Going to help a neighbour cart bales and just wondering how much I should be charging per hour for a 120hp tractor and man?
120hp tractor and man per hour
- Thread starter jackrussell101
- Start date
- Location
- Hereford
£20/hr and a packet of hobnobs
On a serious note anything less than £40 will probably be costing you money, unless you’re doing it as a favour in which case you could drop your labour out of it if you were feeling charitable.
£10 depreciation
£10 fuel
£15 driver
£5 tyres/ servicing/ insurance
On a serious note anything less than £40 will probably be costing you money, unless you’re doing it as a favour in which case you could drop your labour out of it if you were feeling charitable.
£10 depreciation
£10 fuel
£15 driver
£5 tyres/ servicing/ insurance
- Location
- Hereford
Not chocolate ones though cos they will melt unless you sit with the aircon on ,then it would have to be £22 an hr
- Location
- Co antrim
No the chocolate 1s dipped in tea is just amazingNot chocolate ones though cos they will melt unless you sit with the aircon on ,then it would have to be £22 an hr
If you're helping each other out on a regular basis I'd take a view- these things tend to balance themselves out and can work well.
I can't comment on an hourly rate beyond that but having sat on a tractor the other day flail topping some heavyish ground and seeing the fuel consumption varying from 15 to 38l / hr was very sobering and a good reminder that for the investment there's not actually that much "in the job" on pure hourly work
I can't comment on an hourly rate beyond that but having sat on a tractor the other day flail topping some heavyish ground and seeing the fuel consumption varying from 15 to 38l / hr was very sobering and a good reminder that for the investment there's not actually that much "in the job" on pure hourly work
Lakesdigger
Member
And if you're doing much roadwork at potentially a litre a mile..........
kiwi pom
Member
- Location
- canterbury NZ
Whatever you're charging, if you charge, make sure you tell them BEFORE you do the work.
Then everyone knows where they stand, you might find they suddenly don't need a hand after all.
Then everyone knows where they stand, you might find they suddenly don't need a hand after all.
- Location
- Lorette Manitoba
38litres an hour seems pretty high to run a topper. My small challenger will drill 30 acres an hour using not much more than that. May check for a leaky pipe. That’s not being an arse. I had that and was pouring out diesel underneath.
I've said it before, but I'll say it again.....you lot are waaaaayyyy too cheap. You either enjoy working for free (or at a loss) or you don't value your time (or both). Friend, neighbour, acquaintance, whatever, it doesn't matter.
Your labour on it's own as a self employed driver would be worth at least 40 pounds an hour. Take your taxes and insurance out of that and you're still not really left with much, but anyway....
The machine would be another 40 on top of that if you're supplying the fuel.
If the person doesn't like your price, f*ck them. Let them find some other idiot that will work for free.
Unless the job is being done for cold hard cash, then all of the above goes out the window
Your labour on it's own as a self employed driver would be worth at least 40 pounds an hour. Take your taxes and insurance out of that and you're still not really left with much, but anyway....
The machine would be another 40 on top of that if you're supplying the fuel.
If the person doesn't like your price, f*ck them. Let them find some other idiot that will work for free.
Unless the job is being done for cold hard cash, then all of the above goes out the window
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- Location
- South Molton
Local one man band contractor had issues with his tractor at the start of the season, so he hired a tractor off someone.
No price was mentioned, when the bill came he would have been better off turning the work away and going on holiday!!
Don't think they will be "helping" each other ever again!
Assumptions are the mother of all f%#£ ups!
- Location
- South Molton
£35 to 45/hr depending on variables
That's just the live feedback on the screen rather than a permanent reading. definitely makes you look twice though!