I have given some thought to a GPS guidance system but have never used one so appreciate any feedback. Would be used primarily when spreading fertilizer and spraying hay and pasture. What recommendations for such use that are relatively simple to use and not outrageously expensive? Or would it be a waste of money and effort for my needs? Thanks.
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super99
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I'm sure someone better informed than I will be along to comment, but here goes. Several years ago, I bought an Outback Guidance system for spraying burndown on cover crop rye. Being an old phart I had a terrible time figuring out how to use it, but finally got to where I could use it fairly well. I had a field with some pretty good hills in it and always had to go back and respray a few strips for 1' to 10' wide across the field where I would be off and miss while trying to keep the green light on. Think I paid about $700 for it. There ae much better systems out there, but they cost more $$$$.
Huskergreen
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I have used the Outback light bar and was pleased. It is not perfect but I thought worked well for what you want it for. I kept it in the tractor all the time and used it for fertilizer, spraying, disking, field cult and also planting. With planting I also used a marker, but when the mark was hard to see the outback would help out. I have retired and have a couple Outbacks for sale. Located in Northeast Nebraska, but I have the original boxes and would ship.
Eric in IL
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I've had good success with a lightbar. It was using WAAS signal, and I trusted it enough to plant soybeans. It did a great job.
My fields are flat and I think that helps. My unit used a suction cup to stick it to the windshield. I positioned it just a small bit below my normal line of sight. After I turned at the end of the field, I would get the lights to go green then pick something far away to head to. I then usually had to drive a little right/left of what I had picked as a target to keep the lights green. With the unit mounted where it was, I could easily tell if a light had gone red.
I did try using it on an identical curve pattern a couple times. That was not good, at least not for me.
The more I used mine , the better I liked it.
My fields are flat and I think that helps. My unit used a suction cup to stick it to the windshield. I positioned it just a small bit below my normal line of sight. After I turned at the end of the field, I would get the lights to go green then pick something far away to head to. I then usually had to drive a little right/left of what I had picked as a target to keep the lights green. With the unit mounted where it was, I could easily tell if a light had gone red.
I did try using it on an identical curve pattern a couple times. That was not good, at least not for me.
The more I used mine , the better I liked it.
islandgreen
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I have a Raven g p s .The only trouble i have had is it quit working when it gets hot in a tractor without ac.This is on P E I Canada and not Texas.Put it in a tractor with ac and it works great.
Huskergreen, please email me. [email protected]
Hills can be a problem as some systems don't compensate for tilt and the receiver up high on top of the cab when the tractor leans it moves and the you move over to reenter the receiver to keep the lightbar happy thus overlapping or grapping. The systems (Trimble ez-steer, ez-pilot, or full auto-pilot are the ones that I'm familiar with) have a terrain compensation that calculates angle and moves accordingly. My recommendation if your in rolling hills a fairly cheap and easy alternative to just the lightbar is a ez-steer coupled to a Trimble ez-guide 500 or 750. The 250 model would work too but has a much smaller screen and I have not personally used it but have had a 500 and still have a 750 with ez-pilot steering system, it works great for spreading fertilizer and mowing with a batwing mower. Check out eBay there are used systems on there regularly you can sometimes get a good deal. My email is open if you want more information or have specific questions.
Farmboy 81
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We have been using the Teejet Centerline 220 for years now about spraying herbicides and liquid nitrogen. Have gotten along very well with it for this application. There is not any tilt compensation about it as another poster has mentioned but only have 1 farm where that would be handy. Have been adjusting this out with the nudge button on it. It has been weatherproof also on open stationed sprayers or cab ones.
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