Re: Plows and acreage

Posted by jackinok on May 04, 2011 at 11:29:20 from (162.58.82.136):

In Reply to: Plows and acreage posted by 4 bottem on May 04, 2011 at 08:40:19:

I guess it all boils down to what you have to work with.Though you can calculate it to figure whats most effecient very easily.Ive farmed with mules,and ive farmed just like you ,pulling four or five bottoms.Back when we used mules,when we harvested one crop, we were back in the field next day getting ready for next years crop,when we bought a "a" model jd we farmed the same amount in half the time or less made more money and was able to expand,when we went to 4row tractors we could farm twice as much in the same amount of time.Will a 200hp tractor do a better job of farming than a 20 hp? no not really.It will do it a whole LOT faster though.The idea behind a larger tractor is not to farm better its to farm more economically.Say im plowing with my 8n and 2 bottoms burning 1 gallon an hour,if i can use my 7710 and pull 4 bottoms and burn 2 gallons an hour im just as effecient and making money.even if I burn 3 gallons an hour i'm probably still making money because im saving overall time in the feild.Thats the real money maker,how much time total in the field you spend for each bushel of whatever crop,thats what determines your next paycheck.BUT and heres the rub,dont make much sense for me to buy that 200 hp tractor if im farming just a small acerage,simply because i cant pay for it.my 8n will make money there because i can pay for it and make money from it.You see the huge tractors out west simply because of the size of farms.They dont spend less time farming than you do,but they farm several times the acerage.Heres an example, saw a fellow once unload two d9 cats in a field pulling as i recall correctly 12 bottoms with each one.his hands started at 8;00 in the morning,one trip around that field and it was noon.Thats a big field.Nowhere will you find a better example of hp=speed than in farming. i can use my 8n and get my farming done faster than any of my neighbors with thier big versitiles and things,but I farm 20 acres in the same time they farm 2000.The most i ever farmed was 2000 by myself,last year i was down to 160,and this fall i'll plant about 25 that i didnt get planted back to grass.ive sold all my big tractors and just have 2-8n's and 2-2ns left.i'll keep those,one with a mower permanently hooked up,one with a mounted hole digger and two for chores,maintaining roads, pulling trailers, etc.I'm too old for actual farming anymore,i can run these and do what i need to do economically.

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