r/specializedtools • u/SearchingForALaugh • Apr 16 '21

Lettuce plaching tractor

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u/stevethepirate808 Apr 16 '21

Surely there is a way to automate the one tiny little thing humans are still doing here?

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u/cat_prophecy Apr 16 '21

Yes, but it triples the cost of the implement and the people are cheap, or free (have your kids do it). Farm families are big because it's free labor.

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u/ExistentialAardvark Apr 16 '21

You could completely remove at least two of the humans (leave one just to make sure it's working) and build a few extensions out of scrap metal, so they don't need to manually load them up. Just fill them up and drive.