Mowing charge

[Dfarmer135]

Do people charge by the hour or by the acre to mow and how much for each please?

 

[Werzle]

Acre unless its only a couple, mostly about £14-15 ac

 

[KB6930]

By the acre but it's never enough to cover the debris you find in other folks fields

 

[Dfarmer135]

Acre unless its only a couple, mostly about £14-15 ac

That's the trouble it is only a couple acres. Take me as long to hitch mower up and travel as I will be cutting thats why I was wondering about hourly rate

 

[Gedd]

That's the trouble it is only a couple acres. Take me as long to hitch mower up and travel as I will be cutting thats why I was wondering about hourly rate

Charge a travelling time charge on top

 

[Chae1]

Acre unless its only a couple, mostly about £14-15 ac

We're not much over £10!

 

[Dave W]

That's the trouble it is only a couple acres. Take me as long to hitch mower up and travel as I will be cutting thats why I was wondering about hourly rate

Give them a job price that makes it worthwhile
Regardless of £/ac/hr it needs to be £50 to bother doing it.

 

[Werzle]

That's the trouble it is only a couple acres. Take me as long to hitch mower up and travel as I will be cutting thats why I was wondering about hourly rate

Sounds like a £100-150 job then. Most contractors were £10-12/acre until fuel rocketed a few years ago then it jumped to £15 and doesnt look much hope of it dropping back. Kits jumped in price and contractors are charging what they need to pay for it. I wouldnt like to go and mow 10 acres for £150 tbh

 

[suffolksmallholder]

One of the few off smallholding jobs I do from time to time is flail mow a small paddock. Under an acre.
I charge £50. It’s not worth bothering otherwise.
SS

 

[james ds]

€30 an acre here for big jobs , charge the same as a washing machine repair man.

 

[suffolksmallholder]

€30 an acre here for big jobs , charge the same as a washing machine repair man.

That’s £55 for the first hour plus parts and £30 per hour after that. FYI
SS

 

[Wooly]

We're not much over £10!

I've got a few hundred acres that you could do for £10/ acre.

One of the few off smallholding jobs I do from time to time is flail mow a small paddock. Under an acre.
I charge £50. It’s not worth bothering otherwise.
SS

Far too cheap. By the time you hitch on, drive to the paddock etc, you certainly aren't covering your costs.

 

[KB6930]

We're not much over £10!

Same as down here but that's on their diesel.

 

[suffolksmallholder]

I've got a few hundred acres that you could do for £10/ acre.




Far too cheap. By the time you hitch on, drive to the paddock etc, you certainly aren't covering your costs.

1/4 of a mile down the road to the neighbour. Flail is on the machine. Although it is coming off this morning and they pay promptly.
But thanks I may go to £60 this year particularly as I will have to re-hitch to the Taarup.
SS

 

[Blue.]

We're not much over £10!

£9 for mo/co and £7 for straight mower round here.

 

[gone up the hill]

£9 for mo/co and £7 for straight mower round here.

Way too cheap.

You are putting money to the job!

Needs to be at least £14 acre.

 

[Blue.]

Way too cheap.

You are putting money to the job!

Needs to be at least £14 acre.

They’re all charging the same,not bad going, I’m not complaining.

 

[agrimax]

£16.50 plus vat per acre here for mo/co last year. Not been billed this year yet...

 

[whindy]

Did 3ac took 1.5 hrs from putting mower on to dropping it off .
'£80

 

[Wesley]

Way too cheap.

You are putting money to the job!

Needs to be at least £14 acre.

It doesn’t need to be at least that. It would mean changing or buying an extra tractor (which I don’t really want to do yet) but I’d happily go back doing our own mowing. They bring in very good money at £14/15 acre.