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8010 and 8 row head

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Are you sure you'd be getting over 3,500 bushels per hour with an 8 row @ 5mph? I calculate that to be true with a 12 row at that speed, but when I computed an 8 row I came up just short of 2500 bushels/hour. Here's the formula I was using...and I could be all wrong. Math has never been my strength.

Width of corn head is 20 feet (8 row @ 30 inches per row) x 5 mph x 5,280 feet per mile. I come up with a total of 528,000 square feet harvested, divided by 43,560 sq. ft. per acre is 12.13 acres per hour. 12.13 acres yielding an average of 200 bushel per acre corn is 2,426 bushels per hour. Does this sound right? Like I said earlier, I am pathetic with math.
 
LOL, well, thanks for the confirmation, midwest. I have little faith in my mathematical abilities (and several years of school report cards and college transcripts to back up that claim).

My biggest fear if I ever make it on Jeopardy is Alex Trebek saying, "Wow...what a game! The contestants will now make their wagers based on today's Final Jeopardy category, which is...Mathematics."

I'd probably get the question right, but screw up the amount I wagered
 
Don, it's funny you mention the humor in my handle and occupation: my customers always tell me my figures are wrong (selling price way too high... trade allowances way too low...cash difference far too much). My employers tell me my figures are wrong, but for the exact opposite reasons.
 
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