How many acres per hr
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Topic: How many acres per hr
Posted By: Mikez
Subject: How many acres per hr
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2020 at 8:08pm
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Hi everyone. Does anyone have an idea how many acres per hour a 200 with four bottom 16" model 2000 plow can do. Probably be in 2nd low. It has 34" rears on it. And it's level ground and its sod, hay field. Thanks for the comments in advance |
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Posted By: Amos
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2020 at 8:20pm
| I find the monoframe plow speed sensitive,,,I pull 6 16 with my 200 38'" rear tires 3 low and that is as fast as the plow wants to go...to do a nice level job that is,,, and not wide open, more like 2350 rpm or a bit less IIRC |
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2020 at 8:38pm
2 1/2-3 ?? Been a LOOONG time since we pulled 4/16's with a D 17  .
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Posted By: MACK
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2020 at 10:05pm
| Amos, you must have sand. I pull 5-16 with 7050. MACK |
Posted By: tomNE
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2020 at 10:13pm
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where i live farming plowed ground costs you dearly! In your area it must not! ------------- AC from the start of my families farming career till the end! |
Posted By: Amos
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2020 at 10:46pm
| MACK you are correct sandy ground, plow very little actually, just to get rid of a hay field...used to pull 8 - 16 on land with 210 dual 18.4 x 38 in 5th ...heavy alfalfa had to drop to 4th, would carry front wheels all the way down the field |
Posted By: tomNE
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2020 at 4:59am
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4-14's on a D-17. fully mounted. did a decent job but carried the front end. Plowing cost me tons and tons of topsoil, when it rained! ------------- AC from the start of my families farming career till the end! |
Posted By: MACK
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2020 at 7:05am
| Plowing up terrases is all I plow any more. MACK |
Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2020 at 7:59am
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If your AC 200 can average 4mph plowing speed, then theoretically it could achieve the following; Length is 4mph x 5280’/hr = 21.120’/hr. Width is 4bottom plow x 16”/bottom = 64”(5.33’) Acreage is 21,120’x5.33’/43,560=2.58 acres. That doesn’t include any headland turn travel time, And, the 4mph is after wheel slippage being factored in. |
Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2020 at 8:05am
| 2nd low max speed with 18.4-38 rear tires is 3.9mph. So not going to make anyway near 4mph with 34” tires in 2nd low. Might though in 2nd high? |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2020 at 8:33am
| By the time I did headlands, turns, dead furrows, wedges on weird corners, etc., I always figured on about 2 acres per hour on average to get a "whole field done" with 4 16's. Though while going on the straight is faster than that, the inefficiencies really add up. |
Posted By: allisbred
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2020 at 8:43am
| We always figured about 2 acres per hour with 38” & running 3rd low on small fields ~5 acres. Make a little better time when fields are longer. Try not to plow that much now and burry the disc deeper if needed. |
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2020 at 5:28pm
Thanks for that info, I was beginning to think that I was "off" on my memories as to how many hours were spent turning over 35 acers back then
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AC7060IL wrote:Posted By: Mikez
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2020 at 7:45pm
| Thanks guys. Hate to say this is for the enemy. One of the fields we bale is getting developed and they asked for a price to plow twenty foot sections every fourty feet. |
Posted By: wlambs
Date Posted: 02 Aug 2020 at 6:23am
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my dad taught me ground speed times width will give acres covered in 10 hour day. always works out pretty close. i have used over 40 years. ------------- 185,6080,6060,72 allcrop, roto baler |
Posted By: Calvin Schmidt
Date Posted: 02 Aug 2020 at 7:23am
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Amos. Do you still have the 8 x16" on land A-C plow ? That is a rare piece now ! I have a 7 x 16" on land semi mount model 3000 mono frame. ------------- Nothing is impossible if it is properly financed |
Posted By: allisbred
Date Posted: 02 Aug 2020 at 8:15pm
| 4 bottom plow will most likely be a mess with 20ft length?? That is some short lengths, smaller than a garden. Do you know why they may want it plowed? |
Posted By: Mikez
Date Posted: 02 Aug 2020 at 9:40pm
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Hi Kevin It's 20ft wide skip 40ft then another 20ft wide across whole field. It's so they can do a archeological study. See if any Indians are buried |
Posted By: allisbred
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2020 at 12:11pm
| Sounds like a big mess of the field when finished! |
Posted By: Mikez
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2020 at 9:52pm
| Yup pretty much. |
Posted By: TimCNY
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2020 at 9:40am
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And what if they're all in the 40' unplowed strips of land? ------------- I need more than 200 characters for my "signature." I'd love to see that changed to 250! |
Posted By: VAfarmboy
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2020 at 12:37pm
Where do you live? Around here they just throw up houses, no archeological study required. One place we rented got sold to a developer last year.
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Posted By: Mikez
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2020 at 9:09pm
| In New York |
Posted By: Mikez
Date Posted: 17 Oct 2020 at 8:49pm
Here's a picture. Wish got picture of tractor in action.
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Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 17 Oct 2020 at 9:46pm
| MikeZ, that’s a great looking farm. Love the fall colors. Thanks for sharing. |
Posted By: AllisFreak MN
Date Posted: 18 Oct 2020 at 8:01am
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Too bad it's being developed, another farm lost. ------------- '49 A-C WD, '51 A-C WD, '63 A-C D17 Series III, 1968 A-C One-Seventy, '82 A-C 6060, '75 A-C 7040, A-C #3 sickle mower, 2 A-C 701 wagons, '78 Gleaner M2 |
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 18 Oct 2020 at 8:51am
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Mikez, how did you get the "lands" so straight ? Impressive job ! Thanks for the picture.
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Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 18 Oct 2020 at 4:24pm
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Practice, practice, practice. OR, maybe a GPS? NICE job Mike! Glad you're out and having fun!! ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 18 Oct 2020 at 4:38pm
There has been no "plowing" done "here" in this area for at least 20 years. 5 years ago a BTO attempted plowing 1 fall with I assume were "steering wheel turners", the end result was "not" a pretty sight as far as level/straight furrows, let alone what the dead-furrows looked like  .It's becoming a lost art I'm afraid  .
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Posted By: captaindana
Date Posted: 18 Oct 2020 at 8:17pm
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Howdy Mikes I’ll agree with Tbone95 on regular jobs but on those strips prolly you’d do better ------------- Blue Skies and Tail Winds Dana |
Posted By: Jwmac7060
Date Posted: 18 Oct 2020 at 11:13pm
| It is a lost art. We pull 8-18s with two 850 Versatiles...we do about 200 acres every year..I still love plowing |
Posted By: Mikez
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2020 at 9:39pm
| Thanks. It's a shame to see more land going to development. As for the straight lines. The guy that's haveing me do it put piece of orange ribbon in tree branch at 80' on each side of field so just eye balled it, but then the wanted the extra strip in between each pass so them ones were just by eye. |