Big Bri
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- Jun 9, 2009
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- Tractor
- Kubota MX5100
Well, since this thread has risen from the dead, I will chime in and say I did NOT cut this field since. But, I am a firm believer in carma and as usual carma came back and bit this guy square in the butt.
I mowed this guys field the first time with a little Yanmar 2000BD with a 5ft. brush hog. He LOVED that little tractor and tried to talk me into selling it to him. Well, I bought a new tractor ( Kubota MX5100) this winter and had my Yannie for sale. I was asking 3k for it but this guy came to look at it and didn't realize who I was. SO when he asked how much i would take for it I told him 5k !! lol.. He didn't buy it of course but I sold it a few days later for $2,800. Then, my buddy who lives by this guy, told him I sold it a few days later for half what I quoted him and he let him know why!!!!
carma is a wonderful thing !!!!!
Good for you! ! ! Carma is Great.
On the cutting topic a lot of guys i know have a min. charge of $200 for the first hr and $60 to $100 each hr after that. The first 200 pays for the trip there and back. They feel as if that its not worth loading the tractor for less than that
an old saying my grandpa would say was "i can get up and go to work for you for free, or sit at home for free. . . i think i'll sit at home"
or one day when i had first started my fence company he was helping out, we were talking about how much i charged for the job,(way to little) he looked me in the eye and said "boy you would have made more money today if when you woke up you lit a $100 bill on fire and went back to bed" i'm laughing right now thinking about it.
good luck