Round baling price

[ringi]

Crazy mentality?
Tesco's paid for their stores millennia ago but they don't do for free these days do they?

Its not crazy if the tractor have a low resale value and will not be replaced when it is too costly to repair.

 

[spin cycle]

has anybody said £3-50 yet

 

[Tim G]

has anybody said £3-50 yet

No, but that's what I charged last year and I was asked back again.

 

[Kidds]

All those prices look high compared to what you can get done around here,but it's all down to competition. Wrapping looks a money spinner when any old tractor with any old wrapper can bring in £300+an hour

The wrapper is on the back of the baler around here.

 

[Fendt516profi]

Not my problem,but maybe he thinks the wrapper and the tractor were paid off years ago and anything else is a bonus

You said doubt he's much more, but how do you know he isn't £2 farmer supplied wrap

 

[Anymulewilldo]

The wrapper is on the back of the baler around here.

Most round here run fusions.

 

[hally]

Most round here run fusions.

Just climed off mine today, 300 done. Couldn’t imagine having to go back a wrap them all tonight.

 

[Pistonbroke]

You said doubt he's much more, but how do you know he isn't £2 farmer supplied wrap

Knowing the bloke,he'd be cheap but the table above is over three quid without the wrap.

 

[cubby]

6.50 per chopped bale farmers wrap and diesel

 

[kiwi pom]

Yes , probably. There's always a few lads using dad's kit to earn a bit of beer money. There was one just down the road this morning with a case 885 and a thirty year old McHale wrapper doing it for people who only have a baler. Doubt if he's much more than a pound a bale

There's always been a few of them about, sitting on dad's tractor being the big contractor is probably better than the jobs they'd get if they stayed home.

Probably a few on here when you think about it
If you can take advantage of one of them and assuming they actually do a good job, crack on I suppose.

 

[ollie989898]

has anybody said £3-50 yet

That seems a bit sore, I was going to suggest the bidding started at £3.49.

 

[Pistonbroke]

There's always been a few of them about, sitting on dad's tractor being the big contractor is probably better than the jobs they'd get if they stayed home.

Probably a few on here when you think about it
If you can take advantage of one of them and assuming they actually do a good job, crack on I suppose.

His tractor purring away wrapping would run for ages on £10 of diesel,bales lined up he could easily do 60 an hour, £50 an hour straight in his pocket. Where else can a teenager earn that( legally!)

 

[Fendt516profi]

His tractor purring away wrapping would run for ages on £10 of diesel,bales lined up he could easily do 60 an hour, £50 an hour straight in his pocket. Where else can a teenager earn that( legally!)

£50 in his pocket for first hour £60 for every hour after surely that could cover his depreciation and servicing costs and still leave a decent wage

 

[Still Farming]

His tractor purring away wrapping would run for ages on £10 of diesel,bales lined up he could easily do 60 an hour, £50 an hour straight in his pocket. Where else can a teenager earn that( legally!)

He be even better off with the proper rate though?

 

[Pistonbroke]

He be even better off with the proper rate though?

Guessing they're happy doing it for neighbours and friends as they have for years.

 

[coniser]

£3.50 here 10 year old tractor and baler only doing small a mounts that big contactors don't do

 

[Farmer Keith]

I payed £3.30 a bale last year for hay, silage was £8 a bale with 6 layers of plastic. No bill this year yet, contractor supplied all his own diesel.

 

[Fendt516profi]

He be even better off with the proper rate though?

Then he'll get a massive tax bill if he's making a living now.

 

[ringi]

could cover his depreciation and servicing costs and still leave a decent wage

If the tractor is also used lightly for feeding livestock etc there may be no more servicing cost.

He be even better off with the proper rate though?

That depends on travel time and cost. A small tractor is not fun to drive long distance on roads compared to working in a field.

 

[Welgerbaler]

Charging £3.00 for 4ft, £3.40 for 4ft chopped £3.50 for 5ft here, went to a spot other day where someone else had been charging £3.00 for 5ft