Posted 5/9/2018 12:01 (#6751690 - in reply to #6751471) Subject: RE: How many hay acres to justify self propelled windrower
Northwest iowa
To achieve 25 acres per hour with your 15 foot head you would have to run non stop, as in never pick the head up and turn around, at 14 mph. You might be streaching the productivity just a bit.
Only in the best of fields do we average 40 acres per hour with a 30’ cut, mowing 14.5 mph. Machine lifetime average is right at 32 acres per hour.