Getting Add Blue on farms

[Hilly]

I struggle to understand the logic of this,farmer supplying fuel setup,am I missing something?

Saves contractor laying a hell of alot of money out, and keeps hr rate low so sounds better price

 

[RWG Contracts]

how'd you go on with this using farmers fuel a lot of people will buy straw away from the farm around so you go bale there bit run 20-30 min back to the farm to fill up then on to the next and so on seems easier just to charge including fuel maybe i'm missing something

Yeah, this is where it gets confusing.

For baling, hedge cutting, ploughing, drilling and a few other jobs contractors use their own fuel

 

[Speedstar]

For baling in it is all on the same farm we get fuel on that farm , but if we have ten jobs in one day on different farms we supply the fuel, it works very well

 

[Speedstar]

Less?

Yes the 180hp tractors use about 1.4 lts per acre

 

[Ducati899]

How things change,I used to tug a 50ft rake round in 1999 on a Deere 6300 [emoji23][emoji85]

 

[yorkie]

It's a northern thing

wrong Suffolk and Hertfordshire isn't in the north,place in Suffolk more than half used to land with an empty tank and leave with a full one,when I used to cut hedges used to get it from farms,fill own 5 gallon drums and write it on time sheet how much,only way you could do it when not back at base for a fortnight some times

 

[holywell farmer]

For baling in it is all on the same farm we get fuel on that farm , but if we have ten jobs in one day on different farms we supply the fuel, it works very well

You due to start any baling soon

 

[Lazy Sod]

How can a contractor turn up at a farm with full tanks when he has had to drive there? He might have driven 15 miles.

 

[brynseiri]

I would not use his oil in my tractor as we only us the best oil there is not oil from B & Q like what he would use

Not as if you can just pop to the Massey dealers for it either.

 

[Lazy Sod]

No, he would have to fill up at the farm before leaving, not back at his base, for the farmer to supply the correct amount of fuel used at the farm.

 

[Mouser]

My opinion on supplying fuel is that it's better.
If contractor is lying out 10s of thousands on fuel for months in some cases he will make damn sure he is charging enough to more than cover it.
If you supply it only costs what is used on your job. Yes sometimes they travel a fair bit to get to you but other times they come from next door. Either way you will be charged for it somewhere down the line!

 

[7610 super q]

It's a northern thing

And a Pembrokeshire thing too...

 

[Dan7626]

The chaps who does all our round baling, square baling and wrapping for us supply their own fuel/adblue and when we do any work for anyone we supply our own.
One reason is that we know we're using clean filtered fuel in our tractors as opposed to fuel out of other farms tanks that may have water or muck in them.

 

[Sharpy]

Main reason for using farmers fuel is to prevent the whine of "It's too dear! I bought mine 0.1p a litre cheaper! "

 

[Robt]

Reminded me of a time when I was at velcourt, late 90's Neighbouring farm manger came into yard all apologetic. Said could I pinch a splash of red to get home as I'm om fumes (discovery td5 es premium) , yeah sure I said, I was young they were huge rival outfit..... anyway kept chatting to me about rugby while he happily filled entire tank! Said cherio.... will never forget that! barsteward!

 

[KB6930]

Using diesel on farm when away from home is far easier for us if I'm away for a few days it saves dickin around with a bowser etc.


Perfect example was this morning went to sow grass at a place which is an hour from home so left full did the job filled up and left. So the customer is quite happy as he got his job done and only had to give the diesel for traveling to the job that's how it works round here has done for a long time and can't see it changing anytime soon.

How are farmers taking to being charged for add blu I don't know anyone else who adds it on to be fair most I know of are running JD so using very little so just standing the cost but I do know of 1 on New Holland and a couple of years back he said he wasn't charging for it but might have changed now.

 

[BAC]

What happens when there isn't enough fuel in the tank to do the job at the next farm??

 

[RWG Contracts]

What happens when there isn't enough fuel in the tank to do the job at the next farm??

With my uncle you ring yard and someone meets you at next farm with fuel bowser unless yard is on the way

 

[Nearly]

What are you missing ?
We turn up with full tanks do his work and leave his farm with a full tank of his fuel

It reads like you leave the previous farm with full tanks, then leave the current farm with full tanks.
There's a difference and the difference can be large or small depending on luck of the draw.
A difficult one.

 

[davedb]

Reminded me of a time when I was at velcourt, late 90's Neighbouring farm manger came into yard all apologetic. Said could I pinch a splash of red to get home as I'm om fumes (discovery td5 es premium) , yeah sure I said, I was young they were huge rival outfit..... anyway kept chatting to me about rugby while he happily filled entire tank! Said cherio.... will never forget that! barsteward!

So you reported him for running is landrover on red

I allways supply my own fuel it saves hassle and I know it's all filtered from a good tank also take half an hour to fill with some farms gravity fed tanks