Re: 30,000 hours on a tractor???!!!

Posted by Jonfarmer on November 09, 2006 at 22:38:50 from (4.156.249.55):

In Reply to: 30,000 hours on a tractor???!!! posted by davpal on November 09, 2006 at 21:25:38:

Well it is quite possible. For example a tractor thats 30yrs old haveing 30,000hrs on it would work out out 1,000hrs a year which is only 2.7hrs a day which is very possible for a tractor that is put on a TMR wagon for a large dairy farm, I know a local farmer who has 600 milk cows and a bunch of heifers spread out on several farms, and he has just the one TMR cart and that one must run atleast that, he mixes up 4-5 loads a day everyday for those animals, then runs it up the road. Then theres the custom operators that run around doing work for hire, got another local fellow who runs the wheels right off his tractors, runs them all day and 3/4 of the night and they always stay right at full throttle. As far as fuel goes, these guys don't just let them sit around doing nothing while they are running, they're using them and of course making money to pay for the fuel. That custom guy we figgure must have a fuel delivery truck meet them every day at their jobsites because he is running the very biggest of equipment and alot of it!, like the 660hp Cummins in his whopper chopper and his 400hp track tractor, no doubt he goes though thousands of gallons of fuel a year. Some farms do put that many hours on equipment, but a TMR tractor is the most likely because they do get used every single day and it never changes how many hours minimumly per day they run. Oh yeah, you spoke of tires too, this custom guy bought a new JD 8420 in sping of 2004 with deep tread radials and he has already worn the tires down to the casings on it, so thats how hard he has ran that, but he is not losing money because he charges per hour, so he is instead lining his pocket with extra money by running it hard. Your tractor can't possibly make money if it never leaves the shed!.

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