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Old 04-01-2009, 02:31 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Default Re: Tractor hours (how to interpret)?????

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Originally Posted by Opti-Mist View Post
I don't know what today's parameters are but, for perspective, some years back a Ford accumulated proof-meter hours equal to clock time at 1600 rpm while Deere did it at 2000 rpm. There was no industry consistancy. At Ford a proof-meter hour was equated to 40 miles in terms of relativity.
How about clocking an hour at pto rpm.. different machines have different pto rpms'.. thus different rpms to clock an hour.


no need to have a 'standard'.. just have a common frame of reference.. that's all you need... IE.. 1 hr of 540 pto rpms.. etc..

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