Posted by T-Rev on January 11, 2008 at 09:12:21 from (66.170.172.34):
In Reply to: hours on tractor posted by Big Hunter on January 11, 2008 at 04:19:42:
This comes from an extended family operation, 900 acres, I"m in the seat enough to know, but not everyday. But this is something we talk about frequently while farming. I"m thinking about 200 acres on my own, and am really interested in the current operation.
How many field operations do you do with a your equipment (non-truck). With no-till, grain trucks, a grain leg, average full-time equipment and a self propelled sprayer you should have very little tractor time.
We"ll figure our 900 acres of grain on No-till corn, and assume the bean half is close enough for this estimate 12 acres/hr plant = 75 hours 10 acres/hour sidedress = 90 hours 40 acres/hr self propelled sprayer = 22.5 hours 2nd pass spraying = another 22.5 third bean spray is accounted for by figuring sidedress the whole 900 acres straight from the meter 190 hrs combine 60 hours grain buggy Plus I"m going to rip all 900 acres every 7 years, so I actually rip 130 acres/yr, at 8 acre/hr =16 hr.
Bush Hogging and other odds and ends don"t make me any money, so why should I put many hours doing these tasks? I"ll put in 80 extra misc. tractor hours for tile repair, bush hogging, loader, any minor discing( to smooth ruts) etc. plus I"ll multiply the total by 15% (except the combine, grain buggy and misc. since they are from the meter or added anyway)for transport, hookup, and machine repair and setup while running
So (75+90+22.5+22.5+16)*1.15 = 260 And 260+190+60+80= 550 So .61 equipment hours per acre Only 310 hours is tractor time.
This should be fairly accurate, and a similiar 200 acre guy should somewhat approximate this percentage Lets say (200/900)*470*1.1 for small equipment while keeping the whole 80 misc. hours = roughly 200 hours for a lean operation. Optional is as follows: He should put roughly 50 hrs on the combine, so pulling gravity flows will add another 100hrs, maybe another 15 hours on an auger tractor, and 60 hrs of tillage, plus double his per acre time to spray with a tractor mount, minus the ripping and grain buggy time and he could be pushing 360 hours.
He"d also have to have 3 tractors + a combine for harvest. But in my lean operation scenarios you"d never need more 2 tractors + combine. Actually could use 1 if done right, but no one would risk having a major breakdown or getting stuck.
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