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 West Central MN | From a Deere user perspective, one simple fundamental thing missing is to automatically enter default implement offsets and other related dimensions upon connection to the tractor. Why we are guestimating with tape measures, or like I did the other day, just making up +/-5' numbers on the fly in the interest of time, in today's computerized implement age is bizarre to me. And if one hooks up a different brand of equipment, no reason it shouldn't also be able to share the same fundamental data strings.
AutoPath is good but it won't be great until one can edit and redefine how it fills a field. AP seems to always start its fill from the wrong side and we plant from very specifc field edges on purpose due to a combination of being the base heading for all other passes and purposeful year-to-year consistent harvesting pattern. If brand X precision steering doesn't have an AutoPath equivalent, one better allocate resources to get it done. It's a core building block for autonomy which unless there's a global catastrophe that sends us back to using markers, is coming whether we like it or not.
Another AutoPath feature needed is the ability to edit and adjust (lengthen) the extension of the paths such as those into the headlands and lengthen the headline pass demarcations as well.
Turn automation still has much room for improvement. It is near impossible to teach an older operator or an unskilled younger operator how to set it up and dial in the adjustments to get it to behave as desired.
Was eager to use Deere's new automatic field entry point detection feature but quickly learned the hard way it is beyond frustrating when two fields are right next to reach other and it keeps switching fields and AutoPath lines when one turns around on the adjacent field when planting headlands.
Seemlessly integrated application controllers for liquid and dry products seem to be stuck in the stone age. On a related note, application flow monitoring for each nozzle is also either entirely missing or redicously expensive with questionable reliability.
Have zero interest in cheap and cheerful chynesium components and systems. Would rather pay a premium for something coming out of Fargo, ND or München, Deutschland by someone that may have actually set foot on a farm once or twice in their life. | |
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