TRAMLINING

Tramlining is the crop drilling method that results in an unplanted crop line in the field which is used to give guidance to a conventional sprayer during spraying and crop maintenance operations.. The Spray boom length is matched to the Drill planting width to ensure that the tramlines are correctly spaced.

Tramlining is an inexpensive alternative to a GPS guided spraying system, as GPS can prove expensive in the initial capital outlay and ongoing annual GPS correction signal delivery fees. The FieldMate FM-TRAM and FM-TRAM PRO are a proven cost effective system that assists the drill to produce unplanted tramlines.

Both meters are easy to use and operate using three buttons. The meters are suited to any model of drill
with an electrically controllable colter clutch, eg: Great Plains Drill.

A sensor is mounted on the colter shaft to allow area, distance and drill speed to be calculated. A second sensor is mounted on the drill pivot points to allow detection of the drill lifting, which occurs as each bout is completed. (This pivot sensor is set to detect planting bout has been completed.)

The meter is in RUN mode when drilling and is in HOLD mode when the drill is lifted high enough to make the pivot point sensor meet the magnet.

The meters keeps track of how many bouts have been completed and controls the colter clutches accordingly. They support single and dual colter clutch installations. Both round and line tramlining methods can be achieved with this meter.

The Meter computes and provides control for the Colter clutch only. (Your drill manufacturer can supply the drill colter clutches, the cutches are NOT part of the FM-TRAM kit.)