BlackBox 510
The new BlackBox 510 is a best-in-class GPS system with huge versatility across numerous farming applications. With ever-increasing regulation and cost pressures, precision farming is becoming more and more important to the modern farmer. The BlackBox 510 is a superb investment, highly rated by farmers, contractors and agricultural specialists across the UK. It will save you money, time and a whole lot of hassle.
It's easy to use and takes only a few minutes to set up. With its modular system, the BlackBox 510 is completely upgradable and future proof, so you can add new features and software as you go. It works with many other systems including Muddy Boots, Farmade and Pear Technology farm management software. More uses, more features, more benefits to you than any other GPS in its class. And you'll have no problem moving it from vehicle to vehicle, because it's been designed with portability in mind. Patchworks have put their 10 years’ experience behind the BlackBox 510 to offer a new level of reliability and functionality that farmers have been demanding. See below for specific features for various applications.
Spraying
- No need for Blob Marker
- Huge increase in track to track accuracy
- Save money ... less over spray
- Avoid lost field time: work in low visibility
- Keeps automated, accurate spray records
- Reduce workload for cross-compliance
- Create no spray zones; automatic boom switching; reduce risk of financial penalties
‘The system‘s easy to use and makes the logging process that much simpler – as well as providing more detail than a manual system’
Tim Searle, Sprayer Contractor, Gloucestershire
Fertiliser Application
- Work in fields without tramlines
- Increase track to track accuracy
- Operate at maximum spreader width
- Reduce cost, time and fuel usage
- Avoid overlap with automatic shut-off
‘Compared to the competition, the BlackBox is more accurate, easier to use, lower cost and can upgrade to other options’
Robert Holmes, Farmer and Contractor, Derbyshire
Foraging, Mowing & Harvesting
- No need to manual mark
- Keep short work to one end of the field
- Ensure whatever is cut is left in parallel swaths
- Quick, simple and accurate field measurement
- No you can work through the night if necessary
‘I find Patchwork BlackBox an essential part of my silage contracting business and the records have eliminated any disagreements that may arise with the area of work done when billing my customers’
Robert O’Shea, Silage Contractor, Ireland
Slurry & Muck Spreading
- Automatic field recognition
- No need for Blob Markers
- Keep accurate records easily and comply with NVZ regulations
‘We use our BlackBox to calculate the floor speed of our spreader, recording the area covered per load and ensuring we do not over spread. The guidance maintains a specific swath width, achieving even application across the field’
Alan Taylor, Operator, Perthshire
Variable Rate Application
- Easy to transfer variable rate maps to the field
- Work in precision farming with confidence
- Integrated guidance for accurate application
- Easy to skip areas that need no application
- Simple to set up and use in the field
- Massive map storage facility
- Automatic recording keeping
‘We opted for a Patchwork BlackBox with WebTrack. The system is very easy to use and the back-up from Patchwork is faultless’
Charlie Whitehouse, VRT Contractor, Ross-on-Wye
