Acres per foot of drill ??

[furrowtickler]

With those bigger drills 75-85 ft, are guys getting 100 ac / ft of a drill?
For about $750,000 you could have put a 75 ft drill/airtank/quad together today at Richie Swift sale. New would be $1.2 mill plus I would think. I am just curious as how many acres guys pencil in for these outfits. 7500 ac / outfit / year ? More ? Less?
We are set up for about 60 ac / ft of drill.
A lot will depend on area, some will shoot for 100ac/ft in drier areas or more some may get 75ac/ft or less in wetter areas.

[Hopperbin]

I am doing 68 per foot here has been working easy. Depends on hoe much labour one has I am quite minimal I think. Would think 100 or more would be easy doable in your area.

[seabass]

65 acres per foot

[Hopperbin]

Depreciation on tractor and drill this year will be 6 dollars per acre. Another way to look at it.

[Hopperbin]

Not new not old so one dollar per acre cost for maintenance unless something major comes up. Upgrading will give higher cost per acre. If I retire in five years what is best. I think not to buy.

[SASKFARMER3]

Depends on area of province. A 86 ft in swift you can seed more than a 86 ft in the mud zone.
Just saying.

[farmaholic]

Boy, am I over equipped. That's what all my old girlfrieds said as well.

How the hell did I pay for that stuff?

[farmaholic]

Boy, am I over equipped. That's what all my old girlfrieds said as well.

How the hell did I pay for that stuff?

[ado089]

Did 112ac/ft a few years ago. Got an early start and not much sleep.

[Klause]

26 acres per foot last year.

Tractor was $13,000 Drill was $2700 with openers, variable rate.

Trimble GPS was $8,900.

Total... $24,600...

[farmaholic]

......should have retired. Lol

[malleefarmer]

plenty in my neighbourhood do 20,000 to 24,000 with one 85 ft seeder.
Average 1000 acres per day 2 sprayers in front

[Koldkanuck]

In the 70's, I seeded over 1,400 acres with a Number 10 IHC 12 ft. disc drill, and a 830 2 cy. Johnny Popper., no cab, 4" electric drill fill auger that never worked half the time, so was faster to fill drill with a 5 gallon pail. Today I drive by the neighbour, and they got 5 brand new 84 ft Bourgaults,all with the 950 tanks and now that they will seed about 7,000 acres per outfit. I guess this is called progress.

[highwayman]

131 acres/ft last year 20 hr days. 65 acres/ft this year by adding 2nd drill. Don't expect to double productivity the first year but hoping for 50% gain

[tweety]

mallee, that's a long way between farms!