jas67
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21 hours on my gear drive B7100 from late may to mid july of last year
80 hours on the B7100HST from last july to this july
12 hours on the B7610 that I got this july.
Total of 113 hours in about 14 months, so an average of 96 hours/year.
Last year, I used it for some landscaping work, 44 post holes for a fence, and this past spring moving about 20 pallets of firewood. I also spread and leveled some dirt at a friends property.
This summer, I did some post holes for my inlaw's deck.
I'm almost done with the major amount of landscaping on our little 1 acre property, and processed much more firewood than needed for one year this past spring, so this next year will be light on hours, as once the landscaping is done, my main uses will be snow removal (we got a total of about 14" last winter -- less than normal), moving firewood, and property maintenance, (spring mulch spreading mostly). I would guess I might get 20-25 hours / year after this. We do have some smaller landscaping projects in mind that might ad some hours, and I might rip out and redo some sections of lawn that are >80% weeds, and need some regrading/leveling anyway.
I believe that the B7610 has an engine-RPM based hour meter, so hours will rack up more slowly. I typically run it at 2000 RPM for FEL work, and less than that when just moving things with it (PTO power is 2600 RPM).
80 hours on the B7100HST from last july to this july
12 hours on the B7610 that I got this july.
Total of 113 hours in about 14 months, so an average of 96 hours/year.
Last year, I used it for some landscaping work, 44 post holes for a fence, and this past spring moving about 20 pallets of firewood. I also spread and leveled some dirt at a friends property.
This summer, I did some post holes for my inlaw's deck.
I'm almost done with the major amount of landscaping on our little 1 acre property, and processed much more firewood than needed for one year this past spring, so this next year will be light on hours, as once the landscaping is done, my main uses will be snow removal (we got a total of about 14" last winter -- less than normal), moving firewood, and property maintenance, (spring mulch spreading mostly). I would guess I might get 20-25 hours / year after this. We do have some smaller landscaping projects in mind that might ad some hours, and I might rip out and redo some sections of lawn that are >80% weeds, and need some regrading/leveling anyway.
I believe that the B7610 has an engine-RPM based hour meter, so hours will rack up more slowly. I typically run it at 2000 RPM for FEL work, and less than that when just moving things with it (PTO power is 2600 RPM).
