Farmerboy72 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 As I sit on the front porch listening to the Reds and sipping my Busch "latte"; I have been thinking about putting auto steer in my planting tractors. I use a McCormick MTX 135 on my corn planter and a 7120 on my bean planter. What brand do I start to look at? I would like to get one system that I could move from one tractor to the other (very rarely that both tractors are planting at the same time). Was thinking one system could save me money. I already have a very basic Raven guidance without autosteer in each of these tractors. Thank you for any input Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirt_Floor_Poor Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 I have an Ag-Leader system in an older Deere tractor that I use with a Kinze 24 row (60’) planter. I use an InCommand 1200 Ag-Leader display for the planter monitor and to control the steering. I use an OnTrac3 steering wheel motor. The OnTrac has been replaced by something newer by Ag-Leader now. It works great, but is not cheap. There are things out there cheaper, but I have no experience with them. There are people who build their own system, but I guess I’m not smart enough for that. I need technology that is plug and play. I think we spent $20K on everything to set up the planter monitor, display, steering wheel system and receiver and that was before things went crazy. It was probably 5 years ago now. The planter already had the electric clutches on it when we installed this system. I use a Deere gps antenna on mine because they used to be easy to find. I’d hate to run a planter without it now because it is so much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acem Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 A friend is selling outback auto steer systems. I think he's less than $10,000 for a system that uses a special steering wheel. I'm leaning towards building my own like @ZG6E. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH Forever Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 I’m not very well versed in the auto steer technology so can’t add anything. Brother uses Ag Leader is all I know. It’s integrated in the 305 but I believe he has to move a steering wheel between the 270 and combine. But I’m glad you were able to listen to your Reds get beaten by my Brewers.😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafarm49 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 My deere dealer is checking to see if they have a atu 300 mount for my 1586 with tilt steering. He said they did for a non tilt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazy WP Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 You already have Raven. Just add the auto steer. Unless they used dated dramatically, Raven isn’t very portable though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy72 Posted July 17 Author Share Posted July 17 55 minutes ago, Lazy WP said: You already have Raven. Just add the auto steer. Unless they used dated dramatically, Raven isn’t very portable though. This is the raven screen I have, I am not sure if they are autosteer compatible. It is a Raven Cruizer series from way back when. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acem Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 If your guidance system is not fairly newit may be hard finding the parts to update it to auto steer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlefeller Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 I have a screen for GPS out of a 8760 greenie weenie 4wd. All I have left, tractor is a pile of ashes and molten metal... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lazy WP Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 10 hours ago, Farmerboy72 said: This is the raven screen I have, I am not sure if they are autosteer compatible. It is a Raven Cruizer series from way back when. I put auto steer on the 1254 Rogator I ran in 2000. Only reason we went with Raven at the time was because everything was an add on. Started with a light bar and kept adding until it went where it was supposed to. Of course that’s 23 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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