. There are a few things you can do.

Changing the antenna Height on a Plow to 0" or half of your Tractors height allows some tilt compensation but eleviates the over agressiveness of that tilt reducing its impact on your plow furrow roll.

Its a number that you need to change and play with a little but its easily accomplished. Keep in mind it needs to be changed back for normal field applications. It works very well and saves a pile of time in the field.

There are a number of other things that you can do currently.

We are working on a kit right now for a variable width plow so that it increase and decreases the width based on the guidance of the plow. Using implement Steering like TrueTracker.