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Leesburg, Ohio | Even if you are willing to accept the variations in planting with WAAS, there is simply no way that is going to work to do follow-up operations.
You have to have a repeatable line when planting to be able to follow it for the next pass. WAAS is simply NOT repeatable.
Pick one brand. Preferably the same color as your iron. Get a simple, reliable RTK system. You will then be able to use it for multiple operations.
With Deere rtk and our own base, we have side-dressed, sprayed, and harvested for years with little trouble, but we had to nudge the lines once in a while.
Last year we added Deere Autopath, the best system for repeatable operations. It uses two receivers for planting, an RTK receiver on the tractor, and another one on the planter (planter receiver does not have to be rtk).
It then produces individual rows to follow on subsequent operations (side-dress, spray, harvest).
We can now use the planter row lines for all subsequent operations during the year, and never have to nudge.
We do not have the RowSense "whiskers" on our sprayer or side-dress rig, and have not needed them, We have had them on our corn heads for several years , and still use them there.
FWIW, I would change colors of iron before I would give up Deere technology.
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Steering a tractor sidedressing nonRTK
