Missouri | NEILFarmer - 1/30/2019 15:21
If you didn't want to chew this all at once i think you could get a PMM from agleader and plug into you Integra as is. No harness change. Just something to think about, they can be had used pretty common don't personally use one but relative do they sure like it way better then Kinze monitor, allows them to map hybrids and such for harvest. They don't have the advanced features like the STMM (agleader's dickey john system) get away from kinze, relatives just use it for soybeans only.
Good deal finding a big planter i'm interested how works for you i might follow path you took. If wouldn't mind emailing me sometime Brian would like to know more if you get min sometime. Do 3800 flex 3 place or 2? I have heard 3700 or 3800 not sure which only flexed in middle and for me that's sort of deal breaker. And i sure like my JD vacuum.
I'll second this recommendation. A good stepwise upgrade process builds on what you have, without waste. The sensors you are already equipped with are compatible with Ag Leader monitoring, and are no worse than the dickey john sensors. Converting to dickey john sensors will be money spent to be different, without being better. Yes, it will allow the STMM to be used, which shows singulation, but singulation data is only as good as the sensor accuracy, and the accuracy I have observed to dickey john sensors is average, at best.
*IF* one is determined to change sensors, I'd do that last rather than first. Run a PMM now, you can get used ones cheap. Get the nuisance costs out of the way as fast as possible so you can move up to section control. Unless your fields are flat rectangles planted in straight lines, this is where the savings/yield gains are. Get to the savings/gains as soon as you can, then let that pay for the items that produce less or no ROI, such as sensor/monitoring changes. |
Help me plan this technology transition cost effectively. Planter
