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		lithos on May 13, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. Farmers Are Being Bled by the Tractor Monopol... It's not that simple when everything runs on software including cylinder firing and timing.

opencl on May 13, 2019 | [–]

There are companies that will sell you an entire diesel-electric hybrid drivetrain to retrofit into old tractors, and autosteer systems to go with it. It is not cheap though.

throwayEngineer on May 13, 2019 | [–]

Where did I imply it was simple?

Writing a controller is a non trivial task. But it can be done.

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