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Chip

Posted 10/9/2007 09:01 (#216657 - in reply to #215286)
Subject: RE: Machinery, labour costs, and SMALL farms...

Funny you should mention this.

I recently sent an email to another member of this community wondering how some of the smaller farms can 'make it' with their machinery costs PER ACRE.

Put me somewhere in the middle. I run some old equipment, some new equipment. Each machine has to pencil out that it pays for itself. DOWNTIME is a major factor--potential downtime from an old machine has a cost. Most older machines I run have a backup (another old machine). Back-up ratio is according to reliability....... example...... one old backup tractor is needed for X number of older tractors being run.

In the wrong conditions, downtime HAS cost me $3,000.00 per hour.

Machinery, labour costs, and big farms... - canadianeh? : 10/6/2007 11:42
- RE: Machinery, labour costs, and big farms... - Mad Max Perf : 10/6/2007 13:32
  - Re: Machinery, labour costs, and big farms... - x5farmer : 10/6/2007 14:51
    - Re: Machinery, labour costs, and big farms... - Ed Winkle : 10/6/2007 18:24
  - RE: Machinery, labour costs, and big farms... - canadianeh? : 10/6/2007 16:22
    - RE: Machinery, labour costs, and big farms... - Mad Max Perf : 10/7/2007 00:50
      - Re: Machinery, labour costs, and big farms... - x5farmer : 10/7/2007 18:42
        
        Re: Machinery, labour costs, and big farms... - Mad Max Perf : 10/8/2007 00:07
- RE: Machinery, labour costs, and big farms... - 8820Titan2 : 10/6/2007 16:54
  - RE: Machinery, labour costs, and big farms... - canadianeh? : 10/6/2007 17:14
    - RE: Machinery, labour costs, and big farms... - pat-michigan : 10/6/2007 18:06
- RE: Machinery, labour costs, and big farms... - robaer1 : 10/6/2007 23:56
  - RE: Machinery, labour costs, and big farms... - farmdog : 10/7/2007 08:14
    - RE: Machinery, labour costs, and big farms... - robaer1 : 10/7/2007 18:36
- Re: Machinery, labour costs, and big farms... - nayrgro : 10/7/2007 03:24
  - Re: Machinery, labour costs, and big farms... - tommyw-5088 : 10/7/2007 06:06
- Re: Machinery, labour costs, and big farms... - Ed Winkle : 10/7/2007 09:06
- The care and feeding of equipment. - Hay Wilson in TX : 10/7/2007 09:19
- RE: Machinery, labour costs, and big farms... - feelnrite : 10/8/2007 18:39
- RE: Machinery, labour costs, and SMALL farms... - Chip : 10/9/2007 09:01

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