Center pivot mower system with end of row mower adjustment
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorJason L. Shonk
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AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorJason L. Shonk
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An agricultural mower system includes a towing vehicle and a mower. The towing vehicle has a tongue coupler. The mower includes a tongue pivotably coupled to the tongue coupler so the mower is on a first side of a towing centerline. A towing angle is defined with respect to the towing centerline. A tongue actuator is coupled to the tongue to pivot the tongue. A towing angle sensor outputs a towing angle signal. A controller is configured to: (i) determine the towing vehicle has initiated an end-of-row turning operation; and (ii) output an adjustment signal to the tongue actuator responsively to determining the end-of-row turning operation has initiated so the tongue actuator moves the tongue such that the mower defines the towing angle on a second side of the towing centerline by a conclusion of the end-of-row turning operation.
A method of adjusting a mower of an agricultural mower system, the agricultural mower system comprising a towing vehicle, the mower, and a controller, the towing vehicle comprising an engine and a tongue coupler and defining a towing centerline, the mower comprising a frame carrying a plurality of cutters and pivotably coupled to a tongue that is pivotably coupled to the tongue coupler, the tongue defining a towing angle with respect to the towing centerline, the method being performed by the controller comprising:
An agricultural mower system, comprising:
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