Ditching cost

[hampshire-farmer]

What should I be paying for a man and 3 ton digger to dig some ditches ? Looking at getting some work done against cost of machine hire ,

 

[Adeptandy]

We're about £30/hr around here for a 13t machine last time I had some done

 

[Ukjay]

We were £450 a day here when we did this:

13 tonne digger and driver in Oct 2018.

 

[Ukjay]

I took a photo of their ditching bucket, nice bit of engineering

 

[Exfarmer]

Average farmer £30 an hour £300 a day 20 metres an hour.
EA £267.27 p an hour to dump some logs in your ditch

 

[upnortheast]

Value depends a lot on the skill of the man

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

Just had some done with a 13T machine, tidy operator and would do 200 metres of well choked ditch for £280.00 a day.

 

[Flat 10]

We're about £30/hr around here for a 13t machine last time I had some done

cheap. I paid £36.5 for some but a big machine like that doesn't half get some stuff done.....

 

[tr250]

3 ton digger isn’t really big enough for ditching in my experience 6 ton is a lot better

 

[agrotron]

I charge £300 per 8hr day for a 6.5 ton machine and the clock starts when I leave the house. If it’s a few days work I would knock travel time off but for a single day it needs to be paid for.

 

[Will 1594]

We have these boys , around £40 an hour , digger is free ,pay for the mans skill

 

[tr250]

I charge £300 per 8hr day for a 6.5 ton machine and the clock starts when I leave the house. If it’s a few days work I would knock travel time off but for a single day it needs to be paid for.

I expect to pay from when someone leaves their base until they finnish the job so travel home at their own expense or the next customer

 

[deleted user 837354]

I took a photo of their ditching bucket, nice bit of engineering

Absolute weapon, sacrificial wearing edges rather than having it eat the bucket itself. Nice idea.

 

[Ukjay]

Value depends a lot on the skill of the man

Could not agree more. No point pissing around trying to do something when you can get the right people in to do it far more efficiently.

 

[Ukjay]

Absolute weapon, sacrificial wearing edges rather than having it eat the bucket itself. Nice idea.

It was a beast and could do a lot of ditch in a day. The lad on it was fantastic - very skilled and took pride in what he did.

 

[hampshire-farmer]

Looks a smart bit of kit , but a machine and bucket the size on a 13t machine would leave some very wide ditches here hence the smaller machine . What’s the going rate for a 3 ton machine and driver then ?

 

[Smith31]

Looks a smart bit of kit , but a machine and bucket the size on a 13t machine would leave some very wide ditches here hence the smaller machine . What’s the going rate for a 3 ton machine and driver then ?

As others have said a 3 ton machine will be of little use, especially if the land is wet, it will spend more time stuck then actually digging.

Plus it will need removing from site daily or it will leave on the back of a trailer being towed by a transit one night. 5 ton would be the best option if you can get one onto site?

 

[Bury the Trash]

Looks a smart bit of kit , but a machine and bucket the size on a 13t machine would leave some very wide ditches here hence the smaller machine . What’s the going rate for a 3 ton machine and driver then ?

yes i concur.
Well starting at about £250 a day for about 8hrs i should think.

i hire a 3t for a week self drive (7 days ) at about 250 or so ( including del. and taking back) much cheaper pro rata than even a 4 tonner plus. because del etc on that is by a bigger transporter ..for one reason.. and use it for most of that time. and im not slow.
last one was avolvo with very fast tracking, but ive got my own low loader if further moves are needed that week.
did some we ttest ground we farm last winter and the beauty is that a small machine like that doesnt makes a big mess and low er compaction than a bigger one in winter particularly . sip diesal as well.

 

[Adeptandy]

We have these boys , around £40 an hour , digger is free ,pay for the mans skill

Fen Ditching were £40/hr last year, not had them since, Fowlers were less, but I am very close to them here.

 

[Will 1594]

Fen Ditching were £40/hr last year, not had them since, Fowlers were less, but I am very close to them here.

Just looked £37 an hour inc moving