We use two JD 7710 / Bunning mk4 120's ( flared sides so approx 15 cube?) and JCB 412S with hawk fork or biggest bucket it will safely handle. Best we've ever done was 22 loads an hour for 3 hours flat, and it was flat back for everyone. Muck had been through straw blower so was easily shredded. It was after stubble turnips so loading was very good to firm. After 3 hours we got too far from the heap so output dropped, but I strongly believe it represented good value for money at £150/ hour. If conditions are moderate, i.e. Spreaders are taking longer than what can be classed as normal to be loaded I have been known to reduce the price per hour. A lot depends on the amount of thought that goes into how and where the muck is tipped, thus making it easier to load. So basically it's horses for courses.
So the man who makes it easy and heaps it in the field that's to be spread gets a bigger rate than the man who tips it anywhere just off the road meaning you have to cross fields to spread??
Well put but no, he just gets it done in less time thus less cost. The pillock that tips it somewhere near Satan's ring piece gets charged all he deserves imo unless it's a genuine case of me thinking we arnt getting on as fast I would expect the job to be done. It has to be an equal amount of win win for both parties.
A lot of the people on here quoting are operating in mixed or livestock area's. Muck around here obviously comes from stock farms but is spread on arable land in a short working window of about 4 weeks in the autumn and maybe a 6 to 8 campaign in the spring depend on weather and cropping, time is short, timing critical ( N loss etc) so our machinery must earn a decent rate to be viable. When fuel got to the dizzy heights of over 60 p / litre I charged £160/ hour. No one complained either.
Please. Explain how that makes money.
