Patent ID: 8428829

Claim:
A vehicle system, comprising at least two vehicles; a navigation system for determining a relative position of said vehicles; a data transmission system for exchanging data between said vehicles; a transfer device for transferring a harvested crop material to one of said vehicles which is a hauling vehicle, said transfer device including a discharge device, a control device for positioning said discharge device, and a transfer-device cover; and a transport container having an edge zone bounded by inner and outer boundaries of said transport container, which inner and outer boundaries are spaced from one another in a horizontal direction, and representing a “keep-out” zone, and a tolerance region located inside said inner boundary, as considered in a horizontal direction, and spaced horizontally from said “keep-out” zone, wherein said control device is configured to position said discharge device in the horizontal direction for avoiding entering of the “keep-out” zone by a crop discharge flow and for locating an impact point of the crop discharge flow in the tolerance region.