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Re: 966 for brushhog
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Posted by Hugh MacKay on January 21, 2006 at 02:46:49 from (216.208.58.187):
In Reply to: Re: 966 for brushhog posted by Larry806 on January 20, 2006 at 19:52:58:
Larry: So I misread the hydro part of his post, let me assure you that changes very little of my text. In my lifetime I've owned 16 farmalls, 1 Cockshutt, 1 Deere and 2 Cases, everyone of them bought either new or with less than 1,500 hours on them. The smallest was a Super A and the largest a 1066. If I were to do a bit of digging through my records I could tell you exactly what each and everyone of those tractor cost for repairs and to operate. I could further tell you exactly what the cost was per horsepower per hour. To summarize I will tell you this, my 560D and 656D were the 2 most efficient tractors I ever owned. Each one went 10,000 hours with virtually no repairs, less than $1,000. for each. They would each crank out 60 hp on little over 1 IMP gallon of fuel per hour. I can tell you that when you step up to the parts counter, on average you will buy 656 and 560 parts for a fraction of the cost of any of the large chassis tractors. Don't get me wrong the large chassis tractors can be quite efficient, but you've got to be using 100% of their rated hp all the time. I only ever started my 1066 for 5 jobs; those being 12 ton manure spreader, 20' disk, 25' cultivator, NH 890 forage harvester and a Dika Root windrower that I did custom work with. That Dika could make a 1066 suck back 10 gallons of fuel per hour. My point has been "MATCH YOUR HP TO YOUR WORKLOAD". I do more work every year with my Super A than he'll do if he only hogged that 11 acres. Now I don't recomend the SA for hogging either, mainly because of offset takeoff. However there are many 40 hp tractors bush hogging 50 to 100 acres per year. Why, I can't tell you, myself if I were going to work more than a couple of acres it would have to be a money maker.
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