buttercup
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- Location
- Sussex/Surrey
Think this is the right place- just cultivated, simba express with st bar, 13.5 ha on a full tank of diesel (175 l) on new holland t6, 150hp. How does that compare..
Fuel consumption - autumn cultivation
- Thread starter buttercup
- Start date
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
Sumo Trio 3 trailed being pulled by a Quadtrac 9380 through really tough heavy clay, 34l a hour, 7 ish litres per acre
flywheel
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- Location
- wae up north
Seems OK.. Depends how many hours too tho
snipe
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- Location
- west yorkshire
Too many variables to compare. Depth, soil type, compaction,
SilliamWhale
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4 litres acre no tilling
- Location
- Cornwall
- Location
- Berkshire
For Cereals and Beans single shallow pass of a Kuhn Optimer or Kockerling allrounder - 4ltr/ha
Horsch Sprinter to drill at around 5ltr/ha
Drill can vary between 4 - 6ltrs depending on how steep each field is !!
Rolls around 2ltr/ha, again depends on how steep the field is and how firm the soil is
OSR and CC drilled direct
Todays drilling, ex OSR on a rolling field
Horsch Sprinter to drill at around 5ltr/ha
Drill can vary between 4 - 6ltrs depending on how steep each field is !!
Rolls around 2ltr/ha, again depends on how steep the field is and how firm the soil is
OSR and CC drilled direct
Todays drilling, ex OSR on a rolling field
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
I run at about 2.5 l / ha, planting zero till with 12 m disc planter & 300 hp
- Location
- Cornwall
That’s pretty damn efficient !!
I guess you have big acreages to go at ?
Our average field size is about 5 acres !!
And nearly all of it has some gradient 
I was quite happy with my 10lit per ha till I saw your post
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
That’s pretty damn efficient !!
I guess you have big acreages to go at ?
Our average field size is about 5 acres !!
I was quite happy with my 10lit per ha till I saw your post
flat, open, no fences, farming about 800 ha in 7 fields . . .
heavy black alluvial clays on a floodplain
long term ( 30 years + ) zero till / full stubble retention.
Disc planters, only running from say 40 - 75 mm deep
hydraulics to run air seeder & vacuum fans are quite a significant draw in hp, actual draught requirements are relatively minimal
john432
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- Location
- Carmarthenshire
At the other end of the scale...used about 2000 LTRs, to plough, power harrow,two passes, and lime 100 acres of permanent pasture in the spring, smallest field was 2 acres. 20 LTRs an acre, the drilling, fertilizer spreading and rolling was extra.
SilliamWhale
Member
Compared to a 3m drill. Field sizes between 2-30 acres. Some hills, 140hp and a disc drill.
Timbo
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- Location
- Gods County
JD 6330 w/ 140hp remap.
Ploughing stubble 5f Rev - 7l / ac
Ploughing Sward 5f Rev - 8l / ac
JD 7430 w/ factory hp.
Subdisc 3m cultivator in stubble - 3.75l / ac
Kuhn Venta 3m Combi into cultivated stubble - 5.5l / ac.
Ploughing stubble 5f Rev - 7l / ac
Ploughing Sward 5f Rev - 8l / ac
JD 7430 w/ factory hp.
Subdisc 3m cultivator in stubble - 3.75l / ac
Kuhn Venta 3m Combi into cultivated stubble - 5.5l / ac.
2wheels
Member
- Location
- aberdeenshire
a bit off topic but what gives the clay it's black colour? volcanic ash?
Timbo
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- Location
- Gods County
Some ppl never happy
No but it could be worse I could be running John Deere thirstys………
yellow belly
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- Location
- south west lincolnshire
This autumn
notill drill 300 hp 9 m. 4 l per ha on a 260 hp same
rolling 1 l per ha when needed
only other cultivations is mole drainage every 4 years 3 ha per hr at 55l per hr
with combineing 10 l per ha average corn carting depends on distance from store 3 l per ha wheat less for other crops
notill drill 300 hp 9 m. 4 l per ha on a 260 hp same
rolling 1 l per ha when needed
only other cultivations is mole drainage every 4 years 3 ha per hr at 55l per hr
with combineing 10 l per ha average corn carting depends on distance from store 3 l per ha wheat less for other crops