Charge per hour.

[getting on]

Charge per hour. Not seen any thing on here about mechanic charges per hour. Lets start, i had a fuel problem with my tractor so i rang my main dealer, he sent out a mechanic and he cured the problem in 1 hour. One month later he sends the bill, 2 days ago i got it, am still in shock. The details are charge for time £115.00. Journey time £20.00. Consumables £4.00. VAT £27.80. Total bill £166.80. Any one going to mitigate my shock?

 

[Tubbylew]

I'd love to think the man with the spanners and ability got all that, but i expect he's lucky if he got £20. Sign of the times i'm afraid. Not much option but to "pay up and look big"

 

[balerman]

That’s about it for a main dealer.How far did he travel,that time has to be paid for as well as running the van.

 

[Still Farming]

Would of been free ,if you you did it?
If consumables £4 what did they do ,change fuel filter?

 

[Timbo]

Seems totally fine to me (for a main dealer) surprised not more. No OE fuel filter is £4 nowadays.

 

[Hummin-Cummins]

The fitters for local JD dealership are on less of a wage than the clown i employ to drive a tractor, its absurd and no surprise that the main dealers are struggling to find mechanics

 

[Still Farming]

 

[davieh3350]

£7200 to get a couple of loads of machines from southern England to Central Scotland.
If you can’t do it yourself, or don’t have a friend to barter with, you have to pay.

 

[feilding]

Only ever had a bill once with consumables. refused to pay. knocked off straight away, paid what I owed. and told them that was the last cheque they would ever have. never had anything from them again. total scam.

 

[Robt]

I take it your car hasnt broken down lately and you have had to have the garage come out to fix it at your home.... That sounds cheap compared!!!!

 

[getting on]

Would of been free ,if you you did it?
If consumables £4 what did they do ,change fuel filter?

Yes but i am no mechanic. He replaced a fuel line. He knew how to get at it, i did'nt.

 

[P.O.T]

Consumeables and environmental charge are added to every bill we get from certain main dealer. 10 quid on every bill sent adds up very quick. Don't often pay it as old filters or oil are left on farm. Other one is charge for an hours traveling time from dealership when the guy himself arrived on farm from 5miles away. Again every bill will have charge that they came especially from yard.

 

[john432]

Mechanic friend told the story of when he worked for a main dealer. Him and his mate went out to change a clutch on a tractor. .They went at it, and did the job in less than 90 minutes. Went back to base, and told the boss, he went furious , don't you ever do something like that again!

 

[MF-ANDY]

Mechanic friend told the story of when he worked for a main dealer. Him and his mate went out to change a clutch on a tractor. .They went at it, and did the job in less than 90 minutes. Went back to base, and told the boss, he went furious , don't you ever do something like that again!

I don't see why. Job would've been charged out at standard scheduled rate for that job and the fitter and his mate would free to do another job.

 

[Johnnyboxer]

I take it your car hasnt broken down lately and you have had to have the garage come out to fix it at your home.... That sounds cheap compared!!!!

OH was stuck last week and she’d left her lights on for 45 mins, whilst using her laptop in a lay-by (health worker)
Flat battery for a Nissan Juke
I was 100 miles away
So called RAC
Duff battery diagnosed (been perfect beforehand[emoji85])
So instead of a jump start with a portapak and told to run the car for 30 mins to recharge the battery
They advised a new battery which they conveniently had on board [emoji85]
£200 please and duly fitted it (would have been £80 from Eurocarparts)

Kerching

Robbin’......

Sign of the times in an ever increasing corporate world

 

[njneer]

Yes but i am no mechanic. He replaced a fuel line. He knew how to get at it, i did'nt.

That makes the bill
£1.80 travel
£165 for having the knowledge ( gained over years of training) that you don’t simple
Economics .
Do you queary your accountants bill
Every year ??? Bet you can count as well but it’s the knowledge you are paying for .

 

[daveydiesel1]

On previous bills we were told consumables is things like rags for mechanic to clean hands and use of wd40 or brake cleaner and things like that

 

[Salopian_Will]

Charge per hour. Not seen any thing on here about mechanic charges per hour. Lets start, i had a fuel problem with my tractor so i rang my main dealer, he sent out a mechanic and he cured the problem in 1 hour. One month later he sends the bill, 2 days ago i got it, am still in shock. The details are charge for time £115.00. Journey time £20.00. Consumables £4.00. VAT £27.80. Total bill £166.80. Any one going to mitigate my shock?

£115/hr reflects the training, overheads etc that allows it to take just an hour and solve the problem.

 

[renewablejohn]

Not as bad as a bill for over 1k to "look" at a gearbox problem only to find that there clueless on how to put it all back together again.

 

[bobk]

Get that filter for a quid