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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING A LIFT ASSEMBLY OF A WORK VEHICLE

  • US 20160053460A1
  • Filed: 08/25/2014
  • Published: 02/25/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for automatically controlling the operation of a work vehicle during the performance of a material moving operation, the work vehicle include a lift assembly having a pair of loader arms coupled to an implement, the method comprising:

  • monitoring, with a computing device, cycle times for moving the work vehicle between a first location and a second location as the material moving operation is being performed;

    determining, with the computing device, a work cycle time for moving the work vehicle between the first and second locations based on the monitored cycle times; and

    automatically controlling, with the computing device, the operation of the lift assembly based on the work cycle time such that the loader arms and the implement are moved to a pre-defined loading position as the work vehicle is moved from the first location to the second location and to a pre-defined unloading position as the work vehicle is moved from the second location to the first location.

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