[AT] OT--- 800 IH plate planter

[charlie hill]

I know some farmers who run GPS in their tractors and combines.
They actually let the tractor bed up rows for them before they plant.
All they do is drive the tractor in the corner of the field and hit the 
button.
When they get to the other end of the row they take control, turn the 
tractor
around and hit the button again.  The rows are within an inch or so of dead
straight from one end to the other.

On the combines they have yield monitors and those are somehow tied in with 
the
GPS.  At the end of the season they can do a yield map of the farm and it 
shows
the areas that had high production and those that were low.  They soil 
sample based
on the maps and then put that data into the fertilizer spreader truck so 
that it varies
application rates as is needed.

Amazing stuff.  The biggest regret of my life is that I didn't find a way to 
stay in farming
after my dad died.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 7:21 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] OT--- 800 IH plate planter

I rode with the guy spreading lime for me last summer and he had GPS. Now
that is the way to go! When he ran out he just paused the machine, went and
got another load, and picked right back up where he left off. Absolutely
easy. If I farmed for a living I'd be using that on anything spraying or
spreading. Looks cheap enough to justify real quick.

John


-----Original Message----- 
From: Ralph Goff
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 10:14 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] OT--- 800 IH plate planter

On 4/3/2015 7:50 PM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
> I'm hoping to finish the controls on my foam marker on my sprayer tomorrow
> so I can get the planter in the shop for a once over. One thing I have
> started doing on my grain drill is tying a piece of baler twine(with
> several
> knots in the end to serve as a weight) to use as a row marker.  When I
> started growing milo I had to block off every other spout so I needed a
> more
> accurate way to drill than guessing, this works surprisingly well. Its
> positioned to run right over the last row on milo, second to last on
> everything else.
John , it is reassuring to hear that I am not the only farmer still
doing his own steering
without relying on GPS and auto steer. Although I do use the trimble
ezee guide to show
me where to steer and mark how much ground I have covered.

Ralph in Sask.
>

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