Acres per foot of drill ??

[bigzee]

52,000 ac running 8 drills, just a nice size operation.

[blackpowder]

Still have the 830 in the shed. Had her running yesterday after getting the pup to run right.
55 acres/ here, not the basis of a plan just how it turned out. Could get more with efficiencies Im working on. Running one shift.
Didnt fert much with the old hoe drills did we? Didnt have to think, just drive.

[tstep]

35ac/ft. Room for a little growth.

[vvalk]

$1.2M? You can get into that brand new for $1M maybe a smidge less. Again it's not always about what you save but profit. I see lots of farms who lose $50 to save $20. What does seeding two or more weeks late cost you because you think 100 acres per ft saves on some expense

[Partners]

We are at 30 acres per foot..

[LEP]

The most for us in history was 120 acres/ft. Last year 75 acres and upgraded one drill and now at 65.

I think vvalk is right. We found when we pushed the acres/ft the last two weeks we wished weren't seeding in those conditions.

Mallee what speed do you guys seed at? How much fert wih the seed? The new to me drill that I just bought will slow my speed down to 4.5 mph.

[seabass]

Koldcanuck do u think NCC could do it if they didnt have the dealership?

[BreadWinner]

We were seeding 100ac/ft now but we went to 50ac/ft. Timely seeding in our part of the world is crucial. The ground is slow to warm up and the seeding window is very short. Seems like the seasons have shifted back but the frost will come one of these years.

[furrowtickler]

Fall Frost nipped quite a few here last year .

[Oliver88]

39 feet per acre

[furrowtickler]

Breadwinner - same situation here .
60 ac /ft gets us done in 12-14 days of actual seeding at 12 - 16 hr days if need be .
Klause - I added up both our seeding outfits - maybe just enough to get a new 600 quad .

[stonepicker]

Used to be 80ft./acre, now it's 35/acre, i guess i'm getting lazy.

[freewheat]

Oliver, you have an enormous drill, or a tiny farm...

[freewheat]

Stonepicker. Yes 35 FEET per ACRE is pretty lazy.

I personally am at 40 ACRES per FOOT. And it still is tough as a one man band.

[stonepicker]

Haha freewheat, how's the old saying? "work smarter not harder" and i agree that as a one man show, a bigger drill makes things much more efficient. For me anyways.