How many acres?

[the big wheel]

Adding those kinds of acres involves exponential risk in this business.

Not necessarily if you have those machines run at the optimum acres per cost and land spread out sometimes lessens risk. Crop insurance becomes even less effective thoughbecause some fields different areas will offset others. All depends on lots of factors. When you click the payout is that much bigger also.

Fcc and some lenders will kiss your ass the bigger you are much more lenient when things go south. I know this first hand when I didn’t farm as much they were on my case steady I had lots of equity for what I owed and they still gave me the gears.

[jazz]

Adding those kinds of acres involves exponential risk in this business.

[fjlip]

Nailed it. He buys a lot at RB auctions. They do a lot of mechanic work. Those combines do at least 2,000 acres each or more.

In this weather challenged country 2000 is enough, those tryin more acres always lose grade, dry more, work till winter.

[grassfarmer]

Edit: you like putting pictures of your neighbors stuff on here dont you, last one was of your neighbors poor pasture management. I suppose it's ok to you, just not my style anyway.

Who put the bug up your ass? I posted a picture of a scene I drove past and asked a question as I was curious to know and thought it would be a conversation starter. Funny you don't critique anyone else who posts pictures that aren't taken on their own land as they are not uncommon on here.

[GDR]

Acres is one thing, manpower is another, that's gotta be a juggling act.

[Braveheart]

they dont look new, probably bought all of them at RB for the cost of one new. good mechanic and a decent shop can keep those machines going for years.

Nailed it. He buys a lot at RB auctions. They do a lot of mechanic work. Those combines do at least 2,000 acres each or more.

[Bowerpower]

We run one on 5700

That’s efficient. Thought I was pushing it on 4500

[sk_wheatking]

How many acres do you need to justify this much harvesting capacity? A local family farm going hard on barley just now with 6 semis in the field to keep up with the combines.

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Who cares. For what it's worth, looks like an old cr970 and a bunch of mixed vintage 8010's. All together worth what a new class 9 and header would be. As far as I'm concerned if you can fix them, then running a bunch of 60,000 dollar machines is the way to go. Getting manpower to run them is another story. Nothing wrong with running 15 year old combines is there?

Edit: you like putting pictures of your neighbors stuff on here dont you, last one was of your neighbors poor pasture management. I suppose it's ok to you, just not my style anyway.

[farmaholic]

It's a free country, everyone has the choice to do what they want.
Some embrace opportunity. Take the risk.
Everything is incremental and relative.
If you want to go for it and have what it takes and have the fortitude for it.... who am I to say you're right or wrong?

Maybe this is a good place to repeat another mantra I like to use....

"I won't begrudge anyone their success but won't mourn their failure either."

[LEP]

Their Yellow and Red so not that many.

... just kidding but sometimes I like to stir the pot.