I always paid by acre but cart lads and buckrake were /hr,never heard of anyone being paid/t.
Forage wagon - I don't believe the hype
- Thread starter smcapstick
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I always paid by acre but cart lads and buckrake were /hr,never heard of anyone being paid/t.
you want bales pal yer bro has just bought a tidy nh640 one careful owner
I'd never seen a wagon used or the silage from one till I bought my own,I saw through all the rubbish talked about them and went ahead.
You'll be making devils turds again soon
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Used to bale it, I would keep sheep and not bother if I had to bale silage again they are to dear.you want bales pal yer bro has just bought a tidy nh640 one careful owner
jimmer
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- Location
- East Devon
exactly
if we all went around with the contractor and said that field is 30 an acre and this one is 28 because it is lighter we would never get anywhere
if you are brave you could pay per hour for forager but could come unstuck
Speedstar
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- Location
- Scottish Borders
We are going on to charge for all silage work you the ton, We are trialing a weight system at the moment & that is the way forward, all ready charge for a lot of square baling by the ton same as doing slurry by the cube price per ton for chopper & trailer less that £2 per ton
green giant
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- Location
- Northumberland
I would have no problem paying by the hr,I would have one of the kids riding on making sure they were giving it 110%
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
The farmers will have you chopping hay ! to save weight
jimmer
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- Location
- East Devon
the only true way of weighing it would be per trailer with weigh bridge or weigh bars , too much room for errors or profiteering or vice versa me thinks
mushnt grummmble
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why not charge per hour for everything?
green giant
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- Location
- Northumberland
When I worked in the states every load was weighed sample tested for moister and a load of stuff I didn't understand, I just chopped it But we had a rather large fuel bowser, the size of the wagon that delivers you bulk fuel
But we had a rather large fuel bowser, the size of the wagon that delivers you bulk fuel 
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Do you think farmers will ted everything to dry it? And you'll be chopping hay which is a nightmare.
R tea
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- Never far from Home
Farmer gets pee'd off when you don't crack on, and when you do crack on your doing yourself no favours.
Per ton per mile is the fairest way to go, and that's probably where we will end up in the future.
d williams
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Think contractors who won fw contractor awards back a couple years from west Wales charged by the ton
I don't know how to quote but in regards to fitting forage waggon silage in our pit, I did say it probably can be done. I also said we had to work with what we had available to us. Not being cheeky, a 939 may do a good job of the pit, or a loading shovel but I don't have any of them! I reckon I could build another pit cheaper than the price of a 939! Please don't take any offence to this post as I admit forage waggon silage can be consolidated properly. We just don't have anything here that weights close to 14.5tons. Also, don't get me wrong...there are days we wish we had a waggon...nice and simple. It seems more appealing at the moment as I have snapped my Achilles tendon and cant do feck all! If I appear a grumpy git then now you know...wife only has another 6 weeks to put up with me
I don't clamp with anything as big as a 939 but a 8t loadall on 17.5 tyres is as good as anything at rolling.
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Surely you would have to charge per ton dry matter, else the farmer who picks up at 25% DM will pay 50% more than the farmer who picks up at 50% DM yet your chopper will do just as much chopping 
Enterprising farmer will have you picking up haylage and he will be stood on pit with a hosepipe
Enterprising farmer will have you picking up haylage and he will be stood on pit with a hosepipe