Timbo
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??Wtf £22.50 an hour are you fo realll
??Wtf £22.50 an hour are you fo realll
It was a tongue in cheek commentWtf £22.50 an hour are you fo realll
Some contractors here turn up fully fueled & when done a fuel lorry fills the lot & farmer gets handed the bill, used to fill up on farm but after a few injector pump issues that all stopped.Must have got some massive fuel tanks if farmers can supply a contracting gang who are maybe consuming thousands of litres p/day on the same farm for 2-5days . Whos checking they are turning up with full tanks to start with or working out whos using what to do each job
In years gone by, fuel lorries refused to fill machinery, but they do nowSome contractors here turn up fully fueled & when done a fuel lorry fills the lot & farmer gets handed the bill, used to fill up on farm but after a few injector pump issues that all stopped.
Bowsers??a contractor here isn’t really a contractor but CUMA but the realities are the same. The self propelled will go from finishing the job on one farm straight to the next farm, via the farm fuel tank. Would be a right ball ache to keep running back to base for fuel
So the farmer told fibs and left concrete blocks lying about?our contractor picked up a concrete block, with his forager, big mess. Another contractor, came in, and helped out, he had gps, and billed for acres, as shown on gps. Our contractor, only a small outfit, had to calculate the gps area, against the farmers stated area, not very accurate, is a polite way of saying it. 1 had been understating by 20+ acres/year, for years. Totally out of order, small unit, as helpful as possible, not expensive either,
In years gone by it was maybe 15 gallon into a 7610, now it's maybe closer to 1000 liters into a sp that you can see into the tank.In years gone by, fuel lorries refused to fill machinery, but they do now
My mobile drier took 600 litres and they wouldnt fill itIn years gone by it was maybe 15 gallon into a 7610, now it's maybe closer to 1000 liters into a sp that you can see into the tank.
Some of the farms round here are still running gravity fed tanks with a 3/4 hose & the bottom at eye level, be a long time filling a chopper & likely wouldn't hold enough to do it anyway,
Depends on the company & the man, have filled 5 gallon drums before from the lorry.My mobile drier took 600 litres and they wouldnt fill it
Booking a lorry to turn up with fuel shortages is going to be tricky and H&S means many fuel lorry drivers will not risk being caught filling tractors or drums etc.Some contractors here turn up fully fueled & when done a fuel lorry fills the lot & farmer gets handed the bill, used to fill up on farm but after a few injector pump issues that all stopped.
certainly very inaccurate with their acreages, but not leaving concrete blocks around on purpose.So the farmer told fibs and left concrete blocks lying about?
All this talk on this thread about charges going up because wages have gone up…..Did I miss something.You forgot machines, wages, insurance...
Charge accordingly in the rate per ha or hour the same as always.
I still don't see why people are confused.
Surley the farmers knew the size of their own fields?certainly very inaccurate with their acreages, but not leaving concrete blocks around on purpose.
When you think he has been silageing some of those farms, for 20 yrs, you are looking at a lot of money, some farms, he was the only person who would do their silageing, without payment up front, l just think its wrong, how he reacts to it, he doesn't yet know, he's to nice a person, which makes it worse. And you cannot argue against gps used properly, ours pretty well matched the SFP maps, which is the acreage we gave him.
This one obviously did but never thought GPS would be inventedSurley the farmers knew the size of their own fields?
Bowsers??
The number of farmers who round down acerages for contractors is unbelievable. Fortunately GPS is showing them up.Surley the farmers knew the size of their own fields?