KUHN has introduced an automatic steering axle system as an option on its Metris 2 and Oceanis 2 trailed sprayers to enable more precise driving and reduce crop damage when spraying.

Fitting a machine with steering axle technology is usually a time-consuming task, with brackets to make and the linkage to attach to the rear of the tractor, but this system simplifies the process by replacing the mechanical connection with a gyroscopic sensor.

This is simply fixed to the rear of the tractor with a magnet. The sensors detect the steering angle of the tractor and the sprayer follows the tractor’s trajectory.

Simple to fit and easy to use, Track Assist has a wide operating angle of 23° (28° on the Oceanis 2). The system also activates across a wide forward speed range, from 2km/hr up to 22km/hr. It also realigns the sprayer with the tractor when reversing, to increase ease of manoeuvrability.

Track Assist is priced the same as a mechanical wheel following system for these sprayers.