Sprayer Own vs Custom ROI Calculator

Should you own the sprayer or hire custom application? This calculator compares your true annual cost of ownership — machine payments, repairs, labor, fuel — against local custom rates on your actual acres. It shows which option wins, by how much per acre and per year, so you stop guessing.

What it calculates

• Side-by-side own vs. custom cost per acre
• Machine payment, repair, fuel, and labor inputs
• Break-even acreage: the acre count where owning wins
• Annual and 5-year net benefit summary

Open the spreadsheet, enter your own costs and volumes in the highlighted cells, and the calculator does the rest — payback years, annual benefit, and 5-year net benefit on one summary.