- Location
- sw scotland
Is diesel included in those figures?So since nobody is really offering up any maths I will (with imaginary figures before anyone looses there sh!t over prices I quote)
on that distance doing well the forage wagons will do 2 load an hour each…
each load holding 1.5 acre of roughly…
So it’s gonna take 2 wagons 16.5hours to do it @ £200hr = 3300
Then Youv the rake on £6acre x £100 = £600
Mower on £15 acre x 100 = £1500
Buckrake on £45hr x 17= £765
So roughly £6165 all in
then too chop, clamp, rake and mow 3 trailers with forager all in @ £60acre x 100 £6000
100 acres probably take 6-7 hours with 5 trailers on that distance so Youv an extra
2 trailers x 7hrs x £40hr = £560
so £6560 too chop it with a forager
prices are based on last years prices I know of people charging… I’d imagine you can double it this year…
We cut 120 acres and reckoned to save around 30% overall costs compared to chopping.
Our advantage is to mow and buckrake it ourselves so probably save £1500 on your wagon costings. You could argue my time costs money too but not if I am swanning around with my tractor parked up in the shed while paying someone else.
Big advantage is booking 1 or 2 wagons rather than 5 trailers to all come on the same day.