Daughter#1, I have a similar Crop Saving Guide booklet from 1976 - maybe its the same? Its information is interesting by today's standards. I wonder how they would classify the harvest days per month available by todays weather?? 2009's harvest season?
I wanted to add that it lists acres per hour(aph) for Acres combined per hour @ 1mph. So, if the K is set properly and picking reasonably standing corn, it should be able to do 2.5 mph. At 2.5mph, the 0.8aph becomes 2.0 & 0.9aph becomes 2.25. Im thinking those figures are theoretical. In 1976, a K2 330 should have been able to harvest 22.5 acres of corn in 10 hours unloading on the go with very long passes. At 130 bu/a, thats 2925 bushels or 32.5 graintank loads @ 90bu/k2 graintank or 3.2 loads per hour like DrAllis stated. Today, a k2 330 harvesting 200 bu/a corn would equate 4500bushels or 50 graintank loads @ 90bu/K2 graintank. The K without graintank extensions carries 66 bushel. In 1976, the 130bu/a total of 2925 bushels/10 hours ~ 45 loads or 4.5 loads per hour. A K in 200 bu/a corn ~ 70 graintank loads.... The book specs unload time for a K2 @96bushel graintank is 84 seconds.
Clint- this Crop Saving Guide booklet was produced for the K2-F2 combine. But, it does show bigger corn head capacities Acres combined per hour @ 1mph as follows:
238 0.8
330 0.9
430 1.2
438 1.6
630 1.8
830 2.4
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