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Unit3 
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Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 12:48pm |
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I heard a story this morning from a long time Oliver mechanic that back in the day AC was playing around with a tractor that could follow a wire buried under ground. Any one ever heard of this?
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farmboy520
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Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 1:09pm |
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I have heard of something like this but I don't remember who it was for
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Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 1:15pm |
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I remember in high school ag class (mid 1980's) the teacher was saying that something like that was coming in the sorta distant future. I guess gps wasn't on anyone's mind yet.
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Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 1:38pm |
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yeah the technology was correct for the time,though burying wire would be a pain, too shallow and oopsy, look what the plow snagged !
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Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 3:48pm |
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That technology started in the Automotive Assembly Plants in the early 80's.
Bury the wire in the concrete floor.
Vehicle was referred to an 'AGV', short for 'Automatic Guided Vehicle'.
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Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 6:26pm |
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Back in the 50's or 60's Popular Mechanics ran a story that all our roads would have wires in them and the cars would follow them. Guess it did not happen.
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Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 6:42pm |
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A-C may have had that, but I know for sure Ford had a prototype like that in the 50's called "the sniffer".
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Posted: 08 Mar 2017 at 8:12pm |
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Allis tried all kinds of stuff, would've been fun in the HAYDAY of it all, didn't they have a remoute controlled heavy
equipment tractor called THE SPOOK?
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JayIN
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Posted: 09 Mar 2017 at 5:00am |
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Edited by JayIN - 09 Mar 2017 at 5:02am
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sometimes I walk out to my shop and look around and think "Who's the idiot that owns this place?"
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JayIN
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Posted: 09 Mar 2017 at 5:01am |
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I think Cummins uses that technology to deliver parts to the line at their Walesboro plant outside of Columbus.Robotic parts containers.
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sometimes I walk out to my shop and look around and think "Who's the idiot that owns this place?"
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grinder220
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Posted: 09 Mar 2017 at 6:43am |
 DougG wrote:
Allis tried all kinds of stuff, would've been fun in the HAYDAY of it all, didn't they have a remoute controlled heavy
equipment tractor called THE SPOOK?
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not sure what it was called but I do have a picture of it somewhere. I think it was an HD21(cant remember size for sure) with a loader on it,all remote controlled.
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Posted: 09 Mar 2017 at 6:57am |
Oldsmobile in Lansing, MI had the system in their plant. It would stop if something was parked in front of it, or even if a small board got dropped in it's path.
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