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Electric Monarch tractor can plow a field without a driver and run for ten hours

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Re: Electric Monarch tractor can plow a field without a driver and run for ten hours

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Post by nxmnxm99 »

badconvincer wrote: post #42
zaroth wrote: post #11

Once John Deere starting DRM’ing their tractors it just screams entrenched monopoly. But where’s the barrier to entry? AI is going to dramatically alter this competitive landscape and John Deere’s DRM is not going to to stop it. Honestly, I love watching these companies drive nails into their own coffins. I was on the Google homepage today on my iPhone and was getting popups advertising Chrome (on the homepage!) and…

It’s not enough to exist. You actually have to perform at least comparably, which DDG doesn’t unfortunately.

Yeah I've tried DDG reliably for nearly a year. A good 30% of the time I end up having to run my query on Google anyway.

I will literally pay money for a search engine that's privacy focused and can get closer to Google in terms of performance.

Re: Electric Monarch tractor can plow a field without a driver and run for ten hours

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Post by jelliclesfarm »

xoa wrote: post #44
jelliclesfarm wrote: post #36

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I think it depends on the kind of crops grown. Combines, grain bins, harvesters etc are a whole diff ball game when it comes to grain or corn on 1000+ acres for commodity crop farms

Oh, absolutely. There are major farms operating on a completely different scale for mass staple crops, and bless them because it's an efficient backbone to a lot of our core foods. But I don't think the continued existence of small farms is that obscure either is it? This is now 3 year old (2017) data [0], and the last few years have been hard. But it's not that out of date yet nor did it shift that much from 2012 [1…

I am in agreement with everything you said. That’s why I divide Agtech into Large commodity acreages(single harvest) and small acreage for food and cash crops(a 100-200 acre crops growing multiple perishable fruits/vegetables/flowers throughout the year for local fresh consumption.

Automation is a necessity for the latter. The former is already hyper optimized w/mechanization.

Re: Electric Monarch tractor can plow a field without a driver and run for ten hours

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Post by danwills »

nxmnxm99 wrote: post #51
badconvincer wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s not enough to exist. You actually have to perform at least comparably, which DDG doesn’t unfortunately.

Yeah I've tried DDG reliably for nearly a year. A good 30% of the time I end up having to run my query on Google anyway. I will literally pay money for a search engine that's privacy focused and can get closer to Google in terms of performance.

I reckon I'd pay for that too, actually sounds really, really awesome (assuming the performance is there)

Re: Electric Monarch tractor can plow a field without a driver and run for ten hours

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Post by monarchtractor »

whizzkid wrote: post #17

+ Really good idea to make use of the electricity in other ways than just driving. (generators, lamps, etc.) + 10 hours covers up a good day in field. - a lot of farms are away from electricity sources to charge and sometimes internet connection is non-existent. It is risky to leave a 50k machine on its own to do its job. And what to do if battery runs out on the field? - how long does it take to recharge? A lot of f…

Hi whizzkid - great questions! Our tractor provides real time alerts and can notify farm operators when the battery is low, if human or obstacle halts operation. Like jmtulloss mentioned, we do have a battery swap cart so you can swap out a battery with one person in under 10 minutes. Standard charge time at 220v is 4-5 hr. You can find all the specs at monarchtractor.com

Re: Electric Monarch tractor can plow a field without a driver and run for ten hours

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Post by nanna »

nxmnxm99 wrote: post #51
badconvincer wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s not enough to exist. You actually have to perform at least comparably, which DDG doesn’t unfortunately.

Yeah I've tried DDG reliably for nearly a year. A good 30% of the time I end up having to run my query on Google anyway. I will literally pay money for a search engine that's privacy focused and can get closer to Google in terms of performance.

Personally I need to switch from ddg to Google maybe 0.1% of my searches, but at least for you you've managed to avoid Google 70% of the time, and it's not like adding a !g to do so takes more a milisecond.

Re: Electric Monarch tractor can plow a field without a driver and run for ten hours

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Post by Simulacra »

This is fascinating but I'm surprised by how little progress we've made in automating farm work. There have been articles about how complicated it is for a computer to pick vegetables and fruits, and how nothing compares to the human hand. How long will it be before we see robots take over the field, displacing seasonal workers?

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/03/20/592857197/ro...

Re: Electric Monarch tractor can plow a field without a driver and run for ten hours

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Post by monarchtractor »

salty_biscuits wrote: post #27
asutekku wrote: post #19

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Charging overnight + installing solar panels near the fields will solve problem. Of course it’s easier said than done, but changing processes will lead to the solution.

It would be perfect if the autonomy worked well in the dark, then it could just work at night and then charge during the day.

Hey salty_biscuits, the tractor has a full sensor suite and great work lights so it can operate autonomously day or night for 24 hr operations.

Re: Electric Monarch tractor can plow a field without a driver and run for ten hours

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Post by [deleted] »

MereInterest wrote: post #45
koolba wrote: post #38

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I’ve seen lawn mowers that do that. No solar charging, but it does cut grass in the dark. It’s actually pretty creepy to see the head light pop out from behind a corner.

That sounds awful from a noise perspective. I live across the street from a shopping center, and they tend to do all of their cleaning late at night, to avoid disturbing customers. No care at all for the sleep of neighbors when running leaf blowers at 11 PM.

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Re: Electric Monarch tractor can plow a field without a driver and run for ten hours

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Post by monarchtractor »

GlenTheMachine wrote: post #8

No front-end loader. Less torque than a John Deere. Lame. \s

Hey Glen, our tractor has an optional front end loader and has 2x the torque of tractors in our class. Would love to give you more details feel free to connect at info@monarchtractor.com
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