Combines Yeild Monitors

ridgetiller

Guest
We've had very good luck with Agleader. Support is excellent and accuracy is better than Deere. Deere uses only 2 calibration loads and if you recalibrate in mid-field or mid-harvest you really can't compare the before and after data. Agleader can use more calibrations and builds a more accurate curve as you add calibratio loads. If one Cal. load seems out of sink you can de-select it.
 

chuck

Guest
I have a PF 3000 ag leader for sale if anyone is interested. E-mail me if you want more info.
 

bean_grower

Guest
I can't tell you anything about mapping since I don't have that but, I am very happy with the Ag-leader 2000 I have. Whenever I have had any problems I just call the factory and they are very helpfull.
 

carter

Guest
The new insight from Agleader will be very easy to use. The expense of the touch screen will soon be forgotten and it's ease of use, and data entry will be appreciated for years to come. With the addition of the variable rate module (and some mapping software) you will be able to variable rate fertilizer and also plant populations. Because it uses can bus technology it will always have better resale value than the older mapping systems. Remember that yield mapping is just the beginning, any expense that you have in obtaining data will be returned to you many timesover in increased profit per acre.
 

IowaDan

Guest
My Ag leader 2000 has always been very accurate once it's calibrated. I've been very pleased with service also. Just a phone call away. I have a friend that has the newest version of Ag leader in his Deere 8560 with mapping and touch screen and it is amazing. He trades every year for a one year old machine and has dealer jerk the Greenstar and replaces it with Ag leader, that tells me something about Ag leader.
 

Ilnewholland

Guest
I have the loup 8000, I think it's really an RDK or something like that on my TR99. I have had it for 2 years now. First year just had yield part and this past added mapping form my ez glide. I like it but that is all I have ever had. Seems easy to use for a middle age farmer like me. Here is a link to some maps I made this fall.
 

Ilnewholland

Guest
Some more pictures of it in my combine. If any thing I can help you, just ask. The loup people are good to work with.
 

gleanermanitoba

Guest
Maps and monitor look good, How is the monitor screen to see, it looks not too bad in size, is contrast between text and background enough on a sunny dayIJ You said it seems easy enough to use which is nice to hear, did you find it accurate after calibrationIJ Also any hasssles with poor readings in high moisture conditionsIJ I see you are using Farm Works and wonder if it downloads well or any hassles that wayIJ Do you feel that the information shown on screen is adequate for you during harvestIJ Thanks for the reply, was that Ontario plates on the truckIJ
 

Ilnewholland

Guest
Il plates on the truck. Contrast on the screen is good and can see it well on sunny days. If it is below 35* the screen don't work well till you warm the cab up. Not many problems with moisture unless up cut some mud in your soybeans and it builds up in the clean grain elevator. Then you just clean it out(the mud build up). Farmworks is what loup told me to use but I have had Farmworks for 10 years anyway. It was easy to download and make the maps. You have a few screens of info to check on the monitor. You will have on the first one your yield, wet or dry, moisture, and bushels per hour. The next screen will have ground speed, area(field and total),field and total bushels. You will also have instant yield or average yield. The yield monitor is an RDS and is about the same stuff that the Cat lexion has. The yield sensor is a non contact light beam that shoots across the clean grain elevator. They send you a test weight scale and you will need to check your test weight of the grain and plug the numbers into the monitor. I only calibrate it at the start of the year on each crop. We weight all of our grain across scales so I keep track of it that way. Total bushels seem to come good on the average but on a few field it was a little low, maybe 5% off. Those was small fields that had a lot of point rows and I didn't keep a steady ground speed and the combine was not running full all the time. On big square fields it seems real good. I got the monitor for $2600 at the louisville farm show in KY and put in on the combine myself. The light bar just plugged into the back of it. I think you can also use the monitor box for a sprayer setup alsoIJ I am not salesman so I hope that I answered some of what you wanted to knowIJ
 
 
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