Is £100 hour really fair?

[Green oak]

I’ve just had some major work done on my tractor. The parts came to around £3000. But labour was 110 hours. Is hire the way forward because my 9 year old 2900 hour 300hp tractor has cost my well over 20k in repairs in those 9 years.

 

[Davey]

110 hours?! Reckon I could strip a tractor into individual parts and put it back together in that time.

Are you sure you're not just paying for the apprentices training?

 

[Turra farmer]

I’ve just had some major work done on my tractor. The parts came to around £3000. But labour was 110 hours. Is hire the way forward because my 9 year old 2900 hour 300hp tractor has cost my well over 20k in repairs in those 9 years.

£7 per hour in repairs seems excessive as does £100 per hour for labour what sort of tractor is it

 

[cozzie]

Are you saying parts came to £3,000 and labour came to £11,000 ??

 

[Green oak]

£7 per hour in repairs seems excessive as does £100 per hour for labour what sort of tractor is it

Magnum 310

 

[Green oak]

Are you saying parts came to £3,000 and labour came to £11,000 ??

Yes it’s just killed my year to be frank.

 

[Turra farmer]

Yes it’s just killed my year to be frank.

That would kill any bodies year , but hopefully it doesn't need anything for next 9 years

 

[cozzie]

Yes it’s just killed my year to be frank.

Your having your leg royally lifted !! How could the labor be nearly 3 times the price of parts

 

[Green oak]

It did look like this.

 

[Zippy768]

So sorry for your pain . This makes me very sad

 

[multi power]

Sounds like it nedded a lot of locktite

 

[Green oak]

Sounds like it nedded a lot of locktite

Only 300 mls

 

[multi power]

To answer the OP no £100 an hour is not fair

 

[bantammatt]

It did look like this.

Wow, what was wrong with it? I wouldn't have liked to have been the person to tackle that job!!!

 

[Green oak]

Wow, what was wrong with it? I wouldn't have liked to have been the person to tackle that job!!!

Transmission clutches

 

[Turra farmer]

11k in labour is just criminal ,

 

[cozzie]

I just had 80 hrs of work done at a main dealer by a super mechanic for €3,500.

 

[Bobthebuilder]

surely they give you an estimate of what it would cost before starting job

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Surely you would have negotiated a price for the job before it was carried out?

 

[Bobthebuilder]

we have a puma 155 in to have a gearbox split but I don't pay the bills so not sure on cost, but a story of main dealers ripping you off, my sister hit a pheasant with her car a couple of weeks ago, smashed the grill and cracked the bumper, local Suzuki garage was gonna replace bumper and grill for a total of £680 local garage that does our MOTs couldn't believe the price, he got the new grill for @£30 and put a bit of fibreglass on the back of bumper, looks like new not seen final bill but will be around £100