Going rate for contract drilling

EddieB

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Arable Farmer
Location
Staffs
Why not charge the same with older kit.my tractor and combination could probably be bought for £35k and do just as good a job as a £100k outfit.we all need to earn to replace stuff in the future as nothing lives for ever.do farmers expect gps to be included in the price too.
nick...
If I was employing a contractor to do some drilling I wouldn’t expect to pay a premium for gps. Contractor’s choice to fit it, presumably to improve productivity.
When I have done odd bits for people I charge extra if they want slug pellets, Avadex or fertiliser etc.
 

fermerboy

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Location
Banffshire
Really? That seems cheap.

A used 4m lemken sold recently at that price at a farm sale up here. @Sandy will know details of it.

I charge £25/acre with 4m combi. Should be more, has been that for years. I always do our own first don't actively go seeking work. Thoughts are tractor and drill and me is there anyway so not costing me a lot to do a bit extra.

What fudges it up for proper contractors.
That 4m folding Lemken Soltair 9(?) with front hopper was £62700 with the buyers premium etc, think it had done 4000 odd ha.
I was told a new one is circa £90k?? don't know if thats accurate though.

Think I'll work away with the old 3m Amazone for a while yet.

Robs new one with warranty at £60k does look cheap.
 

Farma Parma

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Arable Farmer
Location
Northumberlandia
And you think £40 hour is ok for drill , at 60k that drill needs to cover 4000 acres before it has paid it's way by then it will need a rebuild
Thats the whole point isnt it & not having a go at Robt in anyway we value his posts etc but all makers just keep adding a bit more on, we cant....
my longtime Spraying contractor purchased about 18yr ago a new SP Sprayer, had plenty of work for it & its still going today same operator 21000+hrs under its belt
it didnt make a penny of until it had done 5 years graft & it was a lot of acres to get too that mind. None on many farms on here unless ya 5000+ outfits would get near the acres its done.
No subs for that man & rates no more than NAAC if not less in most cases.
Same Contractor today cant even consider a new equ machine now the prices have more than doubled but the rates havnt.
 

thorpe

Member
Why not charge the same with older kit.my tractor and combination could probably be bought for £35k and do just as good a job as a £100k outfit.we all need to earn to replace stuff in the future as nothing lives for ever.do farmers expect gps to be included in the price too.
nick...
no you dont earn to replace things; you borrow a 100 grand and ware it out paying it off!
 

jack6480

Member
Location
Staffs
Thats the whole point isnt it & not having a go at Robt in anyway we value his posts etc but all makers just keep adding a bit more on, we cant....
my longtime Spraying contractor purchased about 18yr ago a new SP Sprayer, had plenty of work for it & its still going today same operator 21000+hrs under its belt
it didnt make a penny of until it had done 5 years graft & it was a lot of acres to get too that mind. None on many farms on here unless ya 5000+ outfits would get near the acres its done.
No subs for that man & rates no more than NAAC if not less in most cases.
Same Contractor today cant even consider a new equ machine now the prices have more than doubled but the rates havnt.

you’ve been moaning about the same thing since the beginning of time.
 

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