E4-Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 1,2003 Light Bars Guide Crop Planting (Continued from Page El) Foam markers are hard to see when it is dark or foggy. Additionally when an opera tor sprays standing crops the foam can fall down between the plants, also making it hard to see. Also, foam markers will not work when temperatures are below freezing. Consequently new technology using satellites and the Global Positioning System (GPS) is a welcome addition for crop producers. Producers now use “light bars," which get their read ings from GPS satel lites through an an tenna mounted on the roof to calculate their position. They then “drive by the box,” which tells how the equipment operator how to steer through the field. The driver’s cur rent position is visi ble by the horizontal line of green, red, and yellow lights. The steering guide looks ahead and dis plays heading in structions. The oper ator moves the steering wheel to match the indica tion. The driver then is looking forward, “instead of looking back all the time,” said Eby. The system, easily moved from one ma chine to another, is usable for fertilizing, spreading, spraying, tillage, planting, and combining. Besides giving in formation that sends a machine on a straight line, the sys tem can also guide the machine in a contoured line. On the first pass, the A lesson well learned. Lancaster Farming’s classified ads get results! system does not guide but re- play in the cab that attaches cords information, then uses to the dash or windshield, and that information to guide the two cables, one connecting the user alongside the previous antenna to the lightbar dis pass. play* and another connecting There are four components the light bar display to the to the system, said Eby —an power server, antenna, which mounts on the Producers can expect to pay roof or hood, the light bar dis- about $4,000 for the system. The steering system (right) is easily moved from one machine to another. Reach Your Full Yield Potential With The Case-IH 1200 Pivot Transport Planters / All Case-IH 1200 Pivot Transport Planters Are Backed by Hooter’s Parts and Service Departments Hoober has 12 Row and 16 Row Case-IH Pivot Transport Planters Available for Spring Planting. Call your Hoober salesman for special pre-season discounts* Wfl'Siroro Ml MIDDLE rOWNOE /_i f □ 800 341-4028 (B) f I \ SEAfORD DE /_» 800 843-3056 (Pi intercourse pa ... 1 800 732-0017 (A) - McALIbTERVILLE PA ... & 800 433-6679 (C) • 12 Row and 16 Row Configurations • Advanced Seed Meter Technology (ASM) • Trailing, Pivot Transport Frame • Multiple Seed Varieties • Central Fill Seed Hopper • Liquid Fertilizer • Herbicide/lnsecticide • Variable Rate Hydraulic Drive • Low Profile, Triple Flat Hydraulic Markers • AFS Universal Display Monitor Advanced Seed Meter (ASM) CASE HI BBlfliV stwiiie 1 FOUR LOCATIONS OTOTT Some Call Us Narrow Minded... But We Know They Mean It as a Compliment With the needs of Mid-Atlantic Farmers in mind, the new AGCO-White LR-20 Lift & Turn Hitch from Hoober Transports 15’ & 20’ No-Till Drills at 10’ and Transports any 4 Row, 6 Row, 8 Row or 12 Row Corn Planter at 10’! - Hooks io any H °t Hitch • c ertilizer tanks available for the unit • Backed by Hoober’s parts and service departments ( AGCO 1 Call a Hoober salesman today to find out more about the new AGCO-White LR-20 Lift & Turn Hitch from Hoober A WSI. • • inn. HBBSJrf**
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