System and method for detecting disk gang plugging on a tillage implement

A system for detecting disk gang plugging on a tillage implement, the system comprising:

• a disk gang including a disk gang shaft and a plurality of disks spaced apart from each other along the disk gang shaft;
• a load sensor configured to generate data indicative of a load being applied to the disk gang;
• and
• a computing system communicatively coupled to the load sensor, the computing system configured to:
• monitor the load being applied to the disk gang based on the data generated by the load sensor;
• determine a number of times that the monitored load crosses a baseline load value during a given time interval;
• and
• determine when the disk gang is plugged based on the determined number of times.

A method for detecting disk gang plugging on a tillage implement, the tillage implement including a disk gang having a disk gang shaft and a plurality of disks spaced apart from each other along the disk gang shaft, the method comprising:

• receiving, with a computing system, load sensor data indicative of a load being applied to the disk gang;
• monitoring, with the computing system, the load being applied to the disk gang based on the received load sensor data;
• determining, with the computing system, a number of times that the monitored load crosses a baseline load value during a given time interval;
• determining, with the computing system, when the disk gang is plugged based on the determined number of times;
• and
• initiating, with the computing system, a control action associated with de-plugging the disk gang when it is determined that the disk gang is plugged.