This season, Summers Manufacturing introduced a new switch box option for its VRT Renegade variable-rate tillage tool. The switch box uses toggle switches and dials to modify tillage settings, instead of an iPad touchscreen, which was previously the only control option for it.
Summers says the new switch box offers the same functionality as the original iControl iPad app. It can be used to control several tillage settings, such as independent front and rear blade angle adjustment, hitch angle, gauge wheel height, wing down pressure and rolling basket down pressure. Instead of modifying tillage depth from the controller, units equipped with the switch box have manual single-point depth control.
The controller also has a small viewing screen to see down-pressure settings.
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“The iPad control has been a very popular feature of the VRT Renegade,” said Matt Volkmar, director of sales and marketing for Summers. “But there are still many operators who prefer a more traditional control box. With the new switch box, we now have controller options to accommodate everyone’s preferences.”
