Rototilling price per hour

[bmaverick]

With my disk harrow, it's $50 for a 24x280sqft garden. Takes about 15mins to get it all really nice.

 

[bigtiller]

Give it a shot, advertise all you can and wait for the phone to ring. It might work in your neighborhood. I did it for 25 years in my little town but for a lot less than $200.

 

[MapleLeafFarmer]

way to high around my parts.

if a not "need it done right at this moment" type of customer it would be closer to $50 - 65/hr and the client would have a few people to choose from to make the work.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Your little tractor much be gold plated to charge that much... lol

I charge a heck of a lot less than that for my farm tractor and a 6' wide tiller!

SR

 

[BlueKnife]

Or asking to much.

This one. I can't think of anything a 14 HP machine can do that's worth $200/hr. Certainly not rototilling.

 

[bmaverick]

This one. I can't think of anything a 14 HP machine can do that's worth $200/hr. Certainly not rototilling.

Maybe his 14Hp machine drinks too much fuel.

Mine is diesel and sips fuel very carefully. Can run the entire day on 2.5 gallons.

 

[fatjay]

Thanks for the insight. It's a 1/8 acre garden, so it's not just the back yard. It's rocky and not previously tilled or gardened.

 

[2manyrocks]

I'd think about plowing it first to break up the soil and to find out what the rock situation really is before using a tiller. Breaking in new area that hasn't been plowed at all would be a tough job for a 14hp machine.

 

[newbury]

But you leave out factors such as travel, time, distance, insurance, etc.
If you swing by next door with your tractor with the equipment already hooked up before or after you do your own lot then the $200 is highway robbery.
The price by bmaverick is for about 1/8th an acre.

 

[BlueKnife]

Thanks for the insight. It's a 1/8 acre garden, so it's not just the back yard. It's rocky and not previously tilled or gardened.

That may change things some. If you're spending a bunch of time picking rocks, beating up your machine, etc. I would question if your machine is really built for such conditions.