Forage Harvesting

Anthony Garnier · Mar 31, 2014

Wondering what people are getting for fuel economy with their choppers out there. Im running a claas 930 and just wondering what other people are getting with this machine or other machines as well.

JD John · Apr 1, 2014

Brother used to work for a guy that had 960's( I think) and they would use 27 gal/hr. 10 row corn head or 5 18ft windrows merged together.

JMS/.MN · Apr 1, 2014

Is that possible? A truck going 60 mph, getting 6 mpg, would run 10 gal/hr. Chopper at 27gal/hr, fuel cost would be about $100/hr. I could ask my son his experience, he was the chopper mechanic for a nearby JD Focus dealer that specialized in SP choppers. But then, look at the throat on those machines!!! About 3 feet wide, and running a mat of material 8-10 inches thick?

RGMartin · Apr 2, 2014

(quoted from post at 00:24:50 04/02/14) Is that possible? A truck going 60 mph, getting 6 mpg, would run 10 gal/hr. Chopper at 27gal/hr, fuel cost would be about $100/hr. I could ask my son his experience, he was the chopper mechanic for a nearby JD Focus dealer that specialized in SP choppers. But then, look at the throat on those machines!!! About 3 feet wide, and running a mat of material 8-10 inches thick?

That truck isn't running 100% wot all the time. Comparing it to chopper duty would be like pulling a 7% grade at 80,000 the entire life of the truck. Normal truck duty is a lot closer to 50% than 100%.

650 horsepower, all the time, takes serious fuel.

JD John · Apr 2, 2014

I think the going rate to hire just the chopper was $400 an hour. They could chop something like 40 acres in an hour of hay, about 10 acres in corn.

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