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| Last combine we had i kept track of everything, fuel, hours, acres , bushels, repairs, depreciation, etc.
We bought a c-ih 7088 with 2000 engine hours for $125k, ran it 6 years, it cost us right at $35 an acre to run it.
Neigbor trades every 4 yrs for a new one, told me his last one was $38 an acre not counting fuel, his time, or intrest on his $
As for a grain cart, if you dont see value in it, you don’t know how to use it. I thought we did until I rode with a lot of different growers when I was a seed rep and my mind was blown how efficient some guys were.
One of the best I saw was 2 old two wheel drive tractors with Brent 670 carts catching corn from a 9510, they had radios and the combine simply only stopped to pee. My point is guy had 20k in each unit, you don’t have to spend 300k on tractor and cart to make happen, you just need a guy in the seat
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What is a fair price for combining
