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Forget the tedious back-breaking labor of pulling soil samples. The AutoProbe™ may be the closest thing yet to having a R2-D2-like droid do the job for you.
The AutoProbe™ collects a sample in one-third the time of manual or semi-automatic sampling and performs the task by following a precise path that cannot be duplicated by hand work.
The AutoProbe™ collects the cores and conveys them pneumatically to the UV cab for automatic packaging into soil lab sample boxes. A single sample consists of 19 to 20 cores and a sample is collected in under one minute.
Jim Burton, founder and inventor explains the AutoProbe at AgProfessional.com
Time Saving Technology
Synchronized with each rotation of the track, the probe is thrust through a special link in the track with the ability to pull cores in 16 feet increments. That’s about one core every 1.5 seconds when towed across a field at a speed of 8 mph by a GPS-steered utility vehicle.
How It Works
The AutoProbe guides itself through the field with the assistance of auto-steering technology. This allows the operator to follow a predesignated path that can be duplicated year after year.
