Near Intersection of I-35 & I-90 Southern Mn. | I use a workaround scheme to accomplish the line shifting somewhat like you mention.
When planting corn this year I often had the previous year's AB line which was pretty much parallel to the side where I wanted to start.
I would shift the AB line on my Insight by using the Remark Feature. This will shift the original AB line (and all subsequent lines) to your current location. When planting I am almost always in the Coverage Map mode. I ZOOM the screen and then PAN the map with the arrow keys so that I can see how my proposed new line compares with the field boundary. If the current Remarked AB line is satisfactory I start planting, otherwise I Remark the AB line again.
I guess I should be able to do this same think with the Move AB line by a certain amount LEFT or RIGHT. If the new location is not acceptable, I could try again.
I am finding that I should SAVE all my AB lines as they may be useful in the future. I decided to even rate them this year. I use words like GOOD or OK in the pattern name for future reference. I often have an AB line for each edge and plant out the odd rows toward the middle.
We have a customer who uses this approach: When planting the first pass he drives manually but watches the heading. By the time he gets to the end he as an "average heading" in mind. He uses the A+ type pattern, lines up the planter with a fair amount of overlap and sets the A+ heading from his mental average. This of course creates some overlap but this is probably inevitable anyway. With Seed Command these extra rows will be shut off anyway.
Edited by tedbear 6/2/2007 16:31
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Couple of things I'd like to see...
