Tractor use percentages

[Cliff_Johns]

I would like to do a sort of survey. In terms of percentage of hours of tractor use on your current tractor (this is not about you, it's about your tracctor), how does you tractor time work out (you can post multiple times for multiple tractors if you want to).

For me it's as follows:

15% Chipping (if you have a PTO chipper)
10% Moving dirt/gravel
40% Back Hoe work
20% Moving stuff with FEL(mulch, old dog houses, refridgerators, etc...)
08% Finish grading
02% Snow work
05% Idling while your doing something else and start up and cool down).

00% Finish Mowing
00% Bush Hogging
00% Digging with the FEL
00% Mixing concrete (if you have a PTO mixer)
00% Plowing/tilling
00% Logging
00% Ag (hay, planting)
00% Spraying
00% Driveway maintainence
Anything else

These are rough estimates of course, but it's interesting to think about how you actually use your tractor, that is, where the hours on the meter really went.

Cliff

 

[Noodlearm]

Interesting survey. I would say that mine breaks down as follows:

Brushhogging 40%
Driveway maintenance (including snow removal) 20%
Loader work (all types) 20%
Box Blading & Grading 5%
Tilling 5%
Screwing Around 10%

 

[JWE]

Here is my best estimate.

00% Chipping (if you have a PTO chipper)
10% Moving dirt/gravel
00% Back Hoe work
10% Moving stuff with FEL(mulch, old dog houses, refridgerators, etc...)
01% Finish grading
10% Snow work
05% Idling while your doing something else and start up and cool down).

40% Finish Mowing
00% Bush Hogging
01% Digging with the FEL
00% Mixing concrete (if you have a PTO mixer)
05% Plowing/tilling
05% Logging/firewood
00% Ag (hay, planting)
07% Spraying
00% Driveway maintainence
06% Other

John

 

[johnday]

As of now, with no BH;

Moving dirt/gravel 20%

Grading 15%
Logging 10%
Clearing properties 20%
Snow removal 20%
Loading heavy stuff 10%
Fooling around 5%
Enjoying it 200%

 

[gmsssi]

For me it's as follows, so far:

15% Moving stuff with FEL/pallet forks
15% Finish grading (BB)
18% Raking
02% Idling while your doing something else and start up and cool down.
10% Finish Mowing
35% Digging with the FEL (Moving dirt/gravel)
05% Logging

Previous tractor (Kubota B9200HST)

10% Raking
10% Blade
05% Idling while your doing something else and start up and cool down.
65% Finish Mowing
10% Logging

Easily see the difference and the need for the upgrade..../forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

BTW.........Good post , shows the versatility of tractors and a little about the member!

 

[MMM]

% Chipping (if you have a PTO chipper)
5% Moving dirt/gravel
20% Back Hoe work
5% Moving stuff with FEL(mulch, old dog houses, refridgerators, etc...)
% Finish grading
% Snow work
5% Idling while your doing something else and start up and cool down).

% Finish Mowing
20% Bush Hogging
5% Digging with the FEL
% Mixing concrete (if you have a PTO mixer)
10% Plowing/tilling
10% Logging
5% Ag (hay, planting)
10% Spraying
5% Driveway maintainence
Anything else

 

[v8dave]

Kubota B7610 with a backhoe.

30% Moving dirt/gravel
50% Back Hoe work
15% Moving stuff with FEL (portable tool box)
05% Idling while your doing something else and start up and cool down).

Going to be more dirt moving in the future as I cut a drive to the back of the shop with an as yet unused boxblade.

 

[Syncro]

Funny that you brought this up as I was just thinking how my hours were distributed. This year its about:

Bush hog/mowing-------------60%
dirt work FEL/blade-----------30%
misc (moving stuff, etc)------10%

I expect to put ~100 hrs on my Massey CUT this year

 

[txdon]

For my first 180 hours I would say:

40% Clearing brush through woods with FEL
15% Box blading trails/roads/building site
15% Back hoeing Mesquite/ponds/bridge
15% Brush hogging
15% Moving sand/dirt for roads/dam/building site (FEL)

 

[johnk]

% Chipping (if you have a PTO chipper)
45% Moving dirt/gravel
0% Back Hoe work
15% Moving stuff with FEL(mulch, old dog houses, refridgerators, etc...)
10% Finish grading
10% Snow work
5% Idling while your doing something else and start up and cool down).

0% Finish Mowing
0% Bush Hogging
20% Digging with the FEL