Acres Per Hour Calculator

How to Calculate Acres Per Hour

Calculating about how many acres a machine can cover per hour is not the easiest calculation. With our tool you do not have to calculate anything or do any of the math. If you were to, here is the formula that could be used to find the acres per hour that a machine can cover:

• APH = Acres per hour


• TW = Total width


• S = Speed (in feet per hour)

Understanding Your Results

Your result will be a single number. This number is the total amount of acres that the machine you defined can cover each hour that it is used. This number will always be greater than zero and has nearly no upper limit. Also, it is important to note that this coverage is only possible in optimal conditions. Any hills, obstructions, or other variables affecting the speed of the tool or machine will make the coverage per hour slightly different.

How to Use the Acres Per Hour Tool

Understanding how much coverage your machine will have each hour can be significant to planning and understanding its possible efficiency. We make it easier than ever to find out this value. To use this tool you just have to do the following:

1. Enter the width, in feet, of the tool or machine. If the machine or tool has a total reach of 4 feet and 6 inches you would enter 4 here.


2. Enter the width, in inches, of the tool or machine. If the machine or tool has a total reach of 4 feet and 6 inches you would enter 6 here.


3. Edit the speed that the tool or machine can go at. Choose the correct unit of speed measurement if miles per hour is not correct for your situation.


4. Hit the calculate button and instantly get your results!

Calculation Example

Let's say we are a farmer and want to buy a new seed planting machine but want to make sure we will cover a good amount of acres each hour. We can use this tool to find out the coverage in acres per hour. The tool we found has a total width of 6 feet and 8 inches. We are able to hook it up to one of our tractors that can go 20 miles per hour. To use this tool we will first enter 6 into the first field. Then, we will enter 8 into the second field. Finally, we will enter 20 into the speed field and leave the unit of measurement as miles per hour since that is correct. We can now hit calculate and learn that we can cover about 147.07 acres per hour.