Tractor GPS

Reggie.

Ok my minions. Thinking of getting a GPS for measuring fields when im tedding and spreading fert. Was using phone apps but proving unreliable unfortunately.

Anyone use it day to day and what's a good all rounder.

ganmo

micraX

E farmer is a great app for measuring fields. Have you tryed that?

Reggie.

micraX wrote: »

E farmer is a great app for measuring fields. Have you tryed that?

Nope but trying to get away from the phone really

Mooooo

There was a trimble gps advertised in places there before think it was around the 1500 mark, could be wrong on that now don't know what model. No experience myself but may be interested next year edit. Prob here where I read it, a couple of lads using them I think could search the forum maybe

Reggie.

Mooooo wrote: »

There was a trimble gps advertised in places there before think it was around the 1500 mark, could be wrong on that now don't know what model. No experience myself but may be interested next year edit. Prob here where I read it, a couple of lads using them I think could search the forum maybe

It's on DD for €900ish I think

Waffletraktor

Mooooo wrote: »

There was a trimble gps advertised in places there before think it was around the 1500 mark, could be wrong on that now don't know what model. No experience myself but may be interested next year edit. Prob here where I read it, a couple of lads using them I think could search the forum maybe

Get 2 wiring looms and go halves with a neighbour?

Waffletraktor

Reggie. wrote: »

Ok my minions. Thinking of getting a GPS for measuring fields when im tedding and spreading fert. Was using phone apps but proving unreliable unfortunately.

Anyone use it day to day and what's a good all rounder.

Have 3 seperate brands of systems here but are further down the line to what you want.

Do you want a simple lightbar system or something with that now that can add a steering motor too later?

Reggie.

Waffletraktor wrote: »

Have 3 seperate brands of systems here but are further down the line to what you want.

Do you want a simple lightbar system or something with that now that can add a steering motor too later?

More so for measuring what work is done as do work in full fields and partial ones also.

Like to future proof too but doubt iĺ need autosteer

Waffletraktor

Reggie. wrote: »

More so for measuring what work is done as do work in full fields and partial ones also.

Like to future proof too but doubt iĺ need autosteer

Hey if you had auto steer when it stops working you get to go home it seems :pac:.

There is a plug in antenna that runs via your phone with better accuracy, commonly run with a cheap android tablet. There is many brands lecia/ag-leader/topcon/trimble the big manufacturers just use re badged versions of the above.
What i would recommend looking up is tillage farmers/contractors trading in machines that had gps added on, new models have it built in to the hardware.

freedominacup

Waffletraktor wrote: »

Hey if you had auto steer when it stops working you get to go home it seems :pac:.

There is a plug in antenna that runs via your phone with better accuracy, commonly run with a cheap android tablet. There is many brands lecia/ag-leader/topcon/trimble the big manufacturers just use re badged versions of the above.
What i would recommend looking up is tillage farmers/contractors trading in machines that had gps added on, new models have it built in to the hardware.

From another business I know topcon are top quality and very reliable. No surprise big brands are rebadging their gear.

oneten

https://www.wrshaw.ie/products/ez-guide-250-gps-display

C0N0R

oneten wrote: »

https://www.wrshaw.ie/products/ez-guide-250-gps-display

This should do your job reggie, same as a Trimble I'm assuming, if you're struggling to get reception you may have to get an antenna to mount on the roof but maybe not. Have a mate who does a bit of raking on the country and uses it for that purpose and for spreading fert, seems happy enough with it.

davidk1394

Patch works is a good system but I think it's over the 2k mark. Friend has one for doing fertiliser spreading and they swear by it. On the market for a GPS ourselves

Reggie.

C0N0R wrote: »

This should do your job reggie, same as a Trimble I'm assuming, if you're struggling to get reception you may have to get an antenna to mount on the roof but maybe not. Have a mate who does a bit of raking on the country and uses it for that purpose and for spreading fert, seems happy enough with it.

Yeah just want to be fair to myself and my customers really. Hard to trust the auld farmers sometimes

Waffletraktor

freedominacup wrote: »

From another business I know topcon are top quality and very reliable. No surprise big brands are rebadging their gear.

Must admit have had complete opposite experience on a cultivations tractor in the past, wanting to through it underneath crush it while laughing maniacally.

Have greenstar/Trimble and a Claas system(didn't work very well initially) here.

Waffletraktor

Reggie. wrote: »

C0N0R wrote: »

This should do your job reggie, same as a Trimble I'm assuming, if you're struggling to get reception you may have to get an antenna to mount on the roof but maybe not. Have a mate who does a bit of raking on the country and uses it for that purpose
Yeah just want to be fair to myself and my customers really. Hard to trust the auld farmers sometimes

You mean farming Irish acres but owning olden English ones?

Buford T. Justice XIX

oneten wrote: »

https://www.wrshaw.ie/products/ez-guide-250-gps-display

That's good value there. I have that one and it cost about 1100 euro 4 or 5 years ago. It does all the basics well and simply once you have it set up with the measurements like distance between tractor and implement and working width.

You can just use it for guidance up and down the field and measuring working area or you can store fields on it for use again.

One downside is if you switch off the tractor, you have to wait up to 10 minutes to get enough satellite signals to get good guidance and sometimes you can't get enough satellites at all for a signal. That happens very rarely, though one field in particular seems to have more problems that any other.

Have a look in Youtube, there are some very good videos of using the major brands on it.

Reggie.

Waffletraktor wrote: »

Reggie. wrote: »

You mean farming Irish acres but owning olden English ones?

Something like that alright