Near Intersection of I-35 & I-90 Southern Mn. | PacerVol - 10/27/2024 01:31
I just want to be as precise as possible with several inexperienced operators. I have 1/2 width disconnect on a 1780 planter that I control with Surevacs, so they are not being used. Could you link them to the clutch control module and split the shaft?
I have the Deere half width disconnects on our used 1770NT planter. I do not use them either since I use SureVacs on my planter also. I'm not certain if mine actually would disengage or not since I've never tried using the switch on the planter fold box.
Electronically I believe your plan wouldn't be too difficult. The Ag Leader Clutch Control module has limits as far as the current it can handle. Half width disconnect clutches often exceed those limits.
This problem can be overcome by running a pair of heavy wires from the tractor to the planter where they would be connected to a HD relay for each clutch. Possibly the High Current power that is available would be sufficient. Then when the Clutch module completes ground to disengage a clutch like your SureVacs, it would activate the appropriate relay instead. The current to actually disengage the clutches would be carries by the extra Power/Ground wires to the tractor.
I feel the major obstacle would be 1) installing the planter half-width disconnects on the drill 2) insuring that the planter drill shafts will still turn when the half-width clutches are removed from the planter.
I believe the approach in my reply above might be a better choice.
Edited by tedbear 10/27/2024 08:20
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