Contractor Prices - 2012

follower

Just got a quote this morning off a contactor to agitate my slurry tank - €90 an hour.

How does that fair with prices ye've been quoted?

Grecco

That sounds very pricey

cowbox

Anyone know how much an hr of would cost so suck slurry from a slatted unit and spread it without getting it agitated??
Anyone any have any prices on silage rates from contractors this yr?

dasheriff

follower wrote: »

Just got a quote this morning off a contactor to agitate my slurry tank - €90 an hour.

How does that fair with prices ye've been quoted?

I got it done yesterday for €50 per hour..

simx

follower wrote: »

Just got a quote this morning off a contactor to agitate my slurry tank - €90 an hour.

How does that fair with prices ye've been quoted?

€45 p.h my man agitates for

follower

:eek: €45/€50 an hr. Where the f*ck is this fella getting €90 an hr from? Okay I'll be ringing him this evening telling him lower his price or I'll be going else where.

locky76

follower wrote: »

:eek: €45/€50 an hr. Where the f*ck is this fella getting €90 an hr from? Okay I'll be ringing him this evening telling him lower his price or I'll be going else where.

Not necessarily- the big agitater on a 160hp tractor @ €90/hr may be better value than an average one on a 125hp tractor @ €45/hr...

dasheriff

well the lad that did mine has good high output gear but i know him and he said there is very little money out of it at that, so maybe the lad at 90/hr is just tryin to make a fair living..

locky76

dasheriff wrote: »

well the lad that did mine has good high output gear but i know him and he said there is very little money out of it at that, so maybe the lad at 90/hr is just tryin to make a fair living..

Yeah the contracting game has broken many a good man, i suppose it'll always draw people in like flies to a sh**e...

valtra8150

90 euro for an hour of agatition isnt bad considern he has diesel, to pay and wages with would be around 100 a day 160hp with full rev for an hour would fairly go through diesel, then he has ware and tare on the tractor and machine, at the end of the day he wouldnt have much out of it

bob charles

if he just has a high output normal slurry pump is a bit OTT to be charging 90e. I would consider 70e + expensive. FFS I can get a 30t bulldozer for 90e an hour

follower

Rang the contractor this evening and the best he'd do it for was €80 an hr. He said he wouldn't be making much out of it after travelling (8 miles to and fro), diesel, wear & tear, wages etc etc. I'm running a business so at the end of the day I need to get the best rate so I'm going to price another few contractors.

Anyone got any quotes from silage contractors yet?

6480

follower wrote: »

Rang the contractor this evening and the best he'd do it for was €80 an hr. He said he wouldn't be making much out of it after travelling (8 miles to and fro), diesel, wear & tear, wages etc etc. I'm running a business so at the end of the day I need to get the best rate so I'm going to price another few contractors.

Anyone got any quotes from silage contractors yet?

80 phr sounds a bit right if its only for an hour

red bull

85é an acre cut picked precision chop in pit and covered if done before june 5 and paid on day

simx

red bull wrote: »

85é an acre cut picked precision chop in pit and covered if done before june 5 and paid on day

that sounds resonable,not many lads round here will have it fit for that date :rolleyes:

Farmer Pudsey

red bull wrote: »

85é an acre cut picked precision chop in pit and covered if done before june 5 and paid on day

another contractor going out of buisness but who are we to stop him if I was doing pit silage I get you to send him on

dasheriff

It was 120/acre here last year and as far as i know its gone up €20 across the board this year..

bbam

red bull wrote: »

85é an acre cut picked precision chop in pit and covered if done before june 5 and paid on day

He's probably trying to get cash in to make some payments. Working at cost or a loss is no good for anyone but there are lots doing it across lots of business sectors.

red bull

bbam wrote: »

He's probably trying to get cash in to make some payments. Working at cost or a loss is no good for anyone but there are lots doing it across lots of business sectors.

Well he has been in business for at least 10 years with same machinery, does the job gets paid on the day, does good work hes happy.

20silkcut

Would be interesting to see a contractors income thread similar to the farm income thread. Some contractors simply defy logic especially in today's world of a high diesel prices and everything costing a fortune. 100,000 euro would buy you maybe a good decent tractor but you would have to spend nearly another 100 grand to put a machine behind it. And then everything depreciates at an alarming rate.

In fairness 100 grand would buy you a fine dairy herd and bring in a milk check every month .