The Trampler calculator takes your ground sprayer information:

• Tire Width

• Boom Width

• Number of Headlands

And it calculates, based on a full square quarter:

• The number of passes required per quarter

• The potential loss in corners of the field due to turn radius

• The area trampled by the wheels of your ground sprayer

To eventually conclude, based on intended yield and crop value:

• The % of crop loss due to tramping

• The $ value of the loss per acre

• The number of acres lost per quarter

Additional to the loss, but not calculated here are the costs associated with:

• Grade loss because acres were not covered in time

• Time and ruts associated with going around pot holes and obstacles

• Fuel cost

• Machinery wear and tear

• Labour cost

• Soil compaction

• Complications to other field operations thanks to sprayer ruts

• Timing, air covers more acres

• The cost of your ground sprayer - capital tie up and financial costs

 

Note: this calculator assumes 7-12" row spacing for small grain drilled crops.

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