Patent ID: 8150584

Claim:
An agricultural vehicle, comprising: a plurality of engines including a first engine and a second engine; a plurality of mechanical loads including a first mechanical load and a second mechanical load, said first mechanical load being coupled to said first engine, said second mechanical load being coupled to said second engine; a plurality of electrical generators including a first generator and a second generator, said first generator being coupled to said first engine, said second generator being coupled to said second engine; a plurality of electrical loads separately couplable to one of said first generator and said second generator; at least one load sensor configured to produce a signal representative of at least one of said first mechanical load on said first engine, said second mechanical load on said second engine, a sum of electrical loads on said first generator and a sum of electrical loads on said second generator; and a controller configured to shift at least one of said plurality of electrical loads between said first generator and said second generator dependent upon said signal, said at least one load sensor including a plurality of load sensors including a first load sensor and a second load sensor, said first load sensor being associated with said first engine and said second load sensor being associated with said second engine, said first load sensor producing a first signal representative of a first total load on said first engine, said second load sensor producing a second signal representative of a second total load on said second engine, said controller being configured to alter said first total load and said second total load by shifting at least one of said electrical loads from being electrically coupled to said first generator to being electrically coupled to said second generator dependent upon said first signal and said second signal, said first generator has a first performance attribute associated therewith and said second generator has a second performance attribute associated therewith, said controller being additionally configured to alter said first total load and said second total load by shifting at least one of said electrical loads from being electrically coupled to said first generator to being electrically coupled to said second generator dependent upon said first performance attribute and said second performance attribute.