Timber
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Wow, some of you guys like to work for free.
Price per acre - bush hogging
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LoneCowboy
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Timber said:Wow, some of you guys like to work for free.
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Farmwithjunk
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john_bud said:
You have to look at the entire equasion. Charge $150 per acre here and you do exactly $0000.00 business per year. You'd get laughted straight out of town. Look at cost of living where Lawn King is at. Compare that to here in rural Kentucky. Consider the type of work we're talking about. I don't do small acreage. Other than a couple I do as favors, nothing I'm currently contracting is under 20 acres. Several jobs are well over 100 acres. Per acre rates on a 1 acre job isn't aplicable to 100 acres.
I'm charging at the TOP END of the going rate in these parts, and making VERY good money at it currently. My "side deal" currently employs 5 people full time, pays me a weekly salary of nearly double what I expected in year one, and in addition, has paid for one new Deere 6430/15' batwing in 4 months.
A "businessman" finds a way to succeed in his market.
LoneCowboy
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I didn't catch that you were doing it with a SS and a bradco front mower
The cheapest thing by far is to hire it out.
Teh guy behind me did his own (hes' got a Bobcat business)
it took him 7 hours over 2 days and goodness knows how much fuel. and it was HOT this weekend.
It would have taken me 2. (i've done it before, it's a rental house)
and i would have given him a smoking deal (same as last year) since i don't have to trailer up.
The cheapest thing by far is to hire it out.
Teh guy behind me did his own (hes' got a Bobcat business)
it took him 7 hours over 2 days and goodness knows how much fuel. and it was HOT this weekend.
It would have taken me 2. (i've done it before, it's a rental house)
and i would have given him a smoking deal (same as last year) since i don't have to trailer up.
the6shooter
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$40.00 per hr. 2 hr min. here in oklahoma. I charge by the hr. I have been to some places that, 5 arces that take 4 hrs. and some real rough stuff 5,6,7. hrs to do. mow 1, move on to the next. I have a full time job, but still make an extra $1000.00 a week. pays for the tractor, and clears my head. no srink needed here.
david
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horse7
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A few years ago a neighbor quoted 75/hr (on the books, insured, workmans comp) but that was before fuel went way up. Local hobbyists tended to be 1/2 to 2/3 of that, cash, back then. But those cash and carries have exposures if there's an accident (those things circling above are not hawks, but trial lawyers).
Unless there's something special with the job, it seems like an RC100 with a mower isn't the right tool for a regular bush hogging job. Friend has an ASV 4810 with hydraulic PTO but he uses a JD4020 for bushhogging (he has 500 acres variable terrain nearby). I almost bought a 4810 with PTO.... but decided it wouldn't work out.
Unless there's something special with the job, it seems like an RC100 with a mower isn't the right tool for a regular bush hogging job. Friend has an ASV 4810 with hydraulic PTO but he uses a JD4020 for bushhogging (he has 500 acres variable terrain nearby). I almost bought a 4810 with PTO.... but decided it wouldn't work out.
JeremyL
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It has been a while since anyone has asked about current bush hogging pricing. The new growing season is upon us and I am starting to get calls for "How much to..."
What are others charging for bush hog jobs? I know, a lot depends on location, terrain, obstacles, etc., but what do you charge for a plain vanilla job (say 10 acres of flat land with no obstructions, 15 miles from your prking place)?
- Jeremy in Kentucky
What are others charging for bush hog jobs? I know, a lot depends on location, terrain, obstacles, etc., but what do you charge for a plain vanilla job (say 10 acres of flat land with no obstructions, 15 miles from your prking place)?
- Jeremy in Kentucky
