Seed Eco-Home Savings with Open Source Construction Machines
From Open Source Ecology
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$4340 per build saved at the basic level of 24 person Seed Eco-Home operation - [1]. Basic Enterprise saves $217k/year in machine costs for a 50 house build operation, at a one-time investment of about $50k inclusing truck, tractor, trailer, attachments.
- Unimog style car/tractor/skid steer at up to 55 MPH Speed. High speed is 1 wheel drive at 40 hp for speed, but not up hill. 2 wheel and 4 wheel drive, 160 hp, Power Cube Scalability included. $50k price ticket for 30000 lb haul.
- Includes RTK GPS integration within base cost.
- Development costs:
- $1M for tractor construction set
- $1M for the above 3D printing
- $1M for the above automation - remote, CV, AI, wireless, autonomous
Priority Machines
- Power cube - specs include shake proof for compactor, electric for slow solar, 1kWhr battery that doubles as power tool battery bank. Units of 2 stroke, 6 hp, 16 hp. Auto string starter.
- Compactor
- 1000 lb telehandler/materials lift
- Power ladder
- Bobcat at 64 and 128 hp scale
- Excavator
- Dozer
- Trencher
- Auger
- Tree spade
- Rock crusher/shredder
- Survey drone
- RTK GPS mission planning module for automated foundations, trenching, foundations
- Small tracked machine, 500 lb push in
- Power float
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