Tracker IV implement guidance system
GPS Ready Tracker IV Implement Guidance System
The Orthman Tracker IV system was developed to provide industry-leading precision implement guidance. The Tracker is a supplemental, rear-mounted implement for most row crop implements on the market. The unprecedented precision of the Tracker system, with the well-known Orthman durability, results in the most advanced implement guidance system in agriculture.
The Tracker is designed to improve field accuracy and can be used on an array of implements to increase accuracy and operator ease.
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The Tracker requires a controller that is most commonly mounted on the Tracker cross tube. Steering blades are connected by tie rods and a single hydraulic cylinder allowing all blades to simultaneously pivot to the same degree providing consistent implement tracking correction. The controller kit is available from your GPS provider.
The Tracker frame consists of a 5"x 7" (3/8" wall) cross tube added to the existing toolbar. Tracker mounting arms mount directly to that existing toolbar and extend rearward to clear existing row units. A spindle, yoke and ground-contact steering blade are assembled. allowing the steering blade to protrude into the ground surface. The number of required steering blade assemblies depends on the implement size and objective.
The Shadow Tracker system is similar, but its modules do not require mechanical connection.
The Tracker has its own antenna and controller that is most commonly mounted on the Tracker cross tube. The position or angle of the steering discs allows the Tracker to effectively steer the implement. Drawn implements have the ability to travel laterally more than hitched implements. Sway bars should be removed when using hitched implements to allow the Tracker to adequately correct implement position.
The Tracker receives information via GPS and the feedback sensor provides information in regards to the position of the steering blades. This information is continuously being sent to the console as to the desired implement position and the feedback sensor position (steering blade position). The console processes the information and sends a correction signal to the Tracker to adjust the blade angle to effectively steer the implement. Once the console senses the implement is in the correct position the steering blades return to center and the implement proceeds until future information prompts the pivoting of the steering blades.
