Disclosed are a method and apparatus for avoiding collisions with obstacles by a first vehicle using sensors on an accompanying second vehicle. The second vehicle navigates proximate the first vehicle while aiming an obstacle detection sensor at a path of the first vehicle to detect objects in the path of the first vehicle. The locations of the objects are determined and transmitted to the first vehicle.

The invention relates to an agricultural tracker for a crop trailer, the Tracker provided for crop load traceability and data transportation from a cropping area to a destination, the crop trailer being towable by a hauler in the cropping area, the crop trailer being fillable by a harvester with crop during a harvest, the crop trailer being towable by a transporter during a transport between the cropping area and the mill, the crop trailer having a power line, the power line being designed to be connectable to an on-board computer of the transporter, to a power source of the transporter, and to the crop trailer.

A crop management system is configured to monitor agricultural crop packages produced by a baler. The crop management system includes a sensor operable to generate a first signal in response to a crop package being discharged from the baler. The first signal represents a first location of the crop package on an agricultural field. The crop management system also includes a processor-based subsystem configured to display a virtual map of the agricultural field, receive the first signal, determine the first location of the crop package relative to the virtual map based on the first signal, receive a second signal representing a location of a vehicle collecting the crop package at the first location, receive a third signal representing a second location of the crop package, and determine the second location of the crop package relative to the virtual map based on the third signal.

A crop management system is configured to monitor agricultural crop packages produced by a baler. The crop management system includes a sensor operable to generate a first signal in response to a crop package being discharged from the baler. The first signal represents a first location of the crop package on an agricultural field. The crop management system also includes a processor-based subsystem configured to display a virtual map of the agricultural field, receive the first signal, determine the first location of the crop package relative to the virtual map based on the first signal, receive a second signal representing a location of a vehicle collecting the crop package at the first location, receive a third signal representing a second location of the crop package, and determine the second location of the crop package relative to the virtual map based on the third signal.

An apparatus, system and method for transporting bales is described. A system for transporting bales includes a hauling truck, a trailer pivotably coupled to the hauling truck by a gooseneck, the trailer comprising telescoping arches, wherein the telescoping arches move a cradle between a loading position, wherein tubular elongate skids slide into a space between a round bale and a ground in the loading position, and a transport position, wherein an angled portion of the tubular elongate skids lift the bale off the ground in the transport position, and wherein the gooseneck pivots the trailer to a driver's side of the hauling truck in the loading position, and wherein the hauling truck loads the bale while moving forward.

A bale loading trailer has a bale supporting frame mounted on wheels. A fork assembly is pivotally mounted beside a front end of the frame configured to engage a bale when in a lowered position, and to disengage the bale when in a raised position such that the bale moves onto the front end of the bale supporting frame. A hydraulic cylinder moves the fork assembly between positions. A hydraulic motor driven conveyor chain assembly extends along the bale supporting frame, and loaded bales rest on, and move along the frame in concert with, the conveyor chain. A valve circuit connects the hydraulic cylinder and the hydraulic motor drive such that as the fork assembly moves from the raised position to the lowered position, hydraulic fluid flows from the hydraulic cylinder through the hydraulic motor drive and causes the conveyor chain assembly to move a bale length rearward.

A method for unloading a first and a second bale from a round baler onto a field. The round baler includes a bale chamber and a bale holder. The method successively includes steps of: growing the second bale in the bale chamber, while the first bale is carried by the bale holder; unloading the first bale from the bale holder onto the field a period of time before finishing growing the second bale, the first bale defining a first position on the field; finishing growing the second bale; transporting the second bale to the bale holder; and unloading the second bale onto the field. The second bale defines a second position on the field. The period of time is determined such that a distance between the first position and the second position is smaller than a sum of the diameters of the first bale and second bale.

A method for unloading a first and a second bale from a round baler onto a field. The round baler includes a bale chamber and a bale holder. The method successively includes steps of: growing the second bale in the bale chamber, while the first bale is carried by the bale holder; unloading the first bale from the bale holder onto the field a period of time before finishing growing the second bale, the first bale defining a first position on the field; finishing growing the second bale; transporting the second bale to the bale holder; and unloading the second bale onto the field. The second bale defines a second position on the field. The period of time is determined such that a distance between the first position and the second position is smaller than a sum of the diameters of the first bale and second bale.

A grain cart for transporting grain or agricultural inputs, having a foldable tank to make it easier to transport the equipment, especially on highways. The proposed grain cart further comprises a single chassis with supports having a large fastening area linking the chassis to the lower portion of the tank and a simple and coplanar structure formed by two longitudinal tubes shaped at the front end to form the trailer portion. This arrangement, besides making it easy to manufacture and adapt to various rolling systems, allows the structure to operate mainly in a traction mode, avoiding possible structural deformations and critical failures due to flexural stresses.

A grain cart for transporting grain or agricultural inputs, having a foldable tank to make it easier to transport the equipment, especially on highways. The proposed grain cart further comprises a single chassis with supports having a large fastening area linking the chassis to the lower portion of the tank and a simple and coplanar structure formed by two longitudinal tubes shaped at the front end to form the trailer portion. This arrangement, besides making it easy to manufacture and adapt to various rolling systems, allows the structure to operate mainly in a traction mode, avoiding possible structural deformations and critical failures due to flexural stresses.