Self propelled forager charge

[Orionn4444]

Going to hire a small Claas jaguar (can't remember the size, was doing about 50 acres a day, nothing silly, also quite old) what should I pay? It's from a friendly farm and his sons driving it, doing maybe 100 acres on light crop and some steep ground tl;dr

How much should I expect to pay.

 

[Tullyvernon]

£25/acre?

 

[Eminus]

we had a contractor in and he charged £21/acre that was with a tractor trailer and driver aand his diesel.

 

[Thick Farmer]

It's £15/acre for a self propelled forager around here.

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

keep going, in an other 5 posts it will be down to £5 per acre,
and if this thread runs to 25 post, you never know someone might pay you to come and do the bloody job

 

[dusty]

General be £20 around here with the farmer putting the diesel in it

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

in 1985 my then boss bought a new Claas 680 for 32k and was at that time chopping grass only no trailers for £18 per acre,

them were the days

 

[Speedstar]

It's £15/acre for a self propelled forager around here.

Dream on mate, Do you want a Toy one.

 

[davidroberts30]

Dream on mate, Do you want a Toy one.

i bet theres 1 or 2 that would charge that!

 

[mtx.jag]

Dream on mate, Do you want a Toy one.

sad to say,that is the price down here..plus fuel..

 

[Thick Farmer]

Dream on mate, Do you want a Toy one.

Yes, my kids would love that. Could I have two please - I have twins!

 

[Speedstar]

Yes, my kids would love that. Could I have two please - I have twins!

If you worked with a real contractor & paid a real price then if you were lucky he may give the both one for Christmas & if you were lucky you may get a day out to the Rugby on him.

 

[Thick Farmer]

If you worked with a real contractor & paid a real price then if you were lucky he may give the both one for Christmas & if you were lucky you may get a day out to the Rugby on him.

The contractor set the price, not me. As it happens I don't just pay for the forager - he does the whole job from mowing to sheeting down for £37/acre. I just supply a sheet and a full tank of diesel.

The guy must be fairly happy as I've been invited to two free days out on him in the last 12 months. One of them was to the rugby

I must work on getting the free toys though...

 

[Eminus]

theres a big variance due to how much the contractor has invested in his kit and to be honest i dont see why its the farmers that have to foot the bill for the fancy tractors and forager. i would say £15-£18/ acre is plenty for the forager on its own.

 

[Blue.]

Similar rates to thick farmer round here,I could get one in at £40/ac or another £36/ac,both have kit less than 2 years old.

Forage wagon is £14/ac to hire but you need a tractor to power it.

 

[Tullyvernon]

theres a big variance due to how much the contractor has invested in his kit and to be honest i dont see why its the farmers that have to foot the bill for the fancy tractors and forager. i would say £15-£18/ acre is plenty for the forager on its own.

Age of equipment has nothing to do with total costs, the older equipment will have higher maintenance costs were the newer equipment will have finance, swings and roundabouts.

If someone wants to work for little or no profit that is his own choice, he may work with older equipment but there are some in the same boat with new equipment!

You get profit for your products, otherwise you wouldn't be at it, your feed company and vets etc. make a profit from you so why do you begrudge a contractor to make a profit too?

 

[TheEarlOfMoray]

Chopping should be the same price as combining imo. At least £30 anyway.

 

[Eminus]

No I don't grudge anyone having a profit, all I was saying was that the man with a lower spec/ older machine can do it for less as he has less capital cost in the machine, repairs and maintenance and down to the owner of the machine servicing it well.

 

[Eminus]

We would all be paying a lot less for contracting if there were more contractors with more basic kit.

£15/18 acre plenty

 

[Orionn4444]

No I don't grudge anyone having a profit, all I was saying was that the man with a lower spec/ older machine can do it for less as he has less capital cost in the machine, repairs and maintenance and down to the owner of the machine servicing it well.

But then you get stick for undercutting other contractors :')