- Location
- West Kent
I've just costed my main tractor - 140hp, 13 years old at £38.80 per hour including fuel at 15l / hr.
Going hourly rate for 150 hp tractor
- Thread starter R J
- Start date
- Location
- Yorkshire
- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
Aye and hauling grass will use tyres faster than the likes of raking, but it seems as though lots think carting grass has little costs, and do it for less than nowt
- Location
- sw scotland
With fuel you are talking over £50/hr which seems not far away. This has been discussed before but round here contractors use farmers fuel. As long as they trust the supplies then seems fairest. Long haul at high revs costs the farmer more, not the contractor.
- Location
- sw scotland
I agree that hauling is sore on machine and driver. Bumpy tracks, high revs on the road, tyre and brakes wearing more
- Location
- South Molton
Charged £30/ hr for a 90hp
Wanted to contra 150hp at same hourly rate.
Has to be at least £45.
Wanted to contra 150hp at same hourly rate.
Has to be at least £45.
So £38.80 - £16.50 for fuel at £1.10 / litre = £22.30 for you and your tractor
I would say that's nothing like enough, how much do you value your own time at?
Minimum wage is £9.50 so even if that is all you think you are worth that is only £12.80 per hour for the tractor.
A 140hp tractor could have been in the region of £60k 13 years ago and will be 90-100k now.
So that's 4687 hours to payback your existing tractor or over 5800 hours to cover the likely price to change yours if yours is worth £25k used
Could be short hauls with flat tracks and no roads !
Courier
Member
- Location
- M62 - M1 - M18 triangle
I charge more than that for a £7k Berlingo van with driver and fuel.
Netherfield
Member
- Location
- West Yorkshire
Not worth getting out of bed for less than £15 an hour., that's just for me.
It's the age old problem, it doesn't seem enough for the guy in the tractor but £50/hr is a lot for a farmer too.
I basically don't even look for work with tractor and driver as you can get it at the rate you want. Although I do have a job coming hauling a trailer but they can pay or it won't be done.
I basically don't even look for work with tractor and driver as you can get it at the rate you want. Although I do have a job coming hauling a trailer but they can pay or it won't be done.
- Location
- West Kent
I bought it second-hand for £25,000 and I've allowed £2500 / yr for depreciation. In reality it's worth now at least what I paid for it and if I were to change it it would be second-hand again so I don't see my arbitrary depreciation figure being too far adrift for my circumstance. I've costed myself out at £15 / hr.
JohnDeere8530
Member
depends what its doing but it should be
£15 tractor
£2 tyres
£1 insurance + clerical
£17 driver (inc Ni, holidays, sickness etc)
£30 fuel (25ltr hour average)
=£65/hr min. However there's a lot of numpties doing it far less
Bear in mind there is no real profit margin in that
£15 tractor
£2 tyres
£1 insurance + clerical
£17 driver (inc Ni, holidays, sickness etc)
£30 fuel (25ltr hour average)
=£65/hr min. However there's a lot of numpties doing it far less
Bear in mind there is no real profit margin in that
- Location
- south norfolk
I can’t beleive £2 hour for tyres can be right.i was working on £1.50 a clock hour on my avatar 20 years ago
nick...
nick...
I think you might get a shock at what a replacement 140hp tractor might cost you, bearing in mind 140hp 13 years ago is probably now 160 - 180hp to get an equivalent.
Not to mention if you are in the second hand market and high hours you need to factor in the odd big bill if a gearbox goes or something similar. I am not knocking buying a good used tractor and running it hard for a long time but you need to be able to replace it when it comes to the end of its life and at £7.30 an hour for the tractor its not enough
JohnDeere8530
Member
£2/hr for tyres
Im working on £7k a set and my tyres last around 3500hrs. Of course with flint ground they would last a far shorter length of time
- Location
- norfolk
To put things in perspective my 16 year old daughter starts her first job on Monday, on the books at £11.63 per hour
What will she be doing?To put things in perspective my 16 year old daughter starts her first job on Monday, on the books at £11.63 per hour
- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
Well she won't be driving a tractor, milking cows or looking after sheep on that rate will she