Turf plot, how much?

holuc

hi all,

I was thinking about renting a plot of turf in the local bog this summer and then try to sell it during the winter.

I'm just wondering does any1 know roughly how much area in a plot and how much you would expect to take back of the plot.? I heard it's 60e for the plot but the person who told me was told by someone else so dey could be wrong.

Thanks

kay 9

We were told this year 350 to get 3 10x6 tracor loads cut and put out. Turning etc is all the owners work. Not bad though.

reilig

Around us its costing €15 per hopper full to get it cut. Each hopper full makes 6 sods in a row about 40 meters long. 17 of these hopper's would make a plot.

People that sell turf by the hopper charge €15 for the cutting and €15 for the use of the turf bank and the turf, that's €30 per hopper in total. So if you were to be buying a plot of turf around here so that you could save it, it would cost you somewhere in the region of €500. There may be a discount if you were paying cash. You would get approximately 400 to 500 fertilizer bags of turf from a plot - depending on what size the turf dried to.

Depending on the weather and the competition in your area, it could be money hard earned. There are a lot of big players in the turf business who have machines for saving turf and they can sell it a lot cheaper than someone who has reared it by hand!!

holuc

Thanks lads,

Was talking to a lad 2day who said it was 150e a plot last yr and it gave them 300 bags.

I'm new to this (wanting a bit extra income when im quiet in the winter!) so just wondering how much time would you put in to stack, dry and bag 300 bags. I bought bags of turf in the shop at 4.50 last yr so would sell dem 4 4e a bag.

Is it viable to make money by selling it on or should i just look to get enough to do my own fire for the winter.

Bizzum

Plenty of lads around me at this game. Most buy multiple plots and have their own way of rearing it, drawing it, and storing it.
I would think you earn every penny you make.

Daisy M

holuc wrote: »

Thanks lads,

Was talking to a lad 2day who said it was 150e a plot last yr and it gave them 300 bags.

I'm new to this (wanting a bit extra income when im quiet in the winter!) so just wondering how much time would you put in to stack, dry and bag 300 bags. I bought bags of turf in the shop at 4.50 last yr so would sell dem 4 4e a bag.

Is it viable to make money by selling it on or should i just look to get enough to do my own fire for the winter.

Mad money for a bag of turf saw it for 3.50e and still thought it too dear given that it would take one and a half to two bags to keep open fire going all day long cost a fortune way more expensive than coal and less heat.

holuc

Rang a guy 2day. its 60e a row. dat will give 6 sods and 90 metres in length. not sure how many bags id get from that. its 80e a row reared.

Does any 1 know approx. how many bags a row this side would give me.
do ppl tink think would be worth selling in bags if i got a few rows.

reilig

holuc wrote: »

Rang a guy 2day. its 60e a row. dat will give 6 sods and 90 metres in length. not sure how many bags id get from that. its 80e a row reared.

Does any 1 know approx. how many bags a row this side would give me.
do ppl tink think would be worth selling in bags if i got a few rows.

Approximately a bag every 2 meters so 45 bags per row.

holuc

reilig wrote: »

Approximately a bag every 2 meters so 45 bags per row.

That a fertiliser bag?

reilig

holuc wrote: »

That a fertiliser bag?

Yes

steloide

Hi. What would be the average cost of a meal bag size of turf. This time of year