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How Much To Charge For Tedding/Raking?

  • 23-07-2016 10:12am
    #1
    mikefoxo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 461 ✭✭


    Doing a bit for a neighbour. Have all my own gear. How much should I charge? Would like it to be a fair price rather than charging a fortune or half nothing. Is it per hour or per acre?


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  • #2
    tanko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,316 ✭✭✭tanko


    mikefoxo wrote: »
    Doing a bit for a neighbour. Have all my own gear. How much should I charge? Would like it to be a fair price rather than charging a fortune or half nothing. Is it per hour or per acre?

    Contractors around here charge €8/acre for big rakes.


  • #3
    simx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭simx


    €10/12/ac here


  • #4
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    I got a neighbour (contractor) to row in 6 acres with a hay Bob back in 2003 120 pounds he charged back then. His hay Bob didn't see any of my fields since.


  • #5
    mahoney_j
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,489 ✭✭✭✭mahoney_j


    Raking 7/8!euro an acre
    Tedding 8 an acre


  • #6
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,123 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Would that cover minimum wage, hardly?


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  • #7
    mikefoxo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 461 ✭✭mikefoxo


    The bit I did was 4 acres in total. Tedded it and rowed it up. Took about 2 hours altogether. Going by what ye are saying I should be looking for at least €60. It kinda seems a bit much to me for 2 hours? Am I wrong?


  • #8
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Would that cover minimum wage, hardly?

    @ 5 acres an hour, surely. The tractor is only ticking with a hay Bob.


  • #9
    poor farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 446 ✭✭poor farmer


    Don't think you could run a tractor for any less than 30 /hour without any implement.


  • #10
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    poor farmer wrote: »
    Don't think you could run a tractor for any less than 30 /hour without any implement.

    Are you saying it costs €30/hr to run a tractor or that you should be getting €30/hr for running a tractor?


  • #11
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,545 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    €7 to tedd an acre
    €10 to rake an acre here


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  • #12
    Dawggone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,506 ✭✭✭Dawggone


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    Are you saying it costs €30/hr to run a tractor or that you should be getting €30/hr for running a tractor?

    150hp tractor with driver is charged at €50/hr here. No implement.


  • #13
    st1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 936 ✭✭✭st1979


    8 an acre here. Used to do it for hire. Would aim to ted 10 acres an hour with 6 rotor


  • #14
    visatorro
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    Reggie. wrote: »
    €7 to tedd an acre
    €10 to rake an acre here

    Same here


  • #15
    Markcheese
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,821 ✭✭✭Markcheese


    Does it not depend a lot on what your running...? A tedder on a 35 wont cost much ,plus 10 or 15 an hour for the man ..
    The same tedder on a 120 hp tractor ?? God knows ...
    Go with what the lads above said as a rate per acre, sounds fair ...

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



  • #16
    poor farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 446 ✭✭poor farmer


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    Are you saying it costs €30/hr to run a tractor or that you should be getting €30/hr for running a tractor?

    ye, when you count in driver ,fuel ,maintenance ,depreciation, insurance etc etc


  • #17
    davidk1394
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,221 ✭✭✭davidk1394


    €10 for both raking and tedding down here per acre


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