Tractor driver rate

[Farmer555]

I’m helping out a local contractor over the summer, driving his gear. What would the going rate per hour be now the minimum wage has gone up.

 

[Chae1]

£20/HR.

 

[Martyn]

£14-15 in Cornwall

 

[Sprinter 10]

I won’t get out of bed for less than £22, breakfast, dinner, tea provided. New Fendt (not below 400 hp) red bull / monster on tap no more than 45 hrs a week and the choice of a buxom wench or two.

 

[Spud]

I won’t get out of bed for less than £22, breakfast, dinner, tea provided. New Fendt (not below 400 hp) red bull / monster on tap no more than 45 hrs a week and the choice of a buxom wench or two.

Selling yourself short there old boy, is your calculator broken?

 

[Agriimark]

what are you worth? depends on whats required of you and what you can do. no shortage of bums in seats. . a skilled man who can do most things and be trusted to do it right and not fu!k kit is a different pay category to drawbar shiners imo

 

[deleted user 837354]

'Drawbar shiners'

 

[deleted user 837354]

I'm surprised there are no counter-offers of folk saying they will do it for £9 an hour plus a free pasty thrown in? Or folk saying they will do it for £7.50 an hour but can they borrow your tractor to do some work back at their place and also do you mind if I fill my car up with red each Friday evening as I'm going surfing over the weekend?

 

[David.]

Don't go too buxom on the wenches, don't want to be hauling half loads to compensate for heavy seat covers.

 

[benny6910]

I’d be asking what he is willing to pay before committing to taking the work on.

 

[Princess Pooper]

I’m helping out a local contractor over the summer, driving his gear. What would the going rate per hour be now the minimum wage has gone up.

Are you going to be a casual employee or is this on a self employed basis? Makes a difference.

 

[Farmer555]

Are you going to be a casual employee or is this on a self employed basis? Makes a difference.

Self employed basis

 

[An Gof]

I won’t get out of bed for less than £22, breakfast, dinner, tea provided. New Fendt (not below 400 hp) red bull / monster on tap no more than 45 hrs a week and the choice of a buxom wench or two.

You’re selling yourself too cheap

 

[kiwi pom]

Age, experience, ability?
What will you be doing?

 

[An Gof]

I’m helping out a local contractor over the summer, driving his gear. What would the going rate per hour be now the minimum wage has gone up.

 

[Werzle]

I’m helping out a local contractor over the summer, driving his gear. What would the going rate per hour be now the minimum wage has gone up.

Depends what you can do, if your just mostly a trailer/tanker/spreader jockey probably min wage or £12-13 self employed. The more you are capable of the more your worth up to about £25/hr for someone who can drive all the kit, fix , service it and foreman abit.

 

[Farmer555]

Age, experience, ability?
What will you be doing?

32, been farming all my life, only jobs I haven’t done is spraying and driving ta forager. Most work will likely be on a trailer for silage

 

[Green oak]

£35 per hour. But if it rains I’ll go home.

 

[Spencer]

Most work will likely be on a trailer for silage

Young mans game..

 

[kiwi pom]

32, been farming all my life, only jobs I haven’t done is spraying and driving ta forager. Most work will likely be on a trailer for silage

If self employed you set the rate so whatever the contractor will stand.
I’ll have a guess that they won’t pay much more than15 quid for a trailer driver but could be way out.
Only way is to suggest a rate and see what they say.
There are contractors and contractor drivers on here but I’d bet they won’t say.