Going rate for contract drilling

[Midnight plough boy]

I’ve been asked by a neighbour to drill 50 acres of beans for them as it’s too wet for their Vaderstad now. 6metre tine drill, 220hp tractor, all Labour and diesel supplied by ourselves. They will supply seed and loader. Medium to heavy land. Needs to be done to make a profit, not just to cover costs. I have a figure in mind, which I’ll not put up here yet, just want to gage what others think.

 

[mf7480]

£20/acre?

 

[principal skinner]

Work out your cost per acre/hour and add what you want as profit.

 

[Bob lincs]

We charge £25/ac with our 6m sabretine.

 

[bobk]

Tenner

 

[Bob lincs]

Tenner

You can do all ours .

 

[bobk]

You can do all ours .

Fine , you break it down

 

[mf7480]

Seeing as you already have the drill I would guess the cost to you will be much, much less than £10/acre.

Let’s say it costs you £50/hr to run it and you do 8 acres/ hour? It’s under £7

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

Man and tractor is somewhere around £35 or £40 an hour.

Wear and tear on the drill plus the cost of owning it.

There's a lot of money tied up in a setup and the skill of the driver to consider.

 

[Clive]

know your costs, add 20%

 

[Clive]

Seeing as you already have the drill I would guess the cost to you will be much, much less than £10/acre.

Let’s say it costs you £50/hr to run it and you do 8 acres/ hour? It’s under £7

in a nutshell…….. never become a contractor please !

 

[Hampton]

£26/ac

 

[Bob lincs]

Seeing as you already have the drill I would guess the cost to you will be much, much less than £10/acre.

Let’s say it costs you £50/hr to run it and you do 8 acres/ hour? It’s under £7

 

[JeepJeep]

Guess????. f**k me if you don't know what it costs to run x pulling or powering y Then I wouldn't be out working for anyone else.

It's not rocket science to work out what it costs.

 

[thorpe]

tha

£20/acre?

thats what we are on.

 

[Bob lincs]

 

[mf7480]

Without any further explanation I assume you don’t approve. Yes he should say depreciation is XYZ but the reality is he’s got the drill for his own work and this 50 acres won’t make any difference here or there. So my original post of £20/ acre gives a comfortable profit margin, which is what the OP has asked for

 

[principal skinner]

Remember Red has gone up considerably, no machine should leave the yard without the running costs known and profit added. It’s all very well saying £20/acre until you realise it’s cost you £21……..

 

[EddieB]

6m tine drill, probably 65/ha.

 

[Robt]

Seeing as you already have the drill I would guess the cost to you will be much, much less than £10/acre.

Let’s say it costs you £50/hr to run it and you do 8 acres/ hour? It’s under £7

He said he wants to make a profit. Neighbour isn’t dying just to wet to use his one drill. If a favour will surfice then crack on. But as a business choice , I’d charge by the hour. £40 per hour