Verified FBN Member (IA)

Machinery

What is the general consensus of cost per acre to own a combine?

My typical year puts 420 engine and 350 separator hours on a class 8 combine in corn soybean country.

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Verified FBN Member (NE)

Everyone on here saying so low.... Wow we had ours purchased from Akrs, go over 1,200 acres. JD 9770 Ran for $55/acre this year just the com...

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Verified FBN Member (KS)

Hired extra help one year we had a late harvest. He brought a 8010 and a 1200 bu cart and supplied his own fuel for 400 per hour. I thought ...

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Verified FBN Member (SD)

$30/acre. Running a 9770 and 9660 with 8 row heads and 35 foot flex heads. Full autosteer and mapping. Fuel, labor, repairs, parts, loan p...

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Verified FBN Member (AB, CAN)

Cost per hour to own and operate my 8120 with fuel and repairs about $110 an hour. Pretty cheap cost per acre.


Verified FBN Member (PA)

Run an old trusty Deere machine and do all my repairs. Come in at 17.50 an acre to run with a 6 row head. Thing that turns out being more ...

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Verified FBN Member (IA)

Costing $14.00 acre for JD 790


Verified FBN Member (ND)

Interesting topic. If you could depend on a custom harvester to be there when your crop was ready and not a week or more later it would be a...

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Verified FBN Member (CO)

Until replacement


Verified FBN Member (MN)

A few years ago we sold our 2388 combine for a used 8230. We figured it out at the time that it costs us right at $180 per hour to upgrade. ...

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Verified FBN Member (MT)

My dad’s combine was around $25/acre for him. Payment and maintenance only.


Verified FBN Member (MT)

To own a combine I am under $12/acre. Figuring payment and maintenance is divided by acres cut per year. I was lower than that to lease a ...

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Verified FBN Member (OH)

I’ve been custom harvesting since I was 18 and I never buy new and do most of the maintenance. I charge $35/ac with grain cart and guys are ...

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Verified FBN Member (SD)

Custom guys dont want to run in high yield ground, it slows them down and more bushels ran through machines.

Verified FBN Member (IL)

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Your probably able to do it for that because of the shear volume of acres you are running through being a custom guy. My cost is 53 because...

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Verified FBN Member (IN)

The simple formula is purchase price of machine minus expected trade in value divided by expected years of operation. Add in intrest, expect...

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Verified FBN Member (IA)

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I leased a 2016 S690 and 12 row folding chopping head and 40 Draper for 11.50 an acre it has 450 engine hours a year


Verified FBN Member (IL)

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I own a 8240 and twelve row chopper and 40 fd70 about 400 engine a year, been buying 1 yr old machines keeping two years and trading for ano...

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Verified FBN Member (TN)

How many hours are on your machine when you trade for a 1 year old?

Verified FBN Member (TN)

What machines are you running? And it’s costing you 90k per machine when you trade?

Verified FBN Member (IL)

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Northern Illinois

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Where do you trade?


Verified FBN Member (SD)

how are you guys coming up with these costs?


Verified FBN Member (IL)

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We run 2 case class 8 machines(rotate 1 every year) at ~$32/acre.

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Verified FBN Member (TN)

How many separator hrs are typically on the machine you are trading?

Verified FBN Member (IL)

7000 per machine over 2 years.

Verified FBN Member (IL)

~$32/ac for 2 new machines?

Just out of curiosity, how many acres does it take to get that number?


Verified FBN Member (WI)

Kinda depends on how old you are willing to go and if you can do your own repairs and maintenance. We have to have one because we can't find...

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Verified FBN Member (CO)

I may be the only one who looks at opportunity coats as well....


Verified FBN Member (MN)

A little of topic I don't own a combine but hire family. CIH 8230 12 row chopping, 40' draper for beans, 1000 bu grain cart with operators...

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Verified FBN Member (MN)

I run a little older one and it takes some creative fixes sometimes, but am around $10 an acre

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Verified FBN Member (CO)

Only if you run it into the ground and don’t replace it....


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Southern Alberta. we have 3 new holland CR 9080. few years old but big capacity. Farm 5,000 acres. All bought at richie brothers auctions f...

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Verified FBN Member (AB, CAN)

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Southen Alberta . I run 1 9770 jd. 3800 acres. If we get a good crop and a late harvest it’s cheaper to hire out an extra combine rather tha...

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Verified FBN Member (MB, CAN)

Back 8 years ago we were flipping a machine for $10/acre now basically $300/ hr


Verified FBN Member (NE)

we traded class 7 combine for 29.85 per acre

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Verified FBN Member (IL)

Following.

We've got an old L3 Gleaner. Does fine, but finding some parts is getting challenging. Curious what a newer one would pencil ou...

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