Harrowing horse fields!!??

[markpentre]

been asked to give a price to harrow and roll about 12 acres in 3 seperate blocks??? Normally just charge after ive done the job as per how long its taken. Dont mind doing it but dont want to get half way through the job thinking should of charged more!! Any ideas on price??
Will def need 2 passes with a 5m harrow then its a 9ft Roller. 90hp tractor

 

[deleted user 837354]

Charge per hour.

 

[Grassman]

Work out your hourly rate and charge from leaving yard to getting back in yard.
Eg. 4 hours at £35 hr plus vat.

 

[deleted user 837354]

As above needs to be £150 to make it worth the grief.

 

[teslacoils]

Horses.

Danger word.

Get the money first.

 

[Werzle]

£250

 

[Spencer]

Well on another thread you can get a 340hp tractor and man for £22/hr so 90hp should be about £5.80/hr..

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Give them a price before you start or you may give them a heart attact
I remember dad doing a job for a niebour . Full reseeding from ploughing the lot m, 10 acre field . Dad didn't want to be to hard so he asked him to give him what he thought it was worth , he handed dad a £10 note

 

[markpentre]

Give them a price before you start or you may give them a heart attact
I remember dad doing a job for a niebour . Full reseeding from ploughing the lot m, 10 acre field . Dad didn't want to be to hard so he asked him to give him what he thought it was worth , he handed dad a £10 note

LOL Not the most Generous of Neighbours!!

 

[Still Farming]

Harrow and roll then heavy rain back yo square 1 as they just leave donkeys in there?
And they still won't pay you?

 

[markpentre]

Thats the Gamble!! Tried explaining to them that one pass with harrows aint gonna do much!!! Best thing really would be Plough!!
These horse women Know best though lol!@

 

[DeeGee]

Charge by the hour, should be £40/hr really, but that’s just my opinion.
Plenty of so called tradesmen asking £30+ with nothing like the capital outlay we have made on equipment.

 

[Loftyrules]

I charge £35-40per hour and so it until the job is done right or work out a worse case scenario and say it will be £x for the job.

 

[PB1507]

Just remember that for non agricultural work you will need Derv in your equipment or move it to the job on a lorry. !!

 

[delilah]

What do they drive ? Charge accordingly.
And include a disposal fee for all the net wrap and other crap your harrows will collect. I'm not joking, we sell round bales to a horsey neighbour and she is too lazy to bend down and pick the wrap up. That is, the wrap they haven't eaten while working their way through the bale.

 

[Will2May]

Did 11 acres of horse paddocks today, 6m einbock 10 ft roll, needed at least 3 passes and some grass seed overseeded on top. Took 7 hours.

 

[Skintagain]

Give them a price before you start or you may give them a heart attact
I remember dad doing a job for a niebour . Full reseeding from ploughing the lot m, 10 acre field . Dad didn't want to be to hard so he asked him to give him what he thought it was worth , he handed dad a £10 note

I’d have knocked him out!

 

[Farmer_Joe]

rolled out horse paddock when it was still soft ish did a good job, other areas may want light pass with power harrow but it improved massively. if its dried up loads roller wont do much...

just a not on that as its so rough where horses have been i was super steady rolling so take that into account, it took an hour for around 1.5 acres.

give an hourly rate and rough estimate on time, then you wont get s shock either way.

 

[Skintagain]

I would want £300 in my Pocket before I left that would keep me happy for that job. If she has a nice body I would Harrow it both ways you never know when you will be kicked out by your mrs!

 

[Cowcorn]

I would want £300 in my Pocket before I left that would keep me happy for that job. If she has a nice body I would Harrow it both ways you never know when you will be kicked out by your mrs!

Harrow the field both ways or harrow her both ways