STEERING DEVICE FOR ROW CROP CULTIVATOR

摘要

STEERING DEVICE FOR ROW CROP CULTIVATOR A precision steering device for an agricultural row crop implement includes a steerable coultercoulter disc 58 mounted on the implement 14. A row follower device 88 detects lateral drifting of the implement from its working position in fixed lateral relation to the crop rows. The row follower device 88 actuates a steering mechanism 64-78 which steers disc 58 for corrective lateral movement of the implement back to its working position. Proper steering of the tractor cannot by itself maintain the wider modern farm implements properly situated between crop rows. The steering device of the invention steers the implement directly to compensate for any lateral movements of the implement relative to the crop rows.