- Location
- South Wales UK
They would'nt of made much around here on silage lately if by tonnage?
Hundreds of acres covered but not much grass on it?
Hundreds of acres covered but not much grass on it?
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Contractors ,Silage cost by the ton
- Thread starter Speedstar
- Start date
- Location
- South wales
I don’t know about that we’ve picked up some nice stuff
tweedale terrier
Member
- Location
- The Hills
The JD can also be used to analyse slurry. Now there's a thought
M-J-G
Member
Per ton might be ok for chopping, hauling and buckraking, but what about driving round and round for light crops with a rake, tedder and mower etc.?
Surely the acres still have to be covered, but the weight won't be there.
Surely the acres still have to be covered, but the weight won't be there.
d williams
Member
There was a contractor in west wales I think they won contractor of the year a few years back charging by the ton he said it spread his work load and covered more ac rather then costomers waiting for it to bulk up and all coming together
Speedstar
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders
We already have a system to do that and it is not JDThe JD can also be used to analyse slurry. Now there's a thought
matttargett4
Member
I contemplated the same thing, trouble is after using the info for a bit you realise no 2 tonnes cost the same to chop the same as no 2 acres do so you have no better a system than you do now.
Something I also once tried to explain to a customer is it's the total amount that counts, if the job is 100 a.c., 500t I can charge 50 quid an acre or 10 quid a tonne but are either of us better off? And at the end of the season if you earn less on the tonnage rate that's bad, if you earn more that's bad if you earn the same it was a waste of effort
Something I also once tried to explain to a customer is it's the total amount that counts, if the job is 100 a.c., 500t I can charge 50 quid an acre or 10 quid a tonne but are either of us better off? And at the end of the season if you earn less on the tonnage rate that's bad, if you earn more that's bad if you earn the same it was a waste of effort
- Location
- sw scotland
Chopping, wagon, trailers and buckrake all by the hour. Raking and tedding by the acre. Seems fairer to me. Lovely flat fields with good rows you bash on at 10 acres an hour but on our fields with corners and knowes to run round empty you might do 8. An hourly rate seems fairer to the contractor and my experience of contractors here is that an hourly rate does not seem to make them go slower.
Pay by weight might seem fair but for me you might then add a bit on anyway which simply means it is going to take longer - ie by the hour.
Pay by weight might seem fair but for me you might then add a bit on anyway which simply means it is going to take longer - ie by the hour.
Graham Parkes. Retired from the silage job now. Trailers had hydraulic weigher on.
d williams
Member
Not sure I thought it was two brothers and their father
I’ve been through the town they live by the coast farm on edge of town /village I’m sure they were on vegan gwald one time
Cefn Gwald ? Most likely Davies Bros, Danyrheol ?
but they would have covered the ground faster with it being lighter cut?
- Location
- South Wales UK
Same area to mow,ted,rake,harvest etc etc?
I know the two brothers well, they are very clued on! Two nice guys who would do anything to help but don’t suffer fools lightly!
Serious amount of kit, I even think they have started to go into the haulage game with a few artics with tippers and curtain side trailers.
d williams
Member
No
a lot further west then them
sorry thought you were referring just to the forager, if it was me, id try and have a set fee per DM for mowing, tedding, raking & harvester then put fuel usage on top?
Speedstar
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders
We are thinking so much per ton Based on D/M for every thing mowers, rake, chopper , buckrake , compactor & 4 trailers , then on longer carts the cost would more per ton for the more trailers you run .
d williams
Member
That’s the one
