Canada Farmer
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Neighbour used to say there's no point in doing a job if there is no profit in it, if others want to do it at or below cost, then good luck to them because they won't be in business for long.???
Class quad baling charge
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- southern riverina Australia
Um, I bale proper hay. Nice thick clover and ryegrass pasture. Irrigated lucerne, 9 bale to the ha cereal crops with 600kg bale weight from a standard packer. My own oat crop went 15 bales to the ha this year. Around 60 4x3s an hour . And I still dont see your point. These machines can be expensive to keep as they age and the more bales you put through them brings them closer to the magical rebuild figure or trade in figure.
As @kiwi pom said. Subsidized by subsidies......
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- Location
- southern riverina Australia
Smart man your neighbor...
I personally don’t think it’s to much, if you think it’s to much then buy your own big baker and see the running costs.
You could possibly find someone cheaper but by how much? 10 pence a bale? 20 pence a bale?
If they are good bales that weigh plenty and it’s a good service then it’s cheap, if they are light crap bales with a string missing then it’s expensive
You could possibly find someone cheaper but by how much? 10 pence a bale? 20 pence a bale?
If they are good bales that weigh plenty and it’s a good service then it’s cheap, if they are light crap bales with a string missing then it’s expensive
Canada Farmer
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Dead and burried with the children fighting over the estate..?
- Location
- southern riverina Australia
- Location
- Limousin, France
Well if 2.5k is too much , buy a baler and do it yourself.
If milling wheat is 150 pounds a ton , would you take my offer of 120 a ton. No of course not you would go bust.
If milling wheat is 150 pounds a ton , would you take my offer of 120 a ton. No of course not you would go bust.
- Location
- southern riverina Australia
Well unfortunately none of us can avoid the dead and buried bit. But at least he had an estate to fight over...
- Location
- West Wales
When I had 7-800acre Of straw to do a year I’d pay contractors £10/t. It was fair on whatever size/shape baler turned up. 4 different round balers and 3 different big squares depending what the purchasing farmer wanted. That is without diesel, a 220kg round bale is around 35p/bale in diesel.
All contractors were the only farmer/contractors running balers in the area really...
You wouldn’t have much to do if you charged £5 a bale round here for a 120x70 bales when everybody else in the area is on £3.50.. the market isn’t getting any better either always somebody else buying a baler or a forager or a pumping kit thinking they’ll give it a go for a bit cheaper.... we’re one of the most expensive in the area
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Guess the problem is the extra capacity over just doing your own doesn't cost much.
For example we've been looking at buying a roller mill. A korte 700 would have done fine doing about 500t at year, but a used 1600 superior came up at right money which is way over capacity. So if jobs come up we'll go out contracting with it.
Won't be undercutting everyone else to get work, but its there if opportunity arises.
For example we've been looking at buying a roller mill. A korte 700 would have done fine doing about 500t at year, but a used 1600 superior came up at right money which is way over capacity. So if jobs come up we'll go out contracting with it.
Won't be undercutting everyone else to get work, but its there if opportunity arises.
- Location
- Huntingdon, UK
£5 for a quad isn’t that far off the money really.
You may get someone cheaper but they probably will put less in them, or turn up when it starts raining etc etc.
More like £120k for a baler and £160k for the tractor
You may get someone cheaper but they probably will put less in them, or turn up when it starts raining etc etc.
More like £120k for a baler and £160k for the tractor
- Location
- South Molton
Doesn't matter what it costs to buy it's the running cost and depreciation.
If you hire a tractor and baler for the season you know roughly how may bales you will do and that's the cost plus diesel, twine etc.
What the machine cost to buy is immaterial as it will have a residual value.
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Well I won’t be rushing out to invest 280k for a fiver a bale
- Location
- South Molton
Do you think it becomes valueless at the end of the season??
d williams
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Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
- Location
- South Molton
Depends on how many bales it's done.
An estimate of how many bales it could do.
Do a lot and it's best to hire, do an average amount then purchase could be better option.
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Was a few years ago now but a 2190 was 10k to hire for a season from big bale north.
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