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Re: Tractor costs per acre to fall plant UPDATED!!
[Re: Antlerfluke]
#2108481
05/07/17 08:32 AM
05/07/17 08:32 AM
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Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 30,910 Clanton, AL
Out back
Grumpy Old Man
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Grumpy Old Man
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My son in law has accused me of over estimating acreage. I tend to plant and fertilize heavier than necessary because if there's any doubt, I'll round my guess up. If it looks like 1/2 acre, I'll plant for 1 acre.
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Re: Tractor costs per acre to fall plant UPDATED!!
[Re: Cynical]
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05/07/17 08:45 AM
05/07/17 08:45 AM
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2Dogs
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To mow 4 acres per hour with a 6' bushhog, you have to mow at an average speed of 6-6.25mph. No way that's possible unless it's a manicured plantation. With 35 plots there would be stopping and turning involved.
I figured it too, your numbers are about right on, however, I don't think you allowed for turning. That 6mph+ would have to be in a straight line, continuous , not slowing for turns. And then we get to disking at 6+ with no turning also. The only operation you can make good time on is seed/fertilizer distribution. I can rock and roll spreading.
Last edited by 2Dogs; 05/07/17 08:49 AM.
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Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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Re: Tractor costs per acre to fall plant UPDATED!!
[Re: tikkaman]
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05/07/17 09:00 AM
05/07/17 09:00 AM
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Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 30,910 Clanton, AL
Out back
Grumpy Old Man
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Grumpy Old Man
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Generally speaking, Outbacks posts are nonsense. I think he likes to hear himself talk.
That was a might harsh.
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Re: Tractor costs per acre to fall plant UPDATED!!
[Re: ronfromramer]
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05/07/17 11:02 AM
05/07/17 11:02 AM
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Boo Boo Head
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redline on my tractor is 2250 rpms and according to the chart in that gear at 2250 speed would be 5.5 mph. I just never run it over 2000 rpms and that's about 90% of max rpms. 2000 would be 4.95 mph and thats fast enough for me, I try to stay in the seat. I keep the blades sharp and have never had any problem cutting at 1900 to 2000 rpms. I have another tractor, a 1968 mf 165 that i've had for over 25 years, have never run it over 2000 rpms and it still runs great. It's beat to hades and back, hard to steer but it doesn't use a drop of oil and cranks every time. I'm sticking with what works for me. Dang your tractor redlines at 2250? That's mighty low
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Re: Tractor costs per acre to fall plant UPDATED!!
[Re: Out back]
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05/07/17 01:13 PM
05/07/17 01:13 PM
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Robert D.
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I bet he's got some stories. Lol. How does everyone measure the acreage of their plots? I found something called Daft Logic Area Calculator that I used one time to measure area using Google Maps. Not sure how accurate it was.
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Re: Tractor costs per acre to fall plant UPDATED!!
[Re: ronfromramer]
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05/07/17 02:11 PM
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Most accurate way I've found is with a handheld gps unit and just ride around the perimeter of the plot using the area calculation mode That's the best way. I use acme.com/planimeter. Can draw around the plots and get pretty dang close. Close enough for what we are doing. And can do it all from my recliner.
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Re: Tractor costs per acre to fall plant UPDATED!!
[Re: Robert D.]
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05/07/17 02:33 PM
05/07/17 02:33 PM
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Posts: 12,107 Sylacauga, AL
poorcountrypreacher
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I bet he's got some stories. Lol. How does everyone measure the acreage of their plots? I found something called Daft Logic Area Calculator that I used one time to measure area using Google Maps. Not sure how accurate it was. I've checked against my laser rangefinder and found it very accurate. It's surely good enough for things like planning deer plots.
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Re: Tractor costs per acre to fall plant UPDATED!!
[Re: Antlerfluke]
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05/08/17 05:26 AM
05/08/17 05:26 AM
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Posts: 9,166 B'ham
Goatkiller
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On the bush hoggin your tractor throttle should be set at whatever RPM gives 540 at the PTO (if that is the gearbox speed and not 1k) and leave it there. It doesn't hurt anything to run it slower but the blade tip speed isn't what it is designed to be. Thus... you have to go slower to get a good cut.
So if you are cutting slower than around 4mph (3.5-4.5) with the utility tractor type setup we are discussing here you need to check it out, get the RPM up sharpen the blades, etc. And if all that fails and you are worried about it you need to go down a foot in width.
All that matters if you are burning gas an paying someone to run it. In that scenario you can also run too small of a cutter. However, If you are just enjoying the sunshine all that is out the window. Doesn't matter if you are going 1.5mph.
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Re: Tractor costs per acre to fall plant UPDATED!!
[Re: Robert D.]
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05/08/17 06:44 AM
05/08/17 06:44 AM
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Posts: 4,231 Central Alabama
Yelp softly
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How does everyone measure the acreage of their plots? I found something called Daft Logic Area Calculator that I used one time to measure area using Google Maps. Not sure how accurate it was.
Google Earth (not Maps) will give you the area of a polygon that you draw. A much simpler estimation is simply using the scale found on google Maps. Granted, the estimation using maps has to make some allowances for irregular shaped fields. I estimated our clubs plots and compared them to a guy who calculated them so he could give us a quote on planting. I was off by less than an acre and we're talking 40 plots covering 33 acres, so I guess you can safely say that the estimations are 95% accurate, give or take a little.
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Re: Tractor costs per acre to fall plant UPDATED!!
[Re: ronfromramer]
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05/08/17 02:01 PM
05/08/17 02:01 PM
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540 rpms at the pto is at 2250 engine rpms. Tractor is a 4 yr old mf 2615. I really like it. 43 pto hp, easy to drive, great food plot tractor. Runs all day on about 5 gals of diesel. I bought it new. Replaced a mf 165 that I still have, that has a gazillion hours on it and is still going strong. The 165 has 53 pto hp and only burns about a gallon or so fuel/hr under a full load. It made me a massey ferguson fan for life Under further review, it's 540 pto rpms at 1800 engine rpms. At 2250 it's 680 pto rpms. It's around 4.5 mph at 1800 rpms, it's all good.
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