- Location
- South Lanarkshire
assuming a competent operator
Buckraking charges
- Thread starter Matt88
- Start date
We do 70 + hours a week at grass ,that would add up to over £7000 week for buckraking alone, who would pay that ?
- Location
- SW Scotland
Depends how much grass you're shifting. First cut here would be about 8hrs.
Very few places will take 70hrs.
- Location
- Northumberland
Per hour is a fair way to charge, but pretty pointless comparing hourly prices without knowing the workload/output.
£100/hr might well be good value for a big shovel working hard, but not if following a JF80.
£100/hr might well be good value for a big shovel working hard, but not if following a JF80.
- Location
- sw scotland
All about matching the whole team. It isn't just about how fast it goes in the pit
- Location
- Northumberland
Exactly, provided pit man has the power of veto. When I pushed my own up, the chopper driver always said that he couldn't fill them if I didn't send back (in a good way).
I now regulate speed, if necessary, by getting in the way rolling.
- Location
- Yorkshire North bit
At the end of the day it's about quality of silage coming out. In my opinion the clamp man is the most important link in the chain. If it aint put in right all you get out is shite. So that has to be a big factor on cost of buckrake/ acre or hour
Horn&corn
Member
I get £200/hr when going well on mowing and not the biggest rig. That’s where it needs to be to pay for these big toys. They only work a few days per year so need to earn some money to make it worth it
my guess is, that at some point the machine will need replacing
Speedstar
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders
in 70 hours you could have lifted 700 to 1400 acres of grass , £7000 to Buckrake that much grass in not expensive
Speedstar
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders
Having won most of silage making competition's in Scotland for the last 5 or 6 years in a Row we must be doing some thing right
- Location
- Yorkshire North bit
Man I used to run with was never the cheapest but if we got a shower you stopped let it blow out then crack on. Was more concerned about making quality silage for his customers but the charges reflected that never seemed to be any complaints. Others could have 6 waiting to tip at the pit and 4 following the chopper on a 800 yard lead. Never seen the point of putting the clamp man under extreme pressure. Obviously lads come and talk the talk but it's a bit late when they can't walk the walk
- Location
- Yorkshire
Yea just stick it on the never never
just talking to beet haulier he has the big jcb shovels and do just over 1000 hrs each beet loading
he reckons 105£ plus fuel to run one properly , he won’t do any thing else with them
his saying is
we have to make them pay
has just ordered new cleaner 280£k and that is on top of shovel price
Well he knows now !
Is that on your own diesel or the farmers deisel?
No doubt it will have gone up a bit for this coming season. But I’m sure if he needed to charge more he would’ve done. His prices will vary slightly throughout the year anyway based on fuel price. It’s the one input he can’t fix so easily. I still tell him he’s too dear.Well he knows now !
I'm jestingI assumed you were. But I always find it amusing how some people claim they need a certain amount to make it worthwhile to run machinery, yet others can do it for less & still be happy with their earnings.
I think that highlights the problem in agriculture with the work available. 1000 hours is damn all for a large shovel compared to use in quarry, mining or materials handling say in a mill, perhaps if it did more meaningful work, the cost per hour would be lower.
Edit: Perhaps they are massive shovels, in which case the charge would be appropriate.