A control system for use on a peanut harvester using a conveyor to elevate and relocate the peanut pods and attached plant material. The control system inputs the ground speed in the direction of travel and the conveyor speed, and outputs to an electronic flow control valve that is part of a hydraulic circuit between a hydraulic motor that drives the conveyor and a connection point that provides hydraulic power to the hydraulic motor. The control system uses an algorithm that compares the ground speed and the conveyor speed and varies the output to the flow control valve so that the conveyor speed is maintained at a defined percentage of ground speed. The defined percentage of ground speed is a user-controlled variable that can be adjusted on the go through the user interface portion of the control system.

A control system for use on a peanut harvester using a conveyor to elevate and relocate the peanut pods and attached plant material. The control system inputs the ground speed in the direction of travel and the conveyor speed, and outputs to an electronic flow control valve that is part of a hydraulic circuit between a hydraulic motor that drives the conveyor and a connection point that provides hydraulic power to the hydraulic motor. The control system uses an algorithm that compares the ground speed and the conveyor speed and varies the output to the flow control valve so that the conveyor speed is maintained at a defined percentage of ground speed. The defined percentage of ground speed is a user-controlled variable that can be adjusted on the go through the user interface portion of the control system.

A tractor-assisted multi-row harvester for root vegetables includes adjacent pairs of a lifting share and a picker and a pair of traction assemblies, for example in the form of endless track assemblies, one of which being behind and registered with at least one of the adjacent pairs of a lifting share and picker and being motorized and energized so as to compensate at least partially for pressure on the lifting shares. The harvester includes sensors on the motorized traction assembly and/or on the lifting shares that generates signal(s) indicative of the pressure on the lifting shares and that is used to control the motorized traction assembly to compensate for the pressure.

A method of transitioning a first truck and a second truck during harvesting using a harvesting system. The harvesting system includes a vehicle and a harvester and the harvester includes a plow, an elevator, a table, and a boom. The vehicle includes a power take off. The method includes turning on, by the operator, at least one of the table and the boom. The method also includes selecting, by the operator, an operating speed of the boom. The method further includes turning off, by the operator, at least one of the table and the boom. The method also includes depositing potatoes in the first truck.

A method of transitioning a first truck and a second truck during harvesting using a harvesting system. The harvesting system includes a vehicle and a harvester and the harvester includes a plow, an elevator, a table, and a boom. The vehicle includes a power take off. The method includes turning on, by the operator, at least one of the table and the boom. The method also includes selecting, by the operator, an operating speed of the boom. The method further includes turning off, by the operator, at least one of the table and the boom. The method also includes depositing potatoes in the first truck.