Tractor Hours/Year

[rScotty]

Ever wonder how many hours per year people put on their tractors?
Ours are used mostly for small chores, snow, & landscaping - we don't do anymore mowing or field work.
The newish Kubota's hour meter averages almost 100 hrs/year since 2008. The old one less than 50/year.
It sure seems like more than that.....
rScotty

 

[Jimmy Joe]

My 2008 DX 40 only has 456 hours, owned it since new, but I would hate to be without it mostly used for snow these days.

 

[nybirdman]

I am right at 100/yr.with mine ,used year-round with mine.Snow plowing,field work.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

The '10 M6040 is just shy of 100/year, the '13 L3800 about 50, and the '24 Kioti CX2620 just turned to seven hours after nine months.

If I remember the numbers correctly, the '15 (?) BX25D averages 12.5 hrs per year. Much of them because I start it out of pity, plus it takes a small eternity to accomplish anything with it.

 

[garry1p]

Avg 100hrs a year bush hog and clearing trails.

 

[JJT]

Between the three Kubotas I'm in the 100-120 total hours/year range. The zero turn gets the most, the utv and tractor are tied for last place.

 

[chim]

Just under 600 hours since buying the L4240 six years ago. I kept the L3200 for the first year after buying it. So although the L4240 has been the primary tractor, the L3200 and the Ford 1210 also saw usage.

The largest use is mowing the yard. It also gets pressed into service for loader work and snow removal (hit or miss snow here).

 

[skramer360]

I've only put about 50 hours on my TC30 since I got it 2 1/2 years ago. But those 50 hours of tractor time have saved me 100s of manual labor hours, or not being able to do the task at all. Well worth it to me.

 

[Tx Jim]

My JD 4255 that I purchased in '93 has 12,000 hrs showing on speed/hr meter. I used it in my custom hay baling operation.

 

[bearthebruce]

MF1533 about 75-100/year last 4 years... MT125 - 25 last year.. Just picked up Kubota SVL65-2 ... already have 25 hours on it. Use is land maintenance, brush hogging, trail building, invasive species removal, stump removal - and any other chore we can apply these machines to help us do! 200 acres to keep in control!

 

[akguy09]

85-100 Hours a year so far

 

[part-time-Farmer-NC]

Wow... Here I thought I used my tractor a lot. Bought it I think 2013 has about 760Hrs on it. So that equals about 58 hrs a year.

My mower about 50 a year.

Mule about 80 hrs a year.

Hmmm. Seems I do more looking that working. But I use the mule to go to/from the fields to prune/plant/weed/fertilize etc.

 

[Sportsman762]

There was an interesting thread on this a few years ago.

How many hours do you have on your tractor

Recently I was in the market for a used tractor, I was looking at 1 tractor after another that had a few thousand hrs. on it and major engine work done. That was an exclusive selling point for these sellers, the fact that major engine work had recently been done. I assumed that a tractor's...

www.tractorbynet.com

just a technicality for recorded hrs on tractors with mechanical rpm hr meter. usually on those, 1 recorded hr on engine= 1 hr @ 550 pto engine rpm
so actually there can be more "engine hrs" on a tractor than recorded when engine rpm falls below pto speed on those mechanically linked rpm/hr meters

To summerize
hrs/years=hours per year
@bambam31 220/5=44
@nybirdman 1200/10=120
@shooterdon 1125/31=36
@Jstpssng 485/4=121
@Jstpssng 375/11=34
@Tractor Seabee 1500/8=187
@Gem99ultra 178/10=17
@HillStreet 410/3=136
@TractorGuy 1280/15=85
@Shaneard 1097/26=42
@duffer 830/2=415
@budepps3760 628/19=33

I had seen an industry study that said compact tractors used in a rural lifestyle setting only get 27 hours of use a year on average. Remember the folks active on this forum are definitely in the higher end of hours compared to the average Joe. This is one of the reasons that there is so little aftermarket support for parts for the compact tractor market, low hours and high model variation with low population of tractors in each model.

 

[Thomas]

60-90 hours year mostly puttering.

 

[MJZ]

This is interesting. I've got 35 hours (came with 5 hours on meter) on my new and first tractor. I'm at 41ish now. I used it quite a bit the fall learning that it was amazing to drag cedars to burn pile. Game changer for me.

I picked it up last July 4. I expect to use it much more this year. I estimate 90 to 100 hours. This does give me perspective.

 

[Jrasband]

I have averaged about 250 hours a year on mine for the two years I have owned it.

 

[rockinbbar]

My 2 tractors that are a year old~

120hp has 425 hrs and 75hp has 375 hrs

My 2019 CTL has 850 hrs

I'm the only operator.

 

[Oaktree]

Probably 75 or so per year on the LK3054. Plowing snow, field mowing and general chores around the property.
Don't have an hour meter on the lawn tractor, but I'd guess close to the same for it.

 

[wmfamily]

Less than 30/year but worth every cent to have it. I can't schlep everything (and don't want to...) so it is a huge help. Also used for mowing the bits haying or row crops don't take care of.

 

[Oldtimermich]

Ever wonder how many hours per year people put on their tractors?
Ours are used mostly for small chores, snow, & landscaping - we don't do anymore mowing or field work.
The newish Kubota's hour meter averages almost 100 hrs/year since 2008. The old one less than 50/year.
It sure seems like more than that.....
rScotty

Well... my 2018 2025R now has 1330.7hrs. The third and fourth years were the busiest, with making trails and movement of soils for new home construction. IMO having great ballast was key, as not needing or using 4x4 most of the time, and I wasn't pressured into a time-frame of completions. Last year put around 200, mostly just riding around the property picking up sticks and giving the grandkids wagon rides.