What is the going rate for buckraking maize?! Either by the hour / acer
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Maize buckraking rates
- Thread starter Owainwills01
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Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Depends what you have and how much your capable of shifting? 3-400hp seems to be standard on silage pits these days. I won't put what I think you should charge incase the man that does ours is reading!
Or you could have a 390 with a grays buckrake on back.
Or you could have a 390 with a grays buckrake on back.
masseybreaker
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- Location
- wakefield
your tractor running costs plus a bit of profit
A 390?
Spoilt by luxury you are
I started on an uncles pit with a cabless 135. The roll bar folded down to clear the rafters, buckrake outside tines removed so you didn't push too much
That pit is still getting used today..... Make a wedge, bring it forward, and don't bother trying to roll the top
Cost of the contractors forklift for the day probably more than the 135 cost new
35 with trip buckrake was my first go at buckraking. Silage out of an old pottinger wagon with about 5 knives
- Location
- South Molton
Don't threads get dull quick when nobodies ranting about how if you don't use his wagons, then you're obviously insane?
Or @Thick Farmer isn't stirring the pot claiming he gets his done for 3 shilling and a promise the ladle gets dipped deep by the soup / gruel servant?
Or @Thick Farmer isn't stirring the pot claiming he gets his done for 3 shilling and a promise the ladle gets dipped deep by the soup / gruel servant?
- Location
- South Molton
- Location
- South Molton
Contractors do as well!
Don't believe all you read on here. Some people lie through their teeth, some even make out they are farmers
- Location
- South Molton
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
I pushed ours up with the merlo 40.7. That was painful, glad it was only 20 acres.
ollie989898
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Character building stuff!
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
Character breaking. Last load couldn't arrive quick enough......or slow enough
I’ve heard an american rule of thumb: 40% of the weight unloaded per hour is the weight needed to press it enough. So 100 ton of material per hour needs 40 tons driving on it.
We cut with a claas 960 and have a Volvo l70 and case 721 pressing it. Average is about 3 hectar per hour. Price is 75£/hour each, so about 50£/ha for pressing. I’m not saying we comply with the mentioned advice.
We cut with a claas 960 and have a Volvo l70 and case 721 pressing it. Average is about 3 hectar per hour. Price is 75£/hour each, so about 50£/ha for pressing. I’m not saying we comply with the mentioned advice.