Are Contractors rates having to go up.

[Pennine Ploughing]

@dave mountain
I bet your one of those kids at school that kept moving the jumpers used as goal posts as well
Same dealer
Same spec
Same brand of tyres
Same seat

Is that a Leopard or an Explorer

 

[Sharpy]

2 similar tractors 1200hrs difference £12000 difference.

Who has taken the bigger hit?View attachment 1000551View attachment 1000552

That's £22000 of a difference surely?

 

[DrDunc]

That's £22000 of a difference surely?

If you want to become a contractor, acccurate mental arithmetic is surely not a prerequisite?

 

[Sharpy]

If you want to become a contractor, acccurate mental arithmetic is surely not a prerequisite?

Or indeed a farmer.......
It's actually £23000....

 

[Fergieman]

2016 build 2017 registered

My scraper tractor is 07 but 2016 build
My mower is november 2019 build but 2020 bought.

Petty nit picking

Have you a private number on your scrapper tractor?

 

[dave mountain]

Have you a private number on your scrapper tractor?

probably for scraping up

 

[Banana Bar]

Its come as a shock here that our main contractor in this area ( West Somerset) is packing in next April . The father who is now 70 wants to rightly retire properly, he has meant to slow down the last 5 years but it has nt worked but the son ( in his 30 s) has decided not to carry on with the buisness although he has been a enthusiastic hard worker since leaving school . Combination of young family / long hours for not much money plus ever increasing costs, weather issues( ie flat out v nothing possible) but main thing he said is the enjoyment has gone out the job , it's just rush rush rush and hassle s.

Going to cause quite a problem as there is no one else in the wings to replace them especially combining . They ran 3 machines ( I drove one for them) but none of the farmers who have their own either don t want to do contract or they are at full capacity . Not sure yet what I will do with mine but got 9 months to sort it out.
Ps I use to be a contractor / farmer myself until 2015 so already got the t shirt so no don t want to go back !

Is he selling the business or just kit?

 

[puntabrava]

Noticed he was down in the Isle of Sheppey applying digestate!

Think burden bros cover a wide area too.

I see they are having a sort out with euro auction sale.

Upcoming Plant & Machinery Auctions | Euro Auctions

Euro Auctions have a large & diverse range of auctions happening throughout the year. Auctions in UK, Europe, Australia & Middle East. Register now.

euroauctions.com

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

Local contractor is giving up SP chopping and combining,
Not sure if fuel had anything to do with it.
but have heard staff is the biggest problem, getting anyone to work nights and weekends seems to be the issue,
He has another line of business and far easier to get stafffor that from whats been said

 

[betweenthelines]

Just as a matter of interest, the Company I work for subs out a lot of long distance haulage.

To be fair with the prices we pay we are now costing jobs through a fuel escalator using RHA agreed prices (inc 12.5% margin) per mile and recalculating with agreed average Derv price for the week. It's surprising how little difference the recent steep rises have affected the final cost-less than 5% in most cases.