Re: Equipment needed?

Posted by paul on November 24, 2002 at 14:40:57 from (66.60.197.133):

In Reply to: Equipment needed? posted by Sean Brinston on November 24, 2002 at 13:58:05:

Well, it depends a lot on your actual mix of crops, local conditions, & tillage practices. I assume both of you will have regular jobs, as 500 acres doesn't often pay a living wage for 1 person, much less 2.

So, you probably want something the size of a 6600 JD/ Gleaner L2/ IHC Rotory (maybe a 915 conventional) combine, 4-6 row corn head, 20' bean head, 150hp tractor, 8 row planter, 80-120 hp tractor, some gravity wagons, 5-6 bottom plow, 12-15 shank chisel plow, 30 foot field cultivator.

This will be, oh, $50,000 if you find good deals, more if you want better equipment you better plan on $75,000. Plan on doing some repairs, esp. on the combine. You'll be spending several grand a year to keep it running, and you will need to upgrade the machine fairly soon as they are old.

What kind of hay are you doing, alfalfa, grass hay, square bales, round bales, much acres, few acres? This would need a mowerconditioner, rake, baler, and a way to move the bales depending on what size you are baling. This requires a lot of time, attention to detail, and quality issues, be sure you can handle that. Timing is _everything_ on good hay.

Oats or wheat may require a swather & dummy head, & a drill & a drag/harrow.

You'll accumulate other things, but this would get you started. Me, buy for what it is, not what color or model it happens to be.

Your Dextra might only be helpful with rock picking, hay raking, empty wagon pulling, and drilling the wheat. Other little jobs.

--->Paul

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