Midnight plough boy
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Thanks for all of your replies. I had £25/acre in mind once I had done my sums. Although there are a few people I’d sub contact all of my drilling out to given quoted figures….
Clive did say spot rate…won’t include turning, filling, wee-stops and reading messages on TFF so intently that he’s forgotten to engage autosteer after setting in…because no one’s ever done that…You must have some easy drilling land to go at that speed and filling
the drill like a formula one team changing the tyres .
Good on you though if you can achieve those rates.
You must have some easy drilling land to go at that speed and filling
the drill like a formula one team changing the tyres .
Good on you though if you can achieve those rates.
Really? That seems cheap.£60k ish with front tank . Depends on spec
I ploughed mine in for less than that@Robt for example drilling beans today, 32lts hour of fuel so about £20 in fuel alone! £15 for the driver (me) then the running costs of the drill and tractor which I’m not sharing, but you get the idea
speedyOut of interest how much is a folding 4 meter power harrow drill now ?
The question begs, why do some charge that t
As cheap as that you will be working for £35 per hour , these people are out of touch with things now , is there 50% discount off that & 10 years 0% to pay for itspeedy
this is for 3 m
dolomit subsoiler bar
a helidor
powerharrow
front tank and toolbar
so could use either or mix of above
£79000
the a team has a project this winter
ex demo 3 m combo £37
no that is net priceAs cheap as that you will be working for £35 per hour , these people are out of touch with things now , is there 50% discount off that & 10 years 0% to pay for it
£35 an hour can go chapping stobs in for more than thatAs cheap as that you will be working for £35 per hour , these people are out of touch with things now , is there 50% discount off that & 10 years 0% to pay for it
That's not enough.He said he wants to make a profit. Neighbour isn’t dying just to wet to use his one drill. If a favour will surfice then crack on. But as a business choice , I’d charge by the hour. £40 per hour
Dont worry it's not all that its cracked up to be.Please note; contributors to this thread may not have a calculator, be able to use a spread sheet or be allowed to sign cheques.
But with £20k tied up in the drilling setup rather than the £120k mentioned it's kind of up to me and between my neighbour and I.Please note; contributors to this thread may not have a calculator, be able to use a spread sheet or be allowed to sign cheques.
All you people with expensive kit saying depreciation etc bumping up your costs and you have £120k of drill and tractor to run and depreciate. Have you ever thought of running a simple 3 m combination drill pulled by an old 125hp tractor all in at at say 20k max.That's not enough.
3m drill, 50 acres in 10 hours.
So 5 acres an hour.
Makes you only £8/acre.
Drilling is probably the most important job of the year.
Charge by the acre, charge for fuel or know your costs and add it in.
Can do £150 an hour, which then means you've earned enough for the time spent getting ready, cleaning off afterwards etc.
It's still not a way to get rich unless you've got a lot of acres to do.
There's probably in excess of £120k tied up in the tractor/GPS/drill. Which depreciates faster than it earns.
A few quid an acre doesn't cut it
Been there done that, got the black grass to show for it.All you people with expensive kit saying depreciation etc bumping up your costs and you have £120k of drill and tractor to run and depreciate. Have you ever thought of running a simple 3 m combination drill pulled by an old 125hp tractor all in at at say 20k max.
Or even simple 4m nordsten on 70 hp tractor total for sub 10k doing sixty acres a day.
No wonder those with top of the range kit have to charge double the rate to make the sums add up.