Ploughing

[blower driver]

How much do people charge an acre for ploughing. The contractors web page says about £25 an acre.neighbour wants me to do seven acre. Using a four furrough dowdeswell on a case 5130. Old school

 

[6r 185]

Your fuel or his

 

[blower driver]

Mine

 

[6r 185]

25 then

 

[grainboy]

£175 quid for that, you'll never make a pound,

 

[michael N123]

£28 if he argues £25

 

[smcapstick]

A chap over here was doing it for £16 three years ago. Yikes.

 

[Kevtherev]

£30

 

[michael N123]

A chap over here was doing it for £16 three years ago. Yikes.

Might just cover the wearing metal that

 

[Farmerdunk]

We plough the neighbours game covers, use a MF7626 5 furrow kv, £35.

 

[blower driver]

He's in for a shock cos he thinks it should be £10 an acre. I'll tell him £200 for the job if he argues £180 or get someone else

 

[john432]

A lot depends on the field, easy square field that you can plough both ways fast, but if it's steep awkward shape , can take too much time. One contractor told me ,that for ploughing difficult slopes he charges by the hour, one could easily be down to half an acre an hour. 2 acres an hour avrage would realy be good going with a 4 furrow.

 

[Gerbert]

+1 for above.
Work out your costs for an hours work, fuel, loan, tractor depreciation, plough wearing costs, insurance and everything I forget.
I am not into contracting but I do the occasional small job with the tractor and from a rough estimate I value my hours on €40 for only the tractor(130 ish hp). Topping €50 or 55, I forgot.
I figured I could take a bit off when the job is a days work or more but then again I couldn't be to bothered about that.
I have to add I am not that bothered in taking on contracting anyway so when someone thinks it's to expensive I tell them to buy a tractor and machines themselves.