RDS Systems
Cost effective farming with a dedicated service
About RDS
RDS sophisticated onboard weighing systems and machine monitoring technology put you in control.
Weigh up the RDS difference. In a nutshell, we know your equipment as well as you do.
RDS Systems years of experience and technical knowledge allow us to customise the product solution you require to get maximum productivity from your machine. The practical, hands-on skills of our technicians mean they can quickly integrate RDS products with your machine for optimal performance. With our knowledge and experience we can also identify technical issues related to the loading vehicle itself, which may affect the weighing system installation and performance. This is a critical factor in quickly resolving issues and keeping your machinery in action and functioning as intended.
As our customers will attest, our back-up and customer support is second to none and a key reason for our business’s ongoing success.
Over the past 10 years, RDS Systems has emerged as a leading product and service provider in the agricultural sector in New Zealand for onboard weighing technology, installation and servicing.
RDS Systems are the NZ distributors for the range of products manufactured by RDS Technology based in Minchinhampton, England which manufactures and distributes a comprehensive range of control, monitoring and weighing systems for the agricultural sector. They are a Global leader in on-board weighing technology with distributors based in countries from around the world.
Having expanded into other market sectors, our products not only provide onboard vehicle loader scale weighing products of exceptional quality and reliability, but also the latest technology for machine monitoring and control systems as well as a range of data capture options.
RDS Systems enables you to optimise the performance of your equipment ensuring a better return on your investment and exceptional accuracy whether loading, drilling or for the monitoring of customised machinery.
RDS Systems’ team of dedicated service professionals travel the length of New Zealand to ensure trouble-free installation, training, calibration and ongoing maintenance.
Highly Skilled Team
Nev Ward
Sales & Support Manager
Nev, a highly skilled Hydraulic Engineer with a level 5 Mechanical engineering degree, brings expertise to our team. Transitioning from Senior Designer at Hustler, he now ensures top-notch service as our Sales and Support Technician. Raised on a farm, Nev inherited a passion for hands-on work and problem-solving from his father. In his spare time, he tends to his livestock, enjoys outdoor activities, and values time with family.
FAQs
General:
A. We travel the length of New Zealand on a regular basis and are more than happy to drop in to discuss your requirements.
Servicing our installations is likewise ‘not a problem’.
On-Board Weighing:
A. Yes – very well.
A. This largely depends on the data you wish to capture as well as the machine you need scales for. Contact us for advice on the solution for your requirements.
A. Yes. In some cases all that is required is a software upgrade. In others there are additional hardware components needed.
Your RDS Dealer can generally provide a quote for this. For the more difficult we may need to site visit and assess for estimate.
A. As speed of lift changes there are outside influences that affect weight readings
E.g. these can be oil flow, friction of loader pins or forklift chains. Speed compensation, with dynamic weighing, allows the calibration routine to filter these differences to provide consistent and accurate weight readings for the range of lift speeds required.
A. Normally associated with Telehandlers and some newer models of tractors.
With some machines, oil pressure from return lines, compensating and crowd rams can influence the lift ram pressures which are measured to provide the load weights. The multi sensor system allows us to compensate for this and provide good accuracy.
Twin sensors are normally installed on larger wheeled loaders.
Modern tractors are also being installed with two as well with telehandlers having up to four pressure sensors used depending on the make and model of machine.
Customer Testimonials
Our solutions speak for themselves
Dairy Farmer - Jason Huggett
On-Board Weighing:
We operate two loaders and two tele-handlers with RDS scales. The scales, reliable and accurate, work really well as part of our business and the support and service offered is second to none.
Southern Aviation Ltd - Richard
We have had the Weighlog for over six years now, and have loaded over 1,500 tonnes per year – more than 9,000 tonnes of product in total. The team from RDS Systems has always been able to answer my queries over the phone when needed, even sending me a new ‘enter button’ when I wore out the original.
Dairy farmers - Paul & HJ Storey
RDS Systems haven’t let me down. Their workmanship is of high quality and they provide a good honest and reliable service to us and our customers working out in the field. I appreciate what they do as it finishes off our product by providing the latest technology in seed rate control, keeping us ahead in the industry.
Allen Custom Drills - Craig Allen
With the recording we did after the Weighlog was fitted, we were pleased to find that the scales had paid for themselves by the time we had fed the first 100 tonnes of maize silage. The RDS Weighlog 100 is a very versatile tool. It has proven to be reliable and is easy to use. Our staff and relief milkers can load accurately if we have to be away.