Determination of operating costs of some forage harvesters

Güner M., Kafadar A.

AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America, cilt.33, sa.2, ss.34-36, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 33 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2002
  • Dergi Adı: AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, Compendex, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.34-36
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The operating costs Of six forage harvesters named A, B, C, D, E, F were determined in the present research. Three of them (A,B,C) are of cylinder type, two (E,F) are of fail type and one (B) is of a flywheel type. The operating costs consist of depreciation, interest, shelter, repairs and maintenance, fuel and oil. The average costs were calculated in US dollars as $/h, $/year, $/t-silage and $/ha. Maize, alfalfa and a mixture of barley, vetch were used as silage material. At the end of the research, the lower costs per ton-silage and per hectare were obtained with double-chop flail type forage harvester (machine F) for the harvesting of the mixture of barley and vetch and alfalfa. If flail types were disregarded, the cylinder type forage harvester (machine A) had lower costs as $/t and $/da for the harvesting of maize when compared with other cylinders and fly-wheel types.