Tractor Hours/Year

[bridge4]

My 3 Cockshutt haying tractors do between 50 to a hundred hrs each on 300 acre hayland.
my 2 Belarus feeding tractors run around 500 hrs a year winter feeding and silage bale gathering/loading and wrapping.Then i have a couple other wheel loaders and a trackloader that i use whenever there is a need for for dirt work brush mowing and mulching and snow plowing, the hrs vary from year to year, i don't keep track.My big JD 8650 gets maybe 40 hrs a year if that. i have a couple other smaller hp tractors that get a bit of use from time to time if need be. I hate pulling pins so most of the tractors stay hooked up to their dedicated piece equipment year round.lol
The hrs on all of them vary from a 2000 to 30.000+ hrs, some are 50 yrs old, the newest is 20 yrs.

Am I reading that right, 30k hours? You have to post a picture of that machine. Anything that helped out a family that much should get a memorial!

 

[John_Mc]

I suspect there is a huge swing between people who are using their tractor in connection with some business as compared to those using it for personal use.

My use is personal, not connected with any commercial endeavors. My highest year on my 2001 NH TC33D was about 250 hours. A typical year is closer to 100. I have had the occasional year where it was below 50 (the year we had an incredibly wet spring/summer/fall: too wet to get into the woods without tearing up most of my trails, followed by cracking the clutch housing doing some logging in the winter.)

Things have tapered off in more recent years, as much of main projects on my property have been completed, and I've not spent as much time on firewood and TSI or wildlife habitat activities as in the past.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

This "winter" has saved lots of hours on my tractors.

Normally about half their annual time is spent on snow removal, but since we still haven't got any...

 

[Skrizan]

Bought my Kubota L3130 with 2000 hours on it in 2017, just hit 2200 this winter. It has cab, heat, loader and back blade. Only average less than 30 hours a year, but as others have said, feels like it should be more. Every one of those hours have been great though. Whether clearing snow or filling holes in my almost 1/4 mile long driveway, or pushing leaves deeper into the woods behind my house after vacuuming and dumping them. Have used forks and a pallet to haul tree trimmings, done some landscaping, and lifted bundles of shingles to the roof of my garage when replacing it. I used to use a 48" snowblower on craftsman garden tractor to do snow, what a nightmare. Even though the winters have been pretty tame since I got the tractor it is still worth every penny. Make just about any excuse to pull it out of the garage, so I am probably forgetting other things it has come in handy for.

 

[TractorTYMe]

2019 TYM T474 565h in 4.5 y

 

[TexasRust]

The first 5 years on my XR4150H was right at 500 hours. Now that I'm retired, I'm doing about 125 per month. Those new tractor warranties sound pretty good at 5 to 6 years until you realize that you haven't even broken in the engine when the warranty expires. My tractor spun the rod bearing on cylinder #3 on 1/2/2024. The tractor had 1250 hours on it. It took the better part of 9 months, and $10,000, to get a new short block installed and 4 injectors replaced. That's right, one of the new injectors injectors caused the engine to lope at idle.
My advise when you have a new tractor...
Run it like you stole it. Get as many hours on it as possible. It may sound crazy, but you want to shake out any weakness while the warranty is still in effect.

 

[Skypilota72]

Ever wonder how many hours per year people put on their tractors?
Ours are used mostly for small chores, snow, & landscaping - we don't do anymore mowing or field work.
The newish Kubota's hour meter averages almost 100 hrs/year since 2008. The old one less than 50/year.
It sure seems like more than that.....
rScotty

Ever wonder how many hours per year people put on their tractors?
Ours are used mostly for small chores, snow, & landscaping - we don't do anymore mowing or field work.
The newish Kubota's hour meter averages almost 100 hrs/year since 2008. The old one less than 50/year.
It sure seems like more than that.....
rScotty

I’ve had my Mahindra Max-24 for 5 years since new, and only put on 60 hours a year. Used mostly for Wisconsin snow removal and various projects around our home/property. Not much, but a life saver when needed.

 

[jcmaurice6]

MF1734, personnal use, average of 100hours a year. This seems to be the average for personal use.

