System and method for detecting levelness of tools of a tillage implement based on tool loading

A method for detecting a levelness of ground engaging tools of a tillage implement, the implement including an implement frame and a plurality of tool assemblies supported relative to the frame, each tool assembly including a toolbar coupled to the frame and at least one ground engaging tool coupled to the toolbar, the method comprising:

• controlling, with a computing device, an operation of the tillage implement as the implement is being moved across a field;
• monitoring, with the computing device, a first draft load acting on the at least one ground engaging tool of a first tool assembly based on data received from a sensor associated with the first tool assembly;
• monitoring, with the computing device, a second draft load acting on the at least one ground engaging tool of a second tool assembly based on data received from a sensor associated with the second tool assembly;
• comparing at least one first monitored value associated with the first draft load to at least one second monitored value associated with the second draft load;
• and
• identifying that at least a portion of the ground engaging tools are not level when the at least one first monitored value differs from the at least one second monitored value by a predetermined threshold value for a predetermined length of time.

A system for a tillage implement, the system comprising:

• a frame;
• a first tool assembly including a first toolbar coupled to the frame and a first ground engaging tool coupled to the first toolbar;
• a second tool assembly including a second toolbar coupled to the frame and a second ground engaging tool coupled to the second toolbar;
• a first sensor configured to capture data indicative of a first draft load acting on the first ground engaging tool;
• a second sensor configured to capture data indicative of a second draft load acting on the second ground engaging tool;
• and
• a controller operably coupled with the first sensor and the second sensor, the controller configured to:
• identify a difference between the first draft load and the second draft load;
• determine that the first tool assembly and the second tool assembly are level relative to a ground surface when the difference is less than a predetermined threshold value;
• and
• determine that at least one of the first tool assembly or the second tool assembly is not level relative to the ground surface when the difference is greater than the predetermined threshold value.