Real life high tech planting

[furrowtickler]

It can be a real pain ITA at times as Zach shows. We had sensor issues as well this year, can drive a person nuts in short seeding windows. When it all works its great but ya, can be very frustrating at times.

https://youtu.be/GB3FvbkxrKs

[Maver]

It can be a real pain ITA at times as Zach shows. We had sensor issues as well this year, can drive a person nuts in short seeding windows. When it all works its great but ya, can be very frustrating at times.

youtu.be/GB3FvbkxrKs

Amen!

[blackpowder]

Last year was sold an XCN 1050 monitor to run steering, cart, liquid system and section control.
Worked okay last year as long as you had knowledgeable support at your fingertips.
This year was a nightmare. We lost ~ cumulative 8 hrs to it not working at all or not properly. Records are a mish mash or non-existent. It was horrible. You can't move without these damn things.
Next year we are dumbing down with two Pro 700s to run everything. Hopefully support improves as well.

[tubs]

I bought a used planter this year and we could not get the computer to communicate with the planter. We finally said enough of this and seeded with my drill. I think the planter is working fine but could not monitor rows etc/ pro 700 and also 20/20

[blackpowder]

This thread deserves it's own section.
The tech guy in the dealership most important guy in season and they don't have enough trained guys.
Critical systems and we're running with old software and literally dumb OSs. Constantly changing.
We save big money with things like section control etc but we can't even run the buggars manually to get done and you're sitting on the moon for support.
Totally let down by the manufacturers constantly changing providers, and the dealerships not concentrating on techs.
Was a totally disgusting spring.
JC himself could make promises on our current monitor and I wouldn't believe him. Ha, VR a dream until we get reliability. Can't even save test plots.
It is amazing more of these $8000 pieces of glass don't get smashed.
My shed literally has to stay red.
So what's the fix??????

[6V53]

So what's the fix?????

A discer, just drop the front wheel in the rut and go.

[furrowtickler]

This thread deserves it's own section.
The tech guy in the dealership most important guy in season and they don't have enough trained guys.
Critical systems and we're running with old software and literally dumb OSs. Constantly changing.
We save big money with things like section control etc but we can't even run the buggars manually to get done and you're sitting on the moon for support.
Totally let down by the manufacturers constantly changing providers, and the dealerships not concentrating on techs.
Was a totally disgusting spring.
JC himself could make promises on our current monitor and I wouldn't believe him. Ha, VR a dream until we get reliability. Can't even save test plots.
It is amazing more of these $8000 pieces of glass don't get smashed.
My shed literally has to stay red.
So what's the fix??????

Yup agree 100% .
They want to push all of us into this high tech b/s and ya the justification is there with input cost but FML it needs to work , and work every time in a very short time period . And yes without a tech guy that’s available and very knowledgeable… all of it is just junk time wasting stress creators

[jazz]

Forgive my knowledge of corn but people have been seeding yellow peas, chicks and kabulis with a plain ol shank drill for decades. Neighbor tried soy with his drill came up fine.

What’s so special about a planter? Look like a pain in the ass to me.

[Old Cowzilla]

Hundreds of millions worth of seeding equipment parked in Manitoba yards (high tec stuff) while old wore out valmars and floaters blow seed out and harrowed in with anything with tines. P.S. my old 70's JD
fingerplanter puts a corn seed every 6 inches without a computer and you can walk into any JD place and still get parts.

[agstar77]

Yup agree 100% .
They want to push all of us into this high tech b/s and ya the justification is there with input cost but FML it needs to work , and work every time in a very short time period . And yes without a tech guy that’s available and very knowledgeable… all of it is just junk time wasting stress creators

It is all a world conspiracy by Bill Gates. New world order of farming. L.O.L.