RE Outback S Lite bar

I found the pto shaft off of the sprayer that came off last evening and got it back on. Finished spraying the field I was in and started on the next one. I played with the outback again, I found out how to use the speed indicator. I was running 5mph by the speedometer on the 1850, but the Outback said it was only 4.6mph. The next field was smoother, so I switch from 3rd direct to 4th with the Hydrapower pulled out and got 5 mph without have to run the throttle wide open. I set the Outback and did the perimeter of the field, it said 29.1 acres. I went around the field again so I would have plenty of room to turn and get lined up. In one corner, I didn't press the stop button, just made a turn and started along the next edge and the light bar locked on center yellow lines and would not come off to follow the next pass. I pushed all the buttons and no change. I ended up shutting off the power and restarting it to get it to work. I was in contour mode, and I was going all over the field trying to follow the light, finally flagged one pass several times and then reset it for straight line and made a new pass and then got along good, should have done that sooner!! When you are running on straight line, does it follow where you actually drive, or does it stay on a straight line regardless of whether you are on the mark or not?? Anyhow, I got all the cover crop rye sprayed, now I just have to wait and see how many skips I have to go back and spray before I can start planting. Chris

When you set up for straight line it sets up imaginary lines that are spaced for whatever swath you have it set at and it follows those lines conceivably all the way around the earth though I doubt if it actually will work that way. When you stop to fill the sprayer and then go back to your established line to start spraying again it will probably be off a foot or so because of satellite drift. When you are on straight line the best way to drive is to set your sights on something across the field and aim for it but glance at the light bar. If you are getting off line on the light bar re-aim your sights on something else across the field that will get you closer to following the line. If you watch that light bar all the time you will; 1. Be weaving too much and 2. Eventually end up in a mental asylum. LOL

This year I will have the luxury of following rows most of the time so the light bar will be on contour to remind me if I mis-count rows when I come back in.

I agree with #1 and#2. Sighting off of something on the other end of the field works good except when you can't see the other side for the hills. I have the sensitivity set on medium, I'm going to try the lowest setting to see if that helps. It's frustrating to drive across the field, the center yellow lights are lit up, hold the wheel straight and suddenly the yellow line goes away and the red and green lights start jumping back and forth. Chris

One thing that can make the lights jump is side to side movement of the globe. If it's on top of the cab, and most are, rocking back and forth of the tractor will throw the globe out of line. About the only help for that is running duals on the tractor. I put the globe on the front of the hood one time on the Deere because of the fiberglass cab roof and that helped with the rocking motion throwing it off but it didn't help as much as I thought it would because the front of the tractor weaves back and forth as you steer. Putting it on the hood did get me back on line quicker when I turned back into they line on the ends simply because it got there sooner. I still prefer it on the cab roof.

Just trust it. If you swerve and have a skip it won't try to fix it on the next round. I always go around to make just enough headland and then snap a line. I honestly watch the GPS most of the way across the field.

Back in 2000, I was running a Row crop sprayer commercially. Started out with a Raven Light Bar. In my opinion the light bar was more harm then good. In 2001, we upgraded to complete autosteer, and that helped immensely. Problem was, I could out run it. I think at that time Raven would kick out at 20 MPH. Lots of times I was spraying at 25 MPH.