ollie989898
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40k on 50-70 acres!!!!! I thought I was being extravagant spending 17k on 400.....and I’m expecting to last at least 10 years!
The man will be spending several thousand quid a year on a contractor, IF he can find someone to do it. He will save that sum and more by being able to cut what he wants and when he wants, not least because the grain will be dry and the straw will be fit. Easy to justify as well once you bring drying charges into the equation.
Whilst I agree entirely with your sentiment, that kind of thinking gets on a slippery slope really fast. You could say on that acreage why bother at all? If you can't justify a combine, can you justify your own labour etc etc etc. ultimately the man grows 50+ acres for a reason. I'm guessing he needs the straw as much as anything.
A simple but up together combine will be easy to find work for because as others have said, a lot of contractors don't have the ability to turn up and cut anything unless its serious acreages.
EDIT
I can't help but notice you have 400 acres and yet appear to own a Magnum?!!