Farms and Farm Machinery – September 2019

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Back by popular demand,

this dual antenna steering

system is helping to turn

any tractor into a precision

implement

werelookingfor.Highaccuracy,ultra-low speeds, better line

acquisition– allthethingsthatthedualantennas provide that

thesingleantennasdon’t.”

TheDualTracsystemusesAgLeader’snew range of GPS 7500

globalnavigationsatellitesystem(GNSS) smart antennae, which

canbewiredtothesteeringvalvein a steer-ready tractor, or

throughvalvesthecompanyfitsthemselves.

Thissystemgivesit accesstomultipleGNSS signals for

upto“sub-inchaccuracyandincreased performance in

variableterrain”.

Thisaccuracyis availableevenwhenmoving at an ultra-low

speed,aslittleas0.08km/h– whichthecompany says makes it

idealforoperationsrequiringveryprecise steering – including

plantingorharvestingbeddedcropsand specialty crops.

Amosexplainsthesystemusestheleft-hand antenna to carry

outpositioningworkandguidanceforthe AB line, while the right

handantennaprovidesa headingreference.

“Soif I knowwhichwayI amfacing,whether I am at a standstill

ornot,it knowsinstantlywhichwaytomove. So if I am on an AB

lineandI pullupandI wanttogobackwards, it knows that I am

alreadyonthatlineandit alwaysknows which way it is facing.”

Whiletheproductmightappealtoa broadacre farmer, Amos

explainedthata singleantennawouldnormally suffice when

farmersaretravellingatbetweenthreeand 30km/h.

“Whenyoustartgoingbeloworabovethat, this is where it

comesintoitsown,”hesays.

“Largecontractsprayersmaytakeone if they are really

chasingthataccuracy– butcertainlyit is relevant for the

vegetablemarket,wherethereis a lotof low speed work done

andreversingthroughrows– it hasinfinite reverse, so you can

autosteerbackwardsindefinitely.

“Soif youarestuckin themiddleofa row, in the vegetables,

youjustbackout– it is nota problemfor this machine.”

F

or precision agriculture company Ag Leader, two heads are

better than one – especially when it comes to its remote

steering system.

Able to be retrofitted to tractors, the company’s own dual-

antenna automated steering system, DualTrac, was launched in

Australia late last year.

Ag Leader sales manager for the Asia-Pacific Douglas Amos

says the company had previously sold Novariant’s A5 steering

systems and its own Paradigm system for digital steer-ready

vehicles in Australia.

“After the Paradigm we went to a single antenna solution...

but we would still get requests for the dual antenna and it was

something that we did very well, so we decided last year that

we needed to bring it back.

“It has been very well received – it does exactly what people

Left: The DualTrac dual antenna steering

system can be retrofitted to tractors

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