Cost of using power reapers: Malaysian experience

Field data on the repair and ownership costs of power reapers are presented. The power reapers were used for general purpose work like grass mowing and hedge trimming. The curves obtained in the study show the minimum of total accumulated cost ownership at 1200 accumulated usage hours and the wear...

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Main Authors: Aribi, Kamarudzaman, Md. Salleh, Yaacob
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Farm Machinery Industrial Research Corp. 1988
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38715/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38715/1/0001.pdf
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description Field data on the repair and ownership costs of power reapers are presented. The power reapers were used for general purpose work like grass mowing and hedge trimming. The curves obtained in the study show the minimum of total accumulated cost ownership at 1200 accumulated usage hours and the wear out life at 2600 accumulated usage hours. Depreciation and repair costs were approximately 15% of the total cost of operation.
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spelling upm-387152015-06-16T02:12:11Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38715/ Cost of using power reapers: Malaysian experience Aribi, Kamarudzaman Md. Salleh, Yaacob Field data on the repair and ownership costs of power reapers are presented. The power reapers were used for general purpose work like grass mowing and hedge trimming. The curves obtained in the study show the minimum of total accumulated cost ownership at 1200 accumulated usage hours and the wear out life at 2600 accumulated usage hours. Depreciation and repair costs were approximately 15% of the total cost of operation. Farm Machinery Industrial Research Corp. 1988 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38715/1/0001.pdf Aribi, Kamarudzaman and Md. Salleh, Yaacob (1988) Cost of using power reapers: Malaysian experience. Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America, 19 (3). pp. 53-54. ISSN 0084-5841
spellingShingle Aribi, Kamarudzaman
Md. Salleh, Yaacob
Cost of using power reapers: Malaysian experience
title Cost of using power reapers: Malaysian experience
title_full Cost of using power reapers: Malaysian experience
title_fullStr Cost of using power reapers: Malaysian experience
title_full_unstemmed Cost of using power reapers: Malaysian experience
title_short Cost of using power reapers: Malaysian experience
title_sort cost of using power reapers: malaysian experience
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38715/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/38715/1/0001.pdf