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<br />Owning & Operating Cost Estimate for Medium Capacity Tamarisk Clearing and Mulching Equipment
<br />Cat ASV 4810 and Timber Ax -- 50% of land occupied by Tamarisk
<br />[High end costs]
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<br />Items
<br />Initial Investment
<br />Salvage Value
<br />Amount to Depreciate
<br />Economic life
<br />Machine Days per Year
<br />Hours Worked Per Day
<br />Available Machine Hours, hrs/yr
<br />Average acres cleared per hour
<br />Total acres cleared per year
<br />Interest Rate
<br />Equipment Insurance Rate
<br />General liability Insurance Rate
<br />Repair Cost Ratio
<br />Repair Cost, $/Life
<br />Fuel, $/US gal.
<br />Fuel consumption per hour
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<br />Mulching Equipment Fixed Costs
<br />Depreciation, $/yr
<br />Interest & Insurance $/yr
<br />Total Fixed Costs $/yr
<br />Total Fixed Costs $/hr
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<br />Mulching Equipment Variable Costs
<br />Maintenance & Repair, $/hr
<br />Fuel, $/hr
<br />Lubricant, $/hr
<br />Total Variable Costs, $/hr
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<br />Mulching Equipment Labor Costs
<br />Equipment operator $/hr
<br />Taxes, Benefits, Overhead @ 40%, $/hr
<br />Multiplier for travel and setup at 25%, $/hr
<br />Total Labor Costs $/hour
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<br />Total Mulching Equipment Costs $/hr
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<br />Herbicide Spray Equipment Costs
<br />ATV spray equipment and mixing systems
<br />Salvage Value
<br />Amount to Depreciate
<br />Economic life
<br />Equipment costs $/hr
<br />Interest & Insurance $/hr
<br />Maintenance $/hr
<br />Fuel $/hr
<br />Lubrication $/hr
<br />Total Herbicide Equipment Costs $/hr
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<br />Total HerbIcide Labor Costs $/hour
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<br />Herbicide Costs $/acre
<br />Herbicide Costs $/hr
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<br />Total Herbicide Application Costs $/hr
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<br />Transport, 3/4-ton or one-ton Pickup truck, $/hr
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<br />Scheduling and Reserve Fund, $/hr
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<br />Total Equipment/Labor/Chemical Costs $/hr
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<br />Total Costs per acre treated $/acre
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<br />84,500,00
<br />21,125,00
<br />63,375,00
<br />8.00
<br />200,00
<br />8.00
<br />1280.00
<br />0,50
<br />640,00
<br />9%
<br />2%
<br />5%
<br />0.35
<br />29,575,00
<br />1,50
<br />4.00
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<br />7,921,88
<br />10,140,00
<br />18,061,88
<br />14.11
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<br />2.89
<br />6,00
<br />1.50
<br />10.39
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<br />20,00
<br />8,00
<br />7,00
<br />35.00
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<br />59.50
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<br />7,500.00
<br />1,875.00
<br />5,625.00
<br />4.00
<br />1.46
<br />0.70
<br />0.51
<br />1.50
<br />0,38
<br />4.56
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<br />35.00
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<br />90.00
<br />45.00
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<br />84.56
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<br />$5.86
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<br />$15.00
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<br />164.91
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<br />329.83
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<br />Comments
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<br />Small rubber-tracked skid loader, Timber Ax and trailer
<br />At 25% of initial value
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<br />Assumes 75% availability
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<br />Assumes 80% active clearing, 20% transport and setup
<br />Very dense tamarisk growth
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<br />Includes track replacement
<br />Initial investment times repair cost ratio
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<br />Lubrication costs are 25% of fuel costs
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<br />At 25% of initial value
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<br />At 35% of total costs 1 economic life / Available hours
<br />At 1,0 gallons/hour
<br />Lubrication costs are 25% of fuel costs
<br />Based on 1,280 hours of available equipment use
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<br />Same as Mulching equipment labor costs
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<br />Garion 4 application, Average = 1,0 gal/acre at $90/gal, indudes surfactant
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<br />Lease for truck, fuel, maintenance, and insurance at 10,000 mi/yr & SO.75/mi
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