Going rate for hire

[fastfish]

Just done 300 hrs for a local contractor what's the going rate for a 200 hp fastrac and man no diesal

 

[Nearly]

 

[TripleSix]

£12

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

£11 but think @Thick Farmer and @multi power are about £8

 

[Kevtherev]

£30 and wait 9-12 months for it

 

[An Gof]

You done 300 hours and are looking to negotiate the rate afterwards

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

£30 and wait 9-12 months for it

you sure, the £ sign and months look the wrong way round,
charge 9-12 and wait 30 months

 

[RWG Contracts]

Just done 300 hrs for a local contractor what's the going rate for a 200 hp fastrac and man no diesal

the way my uncle works it, to hire a 7530 is £12 a clock hour, to hire a man is £12 a clock hour so he's happy with people charging around £24-£27 an hour.
In reality you should be charging double but then you'd be sat in your yard twiddling your thumbs. Next time when someone rings up and asks for you to go help them, ask what pay is first

 

[multi power]

£11 but think @Thick Farmer and @multi power are about £8

FFS why did nobody tell me we put the prices up ? I'm still putting £7 on the invoice

 

[Jetemp]

300 clock hours or man hours?
I would want £28/ clock hour

 

[Nearly]

https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index...t-people-to-run-business.128052/#post-2684760

Are the next generation any better?

Massive assumption here but was it seasonal work dragging a trailer around the streets?
Tyre wear has a cost. Have seen £2/hr quoted on here for road work?
Try and ask the one of the final customers what your boss is hiring you out at?
This is obviously your absolute maximum (less diesel and a trailer).
Was there anyone else in the team on same arrangement?

Good luck getting what it should be.

You might need this.

 

[nick...]

With regards to tyre wear,when I ran wheeled diggers and my avatar in particular,it cost getting on for £3 a clock hour for tyres and that was premium rubber and not rubbish
Nick...

 

[catnick]

Cost price + profit margin. Anything less, not worth it

 

[Robt]

That's fine but how many actually know their true cost? Don't work for nothing

 

[catnick]

This is the problem, when people go in below cost they feck themselves and everyone else up. But then, this has been covered on here too many times

 

[fastfish]

Anybody who wants to run a tractor and man for 11 _12 per hr will be a busy bloody fool some people have sh!t for brains ,I shall want more than double that

 

[fastfish]

You done 300 hours and are looking to negotiate the rate afterwards

Not looking to negotiate anything just looking for a half sensible price

 

[Bury the Trash]

To compare : short term hireing a tractor from a dealer or the like w ill cost about £10 a day and £10 /hour and thats without diesal and a driver obviously .....

 

[fastfish]

Thanks rwg and nearly there are some right dopes about

 

[An Gof]

Not looking to negotiate anything just looking for a half sensible price

So you not happy with what he's paying you?

No good looking for half sensible price afterwards, you should have sorted that before you started.
Would I load 300 T of wheat to a merchant and then wonder if I was going to get a half sensible price? No, I'd agree the price with the merchant before loading the first lorry.

And before someone tries to be funny I know that it might still not be a half sensible price