Thank you!
Finally got to do my first little bit of real work with agopengps today. I had some trouble getting my v2 board to connect but after I restarted my tablet it connected fine. Not sure what that was about, but other than that everything worked flawless. Straight lines and smooth u-turns. Just awesome.
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Thanks for posting this story. When you get on to this forum it can be very intimidating for a beginner. As time marches on it feels like the intimidation factor grows when it should really be the other way around.
Your posts here are proof that AgOpenGPS systems can be built by anyone who has enough perseverance to sort through a few problems and try some things out.
It is so satisfying seeing straight lines through the back window and then watching the tractor turn itself around knowing you put the pieces together to make it work.
I hope this encourages anyone new to AgOpenGPS that it is something that you can build yourself.
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Thank you for sharing the pictures. Whenever I see pictures of other people’s work it always inspires ideas of my own.
Do you mind showing a picture of how the motor is attached to the steering column?
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Glad to share!
It’s not fancy at all. There is a lot of plastic in these tractors and I wasn’t excited about tearing the steering column apart so it’s just 2 steel plates held together with 4 bolts with. I have the steering wheel telescoped all the way out so the pinch plates are spread out over as much area as possible and the bolts are just snug. I’m sure you could over tighten it and crack the plastic but it’s really solid so far.
It’s attaches to the column similar to the bracket that Trimble makes for my model of tractor for the EZ Steer motor(pictured above) which is why I decided to try it this way. I figured if it was good enough for them it would hopefully work for me.
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wouah really strong bracket !!
as info what i do on JD6810 by adding one parts on steering collon to give 2bolt to fix a mecanism
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxVP1Fa8HlEKMlV8CxX0bCAPL9JMeazZYy
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That’s a cool and clean way to attach, thanks for sharing!
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I put together a quick video with a few of the pictures/videos I took from the beginning of my build to the end. I wish I would have documented more now, but I was able to get a clip of u-turn in action which is still incredibly satisfying. Hopefully I can get some better quality video to share as spring work progresses.
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Did you print the gears out of pla or something else? How durable are they?
The big gear is petg and the small gear is TPU. Printed to the specs in the linked topic, there’s tons of info there as well. They seem to be very durable but I haven’t put them to heavy use yet, lots of others have and it sounds like they hold up great.
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Exact same feeling using AgOpenGps for the first time. Great install, Great video.
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Thank you and thanks for keeping the V2 boards alive and relevant! I have really enjoyed your YouTube videos and can’t wait to see what you’ve been working on in the Ace branch, exciting stuff!
Here is the latest update!
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thanks to share this!
I wish there were more than one like button. Congratulations, it’s great.
Thank you,
But also thank Brian too, he gutted USB out of the “Ace” branch and added a bonus, 100hz imu.
Have you ever had a flat steer chart before?
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I’ve finally gotten to run AOG over some more acres and it continues to impress. I had to do some tweaking to get it working well on the corn planter because for some reason my guess rows were off a bit. I just set an offset of a few inches and that took care of things but I suspect my WAS needs adjusting since it’s the only thing I had fiddled with since the last time I used it.
This was my first time trying anything other than an AB line. I expected to have to do some adjusting but the AB curve worked really well without adjustment. Excited to spend some more time with the program and figure out how to do headlands and more.
I’m sure I’ll make more adjustments as I learn more but for now I am really pleased. I am excited to add panda over Udp and upgrade versions later this year but for now it was working too good to mess with.
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Just saw your picture of your motor mounting on your MF tractor and am hoping you have a picture facing towards the rear of the cab showing the spring attachment. I’m assuming it is an over center mechanism, but since I am engineering challenged I can’t figure it out from this view. I am installing in a John Deere 5101EN in the same location. Thanks again!
no, its just 2 plates on a hinge and sprung loaded together.
i use the steering column an d lift it right up into the motor drive wheel to engage the motor
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