Patent ID: 7721842

Claim:
A steering system for use with a work vehicle comprising articulated first and second vehicle sections, the first vehicle section being movable relative to the second vehicle section about an articulation axis at a variable steering speed within a position range comprising an end and an end region extending from the end of the position range, the steering system comprising a controller adapted to: determine from a speed-request signal if a requested steering speed requested for the first vehicle section relative to the second vehicle section about the articulation axis toward the end of the position range is at least a predetermined steering speed; determine from a position signal if the first vehicle section is positioned in the end region of the position range and moving toward the end of the position range; and if the requested steering speed is at least the predetermined steering speed and the first vehicle section is positioned in the end region and moving toward the end of the position range, signal that an actual steering speed of the first vehicle section be lower than the requested steering speed.