cost to brush hog where you live?

greenthumb · May 17, 2002

What are people charging to brush hog in your area. what area do you live in. I am curious to see if it is differnt around the country. I was shocked to see people charging up to $75 a cut acre around southern michigan

hayes · May 17, 2002

$10 - $12 an acre in North Texas.

Larry

rf33 · May 17, 2002

Depending on the number of acres, and the lay of the land, people here in NE Texas are getting from $8 to $20 per acre for bush hogging. Average going rate for reasonably flat pastures 10-100 acres seems to be around $10 to $12 per acre.

stmiller2 · May 17, 2002

Here are reported average custom rates for bushhogging pastures from Doane's Ag. Report "2001 Machinery Custom Rates Guide" dated May 11, 2001.

Northeast $12/acre
North Central $9/acre
South $10/acre
Plains $8/acre
Mountain & Pacific $12/acre

Frank_Mulligan · May 17, 2002

There's got to be a minimum also. I'm sure most of us wouldn't bother accepting just $12 if all they had was 1 acre.

Very timely thread. I was thinking of doing this on the side (on the side of my regular job and my moonlighting job!).

rdln · May 17, 2002

I'd expect to see that number going down soon around macomb/oakland county due to so many people getting into the tractor service biz. I believe (but not hope) that b'hogging will begin to turn cutthroat. I would guess average is $60/hour in those areas with six foot cutter some are paranoid about tire damage and charge a min. of $250!!

looch · May 17, 2002

Depends on how ornery the hogs are /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

Sorry, couldn't let it go.

I was offered 100$ per day by a local guy to clear his field. Problem with hoggin' is that there's usually nasty stuff down there. I know there's at least three areas in my own field that I've got to watch - and it took at least three passes to nail down where they are.