Near Intersection of I-35 & I-90 Southern Mn. | I have successfully used a planting configuration in the past with some creative modifications to make tile line maps. Some modification to my approach might work for you.
As I recall I created a fictious two row planter with a width about 5'. I guess choosing a drill might have been easier. I would turn the coverage map ON/OFF with the screen icon on the lower right. I would choose an unusual seed for our area such as peanuts. The "varieties" of peanuts then represented the tile lines and were named 4" Branch, 6" Branch, 12" New Main, 10" Old Main etc.
These "varieties" would appear as different colors on the map and could be transferred to a computer and later printed out etc. The reason for choosing a planting configuration is that no rate measuring device (seed sensor, shaft sensor, flow meter etc.) is required. The varieties allowed me to differentiate between different tile situations.
This allowed me to straddle the old or new tile lines. choose the appropriate variety, turn ON the coverage map and drive over the line. When I wanted the coverage to stop, I would cycle the coverage Icon OFF. I could change the variety if desired and start again.
I didn't do this but believe I could have entered an offset and driven close to the lines rather than straddle them. The confusion could be that I would always need to stay on the same side of the lines so the offset would always be the correct direction. In your case you will always be throwing to the left, so your offset should be consistent regardless of your direction of travel.
So could this work for you? Maybe? Create a drill configuration with a width of 50'. Your offset would need to fool the system in thinking that the tractor is 25' over from where it really is. I am not certain if a 25' offset is even allowed. Whether it should be to the left or to the right always confuses me but if this is allowed, a wrong choice should be obvious. This may not work but shouldn't be too hard to try.
I happen to have an InCommand setup in my basement lab at the moment and may have a chance to play with this a bit in the next few days.
Are there any Ag Leader modules that just happen to be in the tractor? If so there may be some way to utilize them to work with this situation. Gut thinking is a two section rig with 50' sections but only the left one is ever "ON". The right section would always be "OFF". A coverage map would show coverage from the left section but never the right. This might have some other confusing consequences.
Another problem with such an approach is most application modules require some type of input from a seed sensor, shaft sensor or flow meter for their intended purposes. I suppose some type of sensor on the PTO with an application module that allows sections might be possible. The rate displayed would act as a way to fool the system into recording. It would not be very representative of the actual rate of manure being applied.
Edited by tedbear 5/13/2025 06:26
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