 

[JagAlfaOwner]

I have a 2006 New Holland TZ24. I bought it with a rear blade to remove snow from my driveway and mow the steep hill in the summer. I just sent it to the shop with an oil leak. It has 700 hours. Most of them were put on in the first 5 years. Runs strong, always starts right up and I do the maintenance every year. I bought it all for $12,000.00 with a Zero Percent loan. I look back now and think what a bargain it was.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

Between 60 and 70 per year over the last 6 years.

 

[5030]

I hate pulling pins so most of the tractors stay hooked up to their dedicated piece equipment year round.lol

Exactly why I bought the second M9 but used. Some of the hay tool I use are heavy and hooking up all the hydraulics and computer interfaces are a pita so I leave the heavy implements attached. Saves my old back and patience as well.

 

[lilranch2001]

Ever wonder how many hours per year people put on their tractors?
Ours are used mostly for small chores, snow, & landscaping - we don't do anymore mowing or field work.
The newish Kubota's hour meter averages almost 100 hrs/year since 2008. The old one less than 50/year.
It sure seems like more than that.....
rScotty

It seems like I am on my tractor a LOT, but it’s a 2009 model year, or at least that’s the year I bought it new, and I just had it hauled in for a full fluid change, and rad hose replacement, (I’m finding I have more cash than energy these days @ 72) And it only has a tad more than 600 hours on it in 16 years.

Not really sure how I managed without it for most of my life

 

[gtunney]

Small property (6 acres) and small machine (X585), I'm averaging 60 hours per year mowing a half-acre lawn, hauling firewood, moving stone, grading, and snow blowing.

 

[number two]

Apparently,many of us read and write about tractors more than we actually use them!
That's cool!

 

[bmaverick]

Ever wonder how many hours per year people put on their tractors?
Ours are used mostly for small chores, snow, & landscaping - we don't do anymore mowing or field work.
The newish Kubota's hour meter averages almost 100 hrs/year since 2008. The old one less than 50/year.
It sure seems like more than that.....
rScotty

My YM2610 came with 14xx hours on the meter from 1981 to 2014.
33 years averaging about 42.5 hours years.

I've put on 500 hours since then. 2014 to 2024. So 50 hours average per year.

Now, I do not run the engine nor PTO to it's fullest for all my work. I know I have double the time on the machine, but I use PTO speed-2 and tune down the engine rpms to hit PTO 480-500 rpms when mowing. Less wear and tear overall.

Thus, the average would be about 100 hours per year.

 

[mike peyerl]

Ever wonder how many hours per year people put on their tractors?
Ours are used mostly for small chores, snow, & landscaping - we don't do anymore mowing or field work.
The newish Kubota's hour meter averages almost 100 hrs/year since 2008. The old one less than 50/year.
It sure seems like more than that.....
rScotty

I have 4 tractors 1 Ford 600 that one gets about 50 hours a year tedding Hay and running a cut off saw and 3 different Kubota tractors that each get 50-100 hours each.

 

[Fastowl]

I bought a JD 5075e with 139 hours in 2019 to replace our aging JD 2240. It now has a whopping 245 hours on it. Why? Mostly for shredding pastures and road maintenance and we have been in drought much of that time.

What gets the most use is our Bobcat S650 skidsteer that we bought new in 2011. It has 1850 hours on it, added about 250 in 2024. Most of the hours are clearing mesquite and cedar, some are hauling round bales, carrying heavy pallet like things, some dirt work, etc.

 

[RayIN]

I did most everything with my 1972 MF135, it had over 3,7xx hrs on the clock when I sold it last year.
My 2002 MF 451 has 561 hrs on the clock.
Did it win anything?

 

[bdhsfz6]

Tractor hours can be deceiving. My 2 year-old Kubota L6060 has 384 hours on the clock and about half of that was spinning a PTO generator. Much easier duty than moving material with the FEL bucket or using the backhoe.

 

[Gem99ultra]

My 2009 Kubota L3400 has 230 hrs, most of which are from running my wood chipper. I'd hate to know how hard it'd be to do without it.