The end of "seat time"?

   / The end of "seat time"? #2  
Technology marches on. Round balers came into being to cut out the labor of handling square bales (or you just can't FIND labor)....though there are still a heck of a lot of square bales put up every year. Tractors themselves were a shift from horses/mules.....one medium sized tractor can out work many teams/drivers of horse plows. So, yeah, no doubt autonomous tractors will have a role in the future. I'd love to see one that can work 10 hrs on a 5 hour charge.....that sounds sorta optimistic I think.
 
   / The end of "seat time"? #3  
Check out...Ask tractor Mike on youtube segment.
 
   / The end of "seat time"? #4  
You look around little bit you can find ancient film of International Harvester runnin tractor around by radio. No mention of who chases tractor and bring back when a tube blew tho.

Look little farther you can find video of man at desk running 5 CAT graders keeping pit mine haul roads graded proper for trucks to drive on. Cab of grader got no steering wheel or other man operated controls. Computer driven grader cheaper to buy and cheaper to run widout man driving.

Farm tractor little different. Operates best wid farmer in seat who can see. hear and adjust. Even autosteer not meeting projected goals wid man riding along watching his plastic hand addiction.
 
   / The end of "seat time"? #5  
It will be much longer before we homeowners degrade to that. By then there will be a videogame out to simulate actually accomplishing something.
 
   / The end of "seat time"? #6  
The term (seat time) is a term of endearment when expressed by most anyone when referring to other than commercial tractors and equipment...it's basically something they enjoy...why would they choose to give it up?...
 
   / The end of "seat time"? #7  
Large scale traditional farmers are already using a fair amount of automation. Steering can be automatically controlled to ensure each swipe is properly lined up with the previous one. Fertilizer can automatically be applied in the proper quantity, based on the varying soil condition. It wouldn't be too big of a leap to allow periods of driverless operation, if the cost and demand was right.

As for battery-operated tractors, I don't see them replacing large diesel tractors, due to power limitations.
 
   / The end of "seat time"? #8  
I know for sure lot of women givin vacuum cleaner job to boomba so dey can get more seat time on couch.

You swing by Walmart you see lot of dem look like dey ain't been off seat much in whole life.
 
   / The end of "seat time"? #9  
I know for sure lot of women givin vacuum cleaner job to boomba so dey can get more seat time on couch.

You swing by Walmart you see lot of dem look like dey ain't been off seat much in whole life.

Now that... I understood. :laughing:
 

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