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james ds

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Location
leinster
What would you say is right price then?
It depends if you want to make money or just be busy , the question is are you subsidising this work with your own farm , to work out the costs of running a tractor for hire , work on the basis that you are buying a tractor new or near new to sit on and charge £25 / hr for the hrs you are paid for , the day you are working has to pay for wet days , sick days and holidays , save up for breakdowns , pay insurance and service costs . None of this can be done at £25/ hr.
 

unlacedgecko

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Fife
It depends if you want to make money or just be busy , the question is are you subsidising this work with your own farm , to work out the costs of running a tractor for hire , work on the basis that you are buying a tractor new or near new to sit on and charge £25 / hr for the hrs you are paid for , the day you are working has to pay for wet days , sick days and holidays , save up for breakdowns , pay insurance and service costs . None of this can be done at £25/ hr.

But plenty will do it. Same as tractor drivers working self employed for £9/hr. Some broken calculators somewhere...
 

GTB

Never Forgotten
Honorary Member
Nowp just have a tractor on the farm and onay does around1000 hours so could earn some extra income locally with it , ive done my sums and 25 an hour seems to be the rate im afraid
I can see why you're doing this. I assume you're paying a driver over the winter and by hiring him and the tractor out at £25/hr at least someone else will be paying his wages. But what about the day when your tractor needs a major repair (could run into thousands)? This day will come about a lot sooner if you've been doing extra work, especially if it's hauling stone/soil/muck/slurry which it probably would be this time of year.
 

hubbahubba

Member
Location
Sunny Glasgow
I don't think £25 is too bad but must be the only one. I spread dung for £30 and that's with my spreader for some local boys. Contractors may charge more but chances are they are paying a driver 10 or 12 quid an hour too. I am no contractor but do £4k worth a year but some times I think two days work is the profit on one suckler cow a year.
 

multi power

Member
Location
pembrokeshire
I don't think £25 is too bad but must be the only one. I spread dung for £30 and that's with my spreader for some local boys. Contractors may charge more but chances are they are paying a driver 10 or 12 quid an hour too. I am no contractor but do £4k worth a year but some times I think two days work is the profit on one suckler cow a year.
I could happily spread muck all day with my tractor and spreader for £30 an hour, but it's not 150 HP or 50 k
 

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quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

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