GPS systems

[kenzie]

I have put 100 hours on a Trimble auto steer system this spring. It's ok but i question if I'll have a steering colum left after the year. It "jerks" the wheel around quite agresively. We have tried to change the settings.
If 10 was a perfect system...I'd rate this one a 8.5 so far.
I have also lost 3% of my acres due to reduced overlap. Now I have to go buy more land and what's that going to cost me???

[claust]

Hi Kenzie,

You need to talk to your EZ steer salesman and have him give you some suggestions on setting things better. ( I don't suppose you bought it from CASE?)
Anyhow-- mine is working very well, I must say I am impressed. Just like any unit though, there is a little patience required to fine tune it. Once you've found your setting you can't feel it making adjustments on a straight line. It shouldn't be "jerking' the tractor.
Good luck with the spring season.

[kenzie]

Thanks Claust. I did not buy it from CASE and will contact the dealer. I also lost satelite 2x today.

[shamrock]

Just want to comment on the losing satelite thing. Seems to be a problem from about Red Deer south. Not only in Alberta. Not sure what is going on.

[kenzie]

Loosing the satelite realy sucks!!! don't know If I trust it for spraying. I can live with it at seeding so far.
I changed my settings a bit today and things smoothed out.
Angle to 28 from 26
Free play to 0 from 3
I lowered the agression to 85% but soon took it back to 95%

[Pulseman]

Hello again, can you use the trimple for yield monitoring, field record keeping, gps, etc? have tried it and was not impressed. Have not lost the signal for my GreenStar once. Guess I am alone.

Cheers

[mister]

Hi! I'm wondering where people mount their receiver for an articulated tractor. Some say over pivot, some over front axle. anyone tried both and found out what works best?

[craig]

Mounting your GPS receiver on a articulated tractor. We found out this year that you need to mount your receiver on the front of the cab. In fact on trimble's auto steer they have a cab roof mount bracket that in fact moves the receiver out in front of the cab. We found out with the ez steer that if your receiver is on the back of the cab roof it will not work.

[shamrock]

In reply to pulseman, you said do your research before buying, if you don't know what the trimble does I guess you didn't do your research. As to position of the receiver: with EZ-Steer on an articulated it is recommended over the front axle as this is the only point that does not swing. If you are just using light bar guidance, front of cab or the nose of the tractor works well. If you are using an Accutrak autosteer put it on the nose of the tractor.