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

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

• a plurality of disks supported by a frame of the tillage implement, each disk configured to rotate relative to soil of a field;
• a plurality of load sensors, each load sensor of the plurality of load sensors configured to generate data indicative of a draft load being applied to the frame by at least one disk of the plurality of disks as the tillage implement traverses the field;
• and
• a computing system communicatively coupled to the plurality of load sensors, the computing system configured to:
• determine a plurality of draft loads based on the data generated by the plurality of load sensors, each draft load of the plurality of draft loads being applied to the frame by the at least one disk of the plurality of disks;
• determine a total draft load being applied to the frame based on the determined plurality of draft loads;
• and
• determine when a majority of disks of the plurality of disks are simultaneously plugged based on the determined total draft load.

A method for detecting simultaneous disk plugging on a tillage implement, the tillage implement including a frame and a plurality of disks supported by the frame, each disk configured to rotate relative to soil of a field, the method comprising:

• receiving, with a computing system, load sensor data indicative of a draft load being applied to the frame by at least one disk of the plurality of disks as the tillage implement traverses the field;
• determining, with the computing system, a plurality of draft loads based on the received load sensor data, each draft load of the plurality of draft loads being applied to the frame by the at least one disk of the plurality of disks;
• determining, with the computing system, a total draft load being applied to the frame based on the determined plurality of draft loads;
• determining, with the computing system, when a majority of disks of the plurality of disks are simultaneously plugged based on the determined total draft load;
• and
• initiating, with the computing system, a control action associated with de-plugging the majority of disks of the plurality of disks that are simultaneously plugged.