Round baling price

[jacobl741]

Had a local man ask if I’ll round bale Some hay for him, what do people charge? Don’t want to rip him off as he’s good with me but I have no idea what price people charge as we only ever do our own. Standard rounds with net wrap.

cheers

 

[bobk]

What baler ?

 

[RAF]

£2.50

 

[bobk]

£2.50

I should have rung you .

 

[jacobl741]

What baler ?

claas Rollant 254 rotocut

 

[bobk]

claas Rollant 254 rotocut

@RAF is about right

 

[KB6930]

2.50 a bale is reasonable foe bigger jobs more for small jobs that involve travelling

 

[RAF]

It’s silly was £2.50 20 years ago . Get a quaddy in for £3.50. Silly but that’s the job

 

[bobk]

It’s silly was £2.50 20 years ago . Get a quaddy in for £3.50. Silly but that’s the job

It was a quid 30 years ago .

 

[Chae1]

Had a local man ask if I’ll round bale Some hay for him, what do people charge? Don’t want to rip him off as he’s good with me but I have no idea what price people charge as we only ever do our own. Standard rounds with net wrap.

cheers

Is it raked? If its rowed up in 30ft bouts £2.50 won't be bad. Is the field flat, or on the side of a mountain? How many acres to do?

I'd be inclined to charge £3.

 

[jacobl741]

Is it raked? If its rowed up in 30ft bouts £2.50 won't be bad. Is the field flat, or on the side of a mountain? How many acres to do?

I'd be inclined to charge £3.
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fields are fairly flat, he reckons there will be 200+ bales I believe towed up with a haybob ready for when I arrive

 

[Spencer]

So that’s a no to being raked then

 

[jacobl741]

So that’s a no to being raked then

???

 

[d-wales]

I charge £3.25 or £3.50 if they want it chopped.

 

[Muddyroads]

What happens if you look at it the other way?
Tractor depreciation £7/hour, driver £15/hour, fuel £6/hour: £28/hour.
How many bales do you realistically expect to do per hour, including travel time and setting up?
Now add on notional operating cost per bale for the baler and price per bale for the net. At least you now have a minimum base price to break even.

 

[KB6930]

I charge £3.25 or £3.50 if they want it chopped.

You'll only get that round here making rock solid bales of silage / straw with a belt baler.

Soft centre hay will be 2.75-3 quid at most . That's getting fuel supplied tho be different in other parts of the country where you have to supply your own.

 

[Werzle]

What happens if you look at it the other way?
Tractor depreciation £7/hour, driver £15/hour, fuel £6/hour: £28/hour.
How many bales do you realistically expect to do per hour, including travel time and setting up?
Now add on notional operating cost per bale for the baler and price per bale for the net. At least you now have a minimum base price to break even.

or you could look at what its being fed too and if its making profit and find out you should be baling it for nothing. People pricing jobs on what they have spent on the kit makes me smile. 30 mile radious of me i could have round bales done from £1.80- £3.20. £2.50 is about fair and average . I have lost count of the chaps starting up contracting and having to send the kit back because they think a few busy weeks work will service hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of finance, if it was that profitable we would all be doing it

 

[ImLost]

Last year I paid 3.50 a bale to have the grass rowed up then baled into 5fts, they were heavy bales when one.
This year I have been quoted 2.50 a bale for 4fts, but got someone with some time spare who is happy to crack on for less than that.

 

[d williams]

I wouldn’t even hitch the baler on for the prices quoted on here
£5/bale under 100 bales
£4.50 over 100 bales
Rowing up on top

 

[Muddyroads]

or you could look at what its being fed too and if its making profit and find out you should be baling it for nothing. People pricing jobs on what they have spent on the kit makes me smile. 30 mile radious of me i could have round bales done from £1.80- £3.20. £2.50 is about fair and average . I have lost count of the chaps starting up contracting and having to send the kit back because they think a few busy weeks work will service hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of finance, if it was that profitable we would all be doing it

If you’re not covering your costs, what’s the point of doing it?