Patent ID: 9529364
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: A01B,A01D,B60P,B65G,G05D

Claim Text:
1. A method for coordinating control of at least one agricultural vehicle for loading a trailer of a truck and trailer combination with a harvested crop material, the method comprising: harvesting crop material from a field with a harvester; directing the harvested crop material towards a grain cart adjacent the harvester; receiving the harvested crop material into the grain cart towed by a tractor; moving the grain cart from adjacent the harvester to a position adjacent to a truck and trailer combination defined by an over the road truck towing a trailer for hauling crop material; initiating a trailer loading sequence; determining a target total weight value of crop material to load into the trailer based on axle weight ratings of the axles of the truck and trailer combination; determining a target weight distribution value of the trailer for distributing the crop material in the trailer based on the axle weight ratings of the axles of the truck and trailer combination; activating a grain cart unloading system for transferring the crop material from the grain cart to the trailer to load the trailer; controlling the tractor with a tractor controller of a control system to automatically move the tractor relative to the trailer while the grain cart unloading system is activated to load the trailer based on the determined target total weight of crop material and target weight distribution values; and transferring crop material from the grain cart into the trailer, determining a partial-full condition of the trailer and storing a partial-full value of the trailer in a memory of the control system corresponding to the partial-full condition of the trailer, receiving a subsequent load of harvested crop material and transferring at least some of the crop material from the subsequent load into an area of the trailer based on the stored partial-full value.