Baling And Wrapping charges

[d williams]

Despite not contracting with my farm machinery, I've been talked into baling and wrapping 30acres this afternoon.

How much should I charge per bale?

£8.50/ bale

 

[RastaBoy]

Thankyou for all the replies and help.
Job now done. Chap decided not to wrap.
Going to charge
£12 acre mowing
£4 to Ted only haybob did it 4 times
£5.50 to Rake
£2.65 to bale
Probably should be more but decent neighbours are worth a few pennies off.

 

[Wooly]

Did you make it into hay in the end?

4 tedding passes for silage is excessive otherwise.

 

[S J H]

Thankyou for all the replies and help.
Job now done. Chap decided not to wrap.
Going to charge
£12 acre mowing
£4 to Ted only haybob did it 4 times
£5.50 to Rake
£2.65 to bale
Probably should be more but decent neighbours are worth a few pennies off.

Is the mower a conditioner? Seems a bit steep to me, but very fair on the rest.

 

[beefandsleep]

why get hung up on a quid here and there on mowing, or any job for that matter. If someone can get to you when you want them and works to a high standard is £50 or whatever really worth haggling over? Ive had guys asking why I charged them 10p per bale more than they heard someone else was charging,I made 200 bales for them. £20 ffs!!

 

[S J H]

why get hung up on a quid here and there on mowing, or any job for that matter. If someone can get to you when you want them and works to a high standard is £50 or whatever really worth haggling over? Ive had guys asking why I charged them 10p per bale more than they heard someone else was charging,I made 200 bales for them. £20 ffs!!

Very true

 

[RastaBoy]

Did you make it into hay in the end?

4 tedding passes for silage is excessive otherwise.

Yes Hay. He decided how much tedding

 

[RastaBoy]

Is the mower a conditioner? Seems a bit steep to me, but very fair on the rest.

Yes

 

[steveR]

On a related topic, I have been asked to help out a hobby neighbour with their 3-4 acre paddock. Mow with 2 drum, ted as required, row up and round bale with string, then probably cart bales to corner of field. Will be fitted in with some of my work at the same time, so less on and off of machinery...! Yonks since I was involved in such operations, thank goodness!

£10-12/bale all in?

 

[beefandsleep]

Charge by the hr.

 

[steveR]

Trouble is, it's 20 mins here, and hour there...

 

[beefandsleep]

Trouble is, it's 20 mins here, and hour there...

Well the only thing you can do is charge accordingly, if it takes 20 mins to get there charge an extra 40 minutes, that's why I suggested an hourly rate as you will spend more time faffing about than working.

 

[Laminated]

I charge £8 a bale to bale and wrap 8 layers. And I charge £12 for mow row bale wrap stack

 

[kill]

are fusion bales bigger than 4 foot? all the prices quoted on here are hell of a cheap compared to my local fusion guy[/QUO

why get hung up on a quid here and there on mowing, or any job for that matter. If someone can get to you when you want them and works to a high standard is £50 or whatever really worth haggling over? Ive had guys asking why I charged them 10p per bale more than they heard someone else was charging,I made 200 bales for them. £20 ffs!!

And very often Mr Dirt Cheap cuts down on turns of netwrap and uses the cheapest nastiest Bale wrap available in very limited amounts.

 

[steveR]

I charge £8 a bale to bale and wrap 8 layers. And I charge £12 for mow row bale wrap stack

Sounds cheap enough for bale AND wrap as part of teh job. .

 

[Hummin-Cummins]

I just bought some last years round bales of silage for £6 !!
Cost the farmer more than that to bale and wrap them not sure he's done his costings well

 

[steveR]

I just bought some last years round bales of silage for £6 !!
Cost the farmer more than that to bale and wrap them not sure he's done his costings well

Got a 100 spare??

 

[Chonk]

Who pays the plastic? Farmer? You can buy a decent 2nd hand fusion for 20k and it wont depreciate much

It may not depreciate much but a bill for £5000 fur a broken roller shaft and chains soon ups the costs !! [emoji26]

 

[Bossfarmer]

It may not depreciate much but a bill for £5000 fur a broken roller shaft and chains soon ups the costs !! [emoji26]

This happened to you?

 

[Chonk]

This happened to you?

Afraid so yes ... just out of warranty ... Mchale did cover the roller though, which helped, but the chains and electrics and brake cable and hydraulic pipes it fudged added up ... the dealer also lent me a machine to keep me going so can’t complain too much .