oldbones - 12/8/2014 21:17

Like someone said above, there really is no right or wrong answer. I hold a fulltime job in town working 45 (normal)to 90+ (in season) hours a week, and farm only 160 acres. I had an additional 160 until 4 years ago when I gave it up to keep my town job (mistake, but that's hindsight). Just couldn't do it anymore- gotta sleep sometime.
I've got a full line of equipment, all of which I had when I still farmed the additional acres- 9400 combine, 12 row planter, tractors, sprayer, wagons, truck, tillage, etc. A lot more than I needed for 320 acres, but I felt I had to have the equipment "oversized" to get the job done on time.
I hauled the crop from the other farm to town, and the crop here at home got dried and stored here. If I would have had it custom farmed, the dryer at home would have been a bottleneck, holding the combine up. Planting is, at times around here, a "right now, not next week" thing. Same with combining beans. Was just easier to own my own, and am happy with it. Just can't stand to pay for something I can do myself.
Besides, it wouldn't be any fun if I wasn't running the equipment.
my 2 cents