Tractor -> Acreage Ratio

[montyhp]

I am feeling a whole lot better about my recent purchase - 33 HP Mahindra on 2.75 acres = 12 HP/Acre. I live in south texas, but I also have 12 acres in Colorado, just visited this weekend and started thinking "Dang, i need my tractor here to start cutting in a driveway". Anyone make a PTO transporter?

Montyhp

 

[donn12]

ATVs count? For my 6 acres:

I have a
Kubota B2920 29hp
JD 717a ZTR 19hp
Polaris 800 54hp

with ATV 17hp per acre
without ATV 8hp per acre

 

[zythinl]

case 4690 220ish hp
case 4690 220ish hp
JD 4440 130ish hp
JD 6400 85ish hp
JD 7330 150ish hp
JD 2630 70ish hp
JD 2320 24 HP
899 / about 820AC = 1.096

and i left out the lawnmowers

 

[flusher]

Mahindra 5525--45 hp pto
MF135 diesel--37 hp pto
Farmall Super A--16 hp pto

10 acres
9.8 hp pto/acre

 

[RadarTech]

hmmmm not sure how I missed this...

But let's see;; I actually own 1.3 acres... but maintain the driveway 15 feet wide by 1/2 mile... gots lots of curves...
so 34 hp.. /~2 = 17 hp per acre...

hmmm....

guess I am doing good!

relatively speaking......:laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing:
J

 

[nmu98]

:laughing:

GX 255 = 20 hp

3520 = 37.5 hp

Husky Chainsaw = 3.2 hp

26.97 hp per Acre

Guess I need some additional acreage?:laughing:

Now now Nru... You cannot count your chainsaw unless you can ride it... Then we have to debate if it should have a cab or open station, then what tires....

 

[RadarTech]

:laughing:

Now now Nru... You cannot count your chainsaw unless you can ride it... Then we have to debate if it should have a cab or open station, then what tires....

you forgot about color and how good the dealer is where you bought it and whether or not your warrenty will cover problems if use off your property!


:laughing:


J

 

[Spudland_Dave]

:laughing:

Now now Nru... You cannot count your chainsaw unless you can ride it... Then we have to debate if it should have a cab or open station, then what tires....

ROFL! BUT, you did forget.....we also need to debate Gear vs Hydro. Everyone knows if you're cutting big trees a gear drive chainsaw is the way to go. And if you do alot of small tree/brush cutting a Hydro saw might be better.

Once we get all that nailed down, we can then discuss OEM vs Aftermarket Hydraulic oils. :laughing:

 

[RadarTech]

ROFL! BUT, you did forget.....we also need to debate Gear vs Hydro. Everyone knows if you're cutting big trees a gear drive chainsaw is the way to go. And if you do alot of small tree/brush cutting a Hydro saw might be better.

Once we get all that nailed down, we can then discuss OEM vs Aftermarket Hydraulic oils. :laughing:

yepp and the type of 2 cycle oil too..

J

 

[chipsndust]

JD2305 - 23hp
40 acres

40/23= 1.74hp/acre

 

[montyhp]

JD2305 - 23hp
40 acres

40/23= 1.74hp/acre

23/40 = .575 hp/acre

 

[vsumoski]

I'm afraid Lapp, my neighbor from down the road, has us all beat.

133 acres
6 hp

0.045 hp/acre

Vince

 

[eepete]

I've wanted to play with charts on the "numbers" program on my MAC so...

For the graphs and averages, I had to kick out 3 replies because they had huge acreages: D7E, Spudland_Dave's family farm, and zythinl. Nothing personal, you guys just are doing it big time and make the graphs look funny.
I had to kick out Edward.S because he has an insane amount of HP (714) on "just" 80 acres (and I think we are all insanely jealous of anyone with that much HP).

The Averages:
Average Acres is 66, Average HP was 116, average HP/Acre was 16.

The enclosed .pdf has two X-Y plots. The X axis looks logarithmic even though it's not. So each bar is a response, and the axis number labels try to fit the range in a very general sense.

The Graphs:
The top chart is acres on the x axis, and total HP on the Y. It's nice to see that people like HP no matter how much land they have :thumbsup:. People with _lots_ of land tend to have more tractors and HP. One guy at around 6 acres shows there is no such think as too much HP and should be admired for bucking the trend and standing out in a crowd :laughing:.

The bottom chart is HP/Acre vs. Acres. There is a somewhat of a trend here. The X axis is acreage, the Y is HP/Acre. So generally speaking, as you get more land your HP/Acre goes down. I had to limit the Y axis to 40 which clipped a few admirable HP loving people off at the knees.

The Conclusion:
So there you go. I'm missing Excel here, the 1st time I've missed a Microsoft produce since jumping ship to the MAC a year ago. You've got averages and plots. The plots are cherry picked data kicking out anything that made the plots not look purty. Something about lies, **** lies, and statistics :confused2:.

My conclusion is there is no such thing as too much HP, too much land, or too much seat time.

Pete

 

[AKfish]

I'm afraid Lapp, my neighbor from down the road, has us all beat.

133 acres
6 hp

0.045 hp/acre

Vince

That's way cool... but like eepete and his attempt to eliminate "statistical outliers" - misleading!

You forgot that 17hp Wisconsin engine powering the baler!

AKfish

 

[chipsndust]

23/40 = .575 hp/acre

Thanks, Monty, never could tell a numerator from a denominator!

 

[Spudland_Dave]

So generally speaking, as you get more land your HP/Acre goes down. I had to limit the Y axis to 40 which clipped a few admirable HP loving people off at the knees.

Nice work Pete!

When you think about it, your absouletly correct in your statement of more land = less HP/Acre. I look at it like this...
There is a basic "minimum" HP and at the same time, the numbers can sorta be deceiving.
If I doubled my acreage to 4.5 acres I would easily keep my existing stable and cut my HP/Acre in half. On the other hand, I couldnt live with less then a 3x20 series machine. I'd have a 3x20 even on 1/2 acre. Thats a personal thing, some people rather watch Football and go to the neighbors for a cookout every saturday. My BIL goes riding his Harley...What do I do on Saturdays? Crank up the ol JD.

Examples...
-a 6 hp Push mower on .5 acre would put a person at 12 hp/acre and what smaller machine could you get? Sissors? :laughing:

-The difference in HP on Machines we're specifically talking about (Compacts and up to 5x series machines) is really minor. For example, the hp difference between a 2305 and 3520 wouldnt change my HP/Acre ratio all that much, BUT the amount of work a 3520 is way more. Same applies even on larger machines. D7E's 300hp Versy can cover way more then 3 times the acres a 100hp machine can cover. Throw operating costs into the mix like fuel/repairs/etc, it makes that 300hp versy wicked cheap to run.

 

[D7E]

I think this could lead to a very interesting survey , By adding the value of machinery and seeing what the cost per acre is ?

 

[zythinl]

I think this could lead to a very interesting survey , By adding the value of machinery and seeing what the cost per acre is ?

wow you guys must really enjoy punishing me because id have to take a day off work to figure out all of them numbers ) WOW~!

 

[om21braz]

Nice bar graph Pete! I now sit on 20hp per acre, maybe someday that figure may change to 1hp per acre though.

 

[Nuru]

yepp and the type of 2 cycle oil too..

J

Hmm gear vs hydro, hmmm, Must be a "Chaindro". I also forgot to include my log splitter!