Tractor -> Acreage Ratio

[montyhp]

JD2305 - 23hp
40 acres

40/23= 1.74hp/acre

23/40 = .575 hp/acre

 

[vsumoski]

I'm afraid Lapp, my neighbor from down the road, has us all beat.

133 acres
6 hp

0.045 hp/acre

Vince

 

[eepete]

I've wanted to play with charts on the "numbers" program on my MAC so...

For the graphs and averages, I had to kick out 3 replies because they had huge acreages: D7E, Spudland_Dave's family farm, and zythinl. Nothing personal, you guys just are doing it big time and make the graphs look funny.
I had to kick out Edward.S because he has an insane amount of HP (714) on "just" 80 acres (and I think we are all insanely jealous of anyone with that much HP).

The Averages:
Average Acres is 66, Average HP was 116, average HP/Acre was 16.

The enclosed .pdf has two X-Y plots. The X axis looks logarithmic even though it's not. So each bar is a response, and the axis number labels try to fit the range in a very general sense.

The Graphs:
The top chart is acres on the x axis, and total HP on the Y. It's nice to see that people like HP no matter how much land they have :thumbsup:. People with _lots_ of land tend to have more tractors and HP. One guy at around 6 acres shows there is no such think as too much HP and should be admired for bucking the trend and standing out in a crowd :laughing:.

The bottom chart is HP/Acre vs. Acres. There is a somewhat of a trend here. The X axis is acreage, the Y is HP/Acre. So generally speaking, as you get more land your HP/Acre goes down. I had to limit the Y axis to 40 which clipped a few admirable HP loving people off at the knees.

The Conclusion:
So there you go. I'm missing Excel here, the 1st time I've missed a Microsoft produce since jumping ship to the MAC a year ago. You've got averages and plots. The plots are cherry picked data kicking out anything that made the plots not look purty. Something about lies, **** lies, and statistics :confused2:.

My conclusion is there is no such thing as too much HP, too much land, or too much seat time.

Pete

 

[AKfish]

I'm afraid Lapp, my neighbor from down the road, has us all beat.

133 acres
6 hp

0.045 hp/acre

Vince

That's way cool... but like eepete and his attempt to eliminate "statistical outliers" - misleading!

You forgot that 17hp Wisconsin engine powering the baler!

AKfish

 

[chipsndust]

23/40 = .575 hp/acre

Thanks, Monty, never could tell a numerator from a denominator!

 

[Spudland_Dave]

So generally speaking, as you get more land your HP/Acre goes down. I had to limit the Y axis to 40 which clipped a few admirable HP loving people off at the knees.

Nice work Pete!

When you think about it, your absouletly correct in your statement of more land = less HP/Acre. I look at it like this...
There is a basic "minimum" HP and at the same time, the numbers can sorta be deceiving.
If I doubled my acreage to 4.5 acres I would easily keep my existing stable and cut my HP/Acre in half. On the other hand, I couldnt live with less then a 3x20 series machine. I'd have a 3x20 even on 1/2 acre. Thats a personal thing, some people rather watch Football and go to the neighbors for a cookout every saturday. My BIL goes riding his Harley...What do I do on Saturdays? Crank up the ol JD.

Examples...
-a 6 hp Push mower on .5 acre would put a person at 12 hp/acre and what smaller machine could you get? Sissors? :laughing:

-The difference in HP on Machines we're specifically talking about (Compacts and up to 5x series machines) is really minor. For example, the hp difference between a 2305 and 3520 wouldnt change my HP/Acre ratio all that much, BUT the amount of work a 3520 is way more. Same applies even on larger machines. D7E's 300hp Versy can cover way more then 3 times the acres a 100hp machine can cover. Throw operating costs into the mix like fuel/repairs/etc, it makes that 300hp versy wicked cheap to run.

 

[D7E]

I think this could lead to a very interesting survey , By adding the value of machinery and seeing what the cost per acre is ?

 

[zythinl]

I think this could lead to a very interesting survey , By adding the value of machinery and seeing what the cost per acre is ?

wow you guys must really enjoy punishing me because id have to take a day off work to figure out all of them numbers ) WOW~!

 

[om21braz]

Nice bar graph Pete! I now sit on 20hp per acre, maybe someday that figure may change to 1hp per acre though.

 

[Nuru]

yepp and the type of 2 cycle oil too..

J

Hmm gear vs hydro, hmmm, Must be a "Chaindro". I also forgot to include my log splitter!