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Herbicide GUSS.

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Self-driving orchard floor sprayer that detects, targets, and spot-sprays weeds. Brochure figures: 23 ft 6 in long, 6 ft 4 in tall, 15–19 ft adjustable boom width, 12,460 lb empty, John Deere 4.5 L 74 hp Stage V diesel, 90 gallon fuel cell (~13–14 h), 600 gallon tank.

Agricultural robotics from GUSS Automation.

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Model specifications and operating notes.

Herbicide GUSS · family · Latest observation
Payload—Not listed
Battery—Not listed
Runtime13h
Speed—Not listed
Powertrain
John Deere 4.5 L 74 hp Stage V diesel (no DEF). 90 gallon fuel cell. 4-wheel drive and 4-wheel steering. Clean Fix reversing engine fan.
Power
Not listed
Mass
5652 kg
Autonomy
Self-driving with GPS, LiDAR, sensors, and software. One operator can monitor up to eight GUSS machines from a laptop.
Charge time
Not listed
Length
7.16 m
Height
1.93 m
Dimension notes
Published as 23 ft 6 in long, 6 ft 4 in tall, 8 ft 4 in transport width, 15–19 ft adjustable boom width.
OPERATING NOTES

Empty weight 12,460 lb (5,652 kg). About 13–14 hours on a 90 gallon fuel cell. Spot-spray weed detection; adjustable boom height and width.

INTERFACES & IMPLEMENTS
  • 600 gallon stainless-steel tank
  • Hydraulic-drive centrifugal water pump
  • Multiple precision weed-detection sensors
  • Adjustable / breakaway booms

Specifications describe this product family and its listed configuration. Read operating notes for limits and qualifications. Listed figures are manufacturer or press claims, not independent verification of current availability.

Company profile

Behind the machine

GUSS Automation

GUSS Automation, LLC makes autonomous sprayers for orchards, vineyards, and berries. Founder Dave Crinklaw started Crinklaw Farm Services in 1982. GUSS Automation, LLC was launched to manufacture and sell GUSS machines. In 2025, John Deere acquired GUSS Automation. Each Mini GUSS sprayer is built in Kingsburg, California. Manufacturing address 2545 Simpson Street, Kingsburg, California 93631. Phone 559-897-0245. Email info@gussag.com.

Country of origin
US · United States
Headquarters
Kingsburg, California, United States ↗
Markets
Orchard spraying · Vineyard spraying · High-density orchard and berry spraying

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People

  • Dave Crinklaw

    Founder

Field relationships · GUSS Automation

Customers & deployments

Robot · GUSS

Crinklaw Farm Services

Customer · Active · Other · US

Kingsburg, California · California

trees and vineyards · contract spraying

CFS still contracts with growers to spray up to 5,000 acres a day during peak season.

farmprogress.com ↗

Robot · GUSS

Five Star Farm Management, Inc.

Customer · Active · Grower / farm · US

Linden, California

orchard crops · autonomous orchard spraying

Mike Carr: “We do more acres every shift due to less stopped and downtime.”

farmprogress.com ↗

Robot · GUSS

76 commercial units

Customer · Active

California, Arizona, Florida, Australia

almonds, pistachios, walnuts, pecans, citrus

Farm Progress: 76 machines in customers’ hands at time of article.

farmprogress.com ↗

Robot · GUSS

250 commercial units

Customer · Active

global

More than 250 machines globally; 2.6 million acres sprayed.

agfundernews.com ↗

Appearances

In the field

More from GUSS Automation

Herbicide GUSS is GUSS Automation’s self-driving orchard herbicide sprayer. It detects, targets, and spot-sprays weeds to cut chemical use and drift. One operator can monitor a mix of up to eight GUSS, Mini GUSS, and Herbicide GUSS machines.

The August 2025 GUSS / Herbicide GUSS brochure lists: 23 ft 6 in long; 6 ft 4 in tall; 8 ft 4 in transport width; 15–19 ft adjustable boom width; 12,460 lb empty; John Deere 4.5 L 74 hp Stage V diesel (no DEF); 90 gallon fuel cell (~13 to 14 hour run time); four-wheel drive and four-wheel steering; 600 gallon stainless-steel tank; hydraulic-drive centrifugal water pump; multiple precision weed-detection sensors; adjustable boom height and width with breakaway booms. GPS, LiDAR, sensors, and software guide the machine. Machines are built in Kingsburg, California.

The photograph is the labelled three-view rendering of Herbicide GUSS with side booms. A yard picture of orchard GUSS tanks lettered Nutrien is a different model.