Cheap auto steer for old tractor using EZ guide 500 and Trimble EZ steer

Cheap auto steer for old tractor using EZ guide 500 and Trimble EZ steer. Trimble GPS for the win! Everyone loves the convenience and money saving features of auto steer, but it is simply so expensive that we had delayed investing in auto steer for a long time. It is often a cost that is hard for 1st generation family farms to deal justify and hope their investment pays off. We finally found and EZ guide 500 and EZ steer complete system for very cheap and pulled the trigger! Come along to see our installation and first-hand experience with our cheap EZ guide and EZ steer system!
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2017 Polaris Ranger 1000XP
2004 Chevy Silverado 3500
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[@captainunderpants936]

Watching from South Africa cool vid

[@FreedomFarmsMo]

Fun fact, I was deployed to west Africa, specifically Liberia, for four months during the Ebola outbreak to build hospitals. Still a long ways from south Africa but a lot closer to you than I am right now😁 thanks for watching and for the comment! Hope you are enjoying the channel

[@TrevorStruthers]

14 years ago, we had this exact screen in our tractors. We farm about 10,000 acres of wheat in SE Washington, and we even had one that was ONLY a lightbar about 16 years ago or more. They were always built in though, they werent something that moved the wheel.

[@FreedomFarmsMo]

They were gps guidance which you can use this for if you choose, but you can add auto steer to the GPS guidance like ours is too. Technology is pretty amazing

[@markriegler430]

I have an 8070 with a trimble 750 and the auto pilot and absolutely love it. I notill with cover crops so it was a life changer.

[@FreedomFarmsMo]

I would love to have the 750, someday I'll have to move up!

[@markriegler430]

@@FreedomFarmsMo I didnt want to spend that much but I needed something user friendly and with a big screen for when my dad use it.

[@FreedomFarmsMo]

That's very understandable

[@hulk2891]

Hay buddy sorry been Mia. Hope u and family are well thanks for catch up

[@FreedomFarmsMo]

We are doing very well, hope you are too. Like I've said before these videos aren't going anywhere and are not as important as your family by any means. Hope all is well!

[@Pearlvlogstory976]

Watching from Philippines😃

[@FreedomFarmsMo]

Wow pretty cool 😎

[@Pearlvlogstory976]

Thankyou guys for helping Dan get out in a mud today, ❤️❤️❤️ God bless you

[@FreedomFarmsMo]

@@Pearlvlogstory976 anytime!

[@ParkMaquinas-x3s]

hello friend Can you tell me if this equipment works in planting operations?

[@FreedomFarmsMo]

It would do well for planting but keep in mind it is not going to be sub inch accuracy. It will keep you within 1-2 inches consistently

[@FreedomFarmsMo]

It would work just fine but remember it is not going to be sub inch accuracy. It will keep you within 1-2 inches consistently though.

[@ParkMaquinas-x3s]

@@FreedomFarmsMo Thank you my friend for the answer. go plant soybeans with him with the omni star correction sign. With your guidance, I think it will work. Continue with the channel congratulations

[@FreedomFarmsMo]

@ParkMaquinas-x3s you're welcome. Glad you found it helpful

[@noahjbarr]

Cheers guys, just came across you channel. If you dont mind me asking, how much did you pay for the full setup? And are there any subsciptions with the old system and did you need a RTK base station? (Let me know what currency your talking in so I can convert, im from Australia).

[@FreedomFarmsMo]

Just like it says in the beginning of the videos just under $2000 US dollars for the full ez steer and ez guide setup together. Using WAAS is free and will keep you within a couple inches. Omni is a subscription you can use but I don't know exactly how accurate that is, it's obviously more accurate than WAAS though. WAAS is free and using GPS only, no base station at all. Hope this helps

[@noahjbarr]

@@FreedomFarmsMo Cheers, sound like you got a deal, found a full setup like yours for $6000 aud = $4000 usd (ballpark).

[@FreedomFarmsMo]

I did, I'd been looking for almost a year and just finally found the one I was looking for basically.

[@noahjbarr]

@@FreedomFarmsMo 👍Hope it goes well. Do you guys in the states get to claim it as an instant tax write off? My uncle got a new Trimble ez steer system put in on his tractor and was wrote off by tax. Not sure if it would be different for a used system but I’d imagine not.

[@FreedomFarmsMo]

We just get to list it as an expense, you still pay for it and don't get any where near what you spent back from taxes on it unfortunately. It's like that with all equipment, livestock, inputs, etc

[@M60A3]

How much does it cost ? I mean for the complete setup

[@FreedomFarmsMo]

Just like shown in the video, $2000. It came with everything and was purchased through an ebay auction. The tractor obviously was not included in that purchase...

[@cornelstoltz9315]

You were talking about a Android app that you used. What app was it?

[@FreedomFarmsMo]

Field navigator, it used to be 100% free now it is still free but some features cost money

[@LtColDaddy71]

I don’t care if it’s cheap, it has to work. To much at stake to cheap out.

[@FreedomFarmsMo]

It works great for us on WAAS it is keeping us within 3". I'm sure if you paid for the rtk subscription it would be sub inch but I don't need sub inch accuracy