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Rivers, MB | I'd agree. More info needed.
How many combines in the field. What crops and yield. How many bu/hr are you normally harvesting. distance from field to bins.
Few thoughts in general though.
A decent day cab and tandem hopper trailer is often cheaper than a nice diesel tandem up here.
13" auger usually feels likes its close to double a 10" auger. Probably closer to 1.5x.
A cheap gas tandem will be almost as fast as a diesel tandem truck if the distance you are hauling is short or lots of turns/stops.
Hauling 10 semi loads is a lot more relaxing for the truck driver than 20 tandem straight truck loads in the same amount of time.
In crops yielding 40-70 bu/ac, we find a grain cart allows us to harvest 15-20% more in a day.
a PTO driven cart will be faster than a hydraulically driven cart but depending on yield, may not be a limiting factor. We can keep up to a 9860 and 9750 in 140 bu/ac oats with a hyd. drive grain cart. but you need a good operator. There is no point in spending $15000 for a PTO for a tractor so that you can unload faster and then sit and wait for the combine to fill up if your yields are low enough that the cart is sitting sometimes. | |
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Semi Vs. Grain truck Vs. Cart opinions
