SD Drain Ditch

SD Drain is a suite of machine control products that will allow you to implement surface and subsurface drainage solutions on your farm.  Released products include SD Drain Ditch and SD Drain Tile

SD Drain Ditch

Whether you’re cleaning out existing ditches or making new ones, this simple to operate system easily plugs into your existing RTK GNSS and automatically controls the scraper blade to make water flow. Includes patented Automated Backslope Cutting Feature.

How does it work?

SD Drain® Ditch uses RTK-GPS data to create variable slope ditches where you move the least amount of soil to make water flow. SD Drain® Ditch receives elevation data from your RTK GPS receiver and automatically outputs signals to the hydraulics that control your scraper. An optional slope sensor allows for extra input data. The slope sensor can also be used for blade tilt control, if your equipment supports that option.

SD Drain® Ditch Systems Include:

• PX501 Sunlight Readable Tablet PC
• SD Drain Ditch Software
• DAC 8000 Controller with wireless connection to PX501
• Associated Cables to plug DAC 8000 Controller into electric over hydraulic valves on qualifying tractors or external valve
• Associated cables to plug into users GPS
• Mounting hardware
• Rugged carrying case

SD Drain Ditch Key Benefits

• Pass depth setting divides large cuts into manageable slices.
• Tracks where scraper has worked and automatically steps down to next pass until final grade is reached.
• Calculates estimated volume of ditch.
• Save and recall ditches.
• Save and recall benchmarks.
• Scrape uphill or downhill.
• Side view generated as topography pass driven.
• Easily modify proposed design.
• Customize look of program.
• Backslope function automatically controls blade along user-defined slope that is perpendicular to ditch path eliminating ridges.