ollie989898
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140hp tractor with hedgecutter maybe £80k.
2WD Ford 5000 with hedgecutter £15k.
Which outfit has the best margin? Contractor told me it is always the machine on the back which makes the money
Yes but you get in with the 'ahhhhh I've got this 140hp autopower tractor and bloke to pay each week so I might as well send him out on the trimmer all winter' type thinking. Fine if you have your own tractor, trimmer and man working to do your own hedge cutting but going out contracting is quite another.
I happened by a hedgetrimmer contractor during the summer with a very spangly Fendt 500 I think, complete with trimmer on the back and topper on the front. All doing local authority or highway work I guess. I bet they weren't charging £15 an hour though.