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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2017
Cnh Industrial America, Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Michael Berggren, Davenport, IA (US);
Brett Gutknecht, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, a method is disclosed for transporting an autonomous agricultural vehicle and an operator-driven agricultural vehicle from a first agricultural work site to a second agricultural work site. Each of the vehicles may have respective front ends and rear ends, and each of the respective rear ends may include a respective hitch. The method may include arranging the autonomous agricultural vehicle and the operator-driven agricultural vehicle such that the rear end of the autonomous agricultural vehicle faces the rear end of the operator-driven agricultural vehicle. The method may include coupling the hitch of the autonomous agricultural vehicle with the hitch of the operator-driven agricultural vehicle. The method may include towing the autonomous agricultural vehicle behind the operator-driven agricultural vehicle with the rear end of the autonomous agricultural vehicle facing a forward travel direction of the operator-driven agricultural vehicle.