| AGDEAL - 7/2/2022 21:42 I cover 3500-4000 a year with a $9500 redball. No regrets and no payments. I bet I save 1/3 on chemicals. Haven’t figured spraying cost for a while but I bet I’m $5 an acre between depreciation, repairs fuel support equipment ect
Unless you're pulling it with an expensive $/hour tractor I'd bet you're a long ways under $5/acre.
Were dragging around an old Redball sprayer that cost $9000 10 years ago behind a 35 year old tractor that might be worth $20k.
I'm fairly confident that were under $2/applied acre all in on running the sprayer. Repairs have been very minimal on both the tractor and sprayer. Even with expensive fuel the $'s/acre for fuel pulling the sprayer around isn't much. Labor/acre isn't much spread over the acres/hour and I'm paying myself. I'd be hard pressed to find an easier job that payed better that I'm qualified for. Our support equipment is barely worth mentioning. A running gear with a wooden bed, water tank and mixing cone. None of it is pretty but it works.
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