Transporting round bales

deise toffee

What is a fair price to pay/charge for hauling round bales of silage approx 12 miles ?

rliston

€35-40 per hour

deise toffee

rliston wrote: »

€35-40 per hour

How much per bale if charging that way?

Sam Kade

€7/bale

deise toffee

Sam Kade wrote: »

€7/bale

Steep enough.Think €5 would be enough myself.

Sam Kade

deise toffee wrote: »

Steep enough.Think ?5 would be enough myself.

That's what a few around me have been charging since 2011, if the distance goes over 10 miles.

Panch18

deise toffee wrote: »

How much per bale if charging that way?

wouldn't an hourly rate be a better way to charge?

Sam Kade

Panch18 wrote: »

wouldn't an hourly rate be a better way to charge?

I don't know of anyone charging by the hour to draw bales.

Panch18

Sam Kade wrote: »

I don't know of anyone charging by the hour to draw bales.

I paid 40 an hour last year to a fella for a front loader and double lifter at the back. Now he was close to the pit and we did 350 bales in 10 hours

Sam Kade

Panch18 wrote: »

I paid 40 an hour last year to a fella for a front loader and double lifter at the back. Now he was close to the pit and we did 350 bales in 10 hours

That's different to transporting purchased bales from one farm to another though.

lakill Farm

local contractor was charging me €8 a bale to move wrapped bales with softhands from 5/6 miles away

I have since changed the tractor and bought a set of softhands myself. If someone asked me to move bales id be asking the same price. at the end of the day, it takes time to load 15 round bales onto a trailer without damaging bales, drive from home to collection area to delivery yard, unload and restack and drive home.

€5 x 15 bales is €75. 12 miles is minimum 24 mile roundtrip so at least an hour on the road, 30/40 loader time minimum. attitude would be if you didn't want to pay the rate, toddle on up the road with the single bale lifter and draw one at a time and pay yourself the €5 a bale

freedominacup

Panch18 wrote: »

I paid 40 an hour last year to a fella for a front loader and double lifter at the back. Now he was close to the pit and we did 350 bales in 10 hours

I pay around 60 incl vat for a ten bale keltec. He'd move 350 bales in six hours on a short draw on his own. You'd want everything running right for you stacking to keep ahead of him. Fusion and a keltec only way to get through bales. I wouldn't go back to hauling bales in a fit.

Panch18

freedominacup wrote: »

I pay around 60 incl vat for a ten bale keltec. He'd move 350 bales in six hours on a short draw on his own. You'd want everything running right for you stacking to keep ahead of him. Fusion and a keltec only way to get through bales. I wouldn't go back to hauling bales in a fit.

yeah the fusion and Keltec combination is the best alright -if you have a suitable yard for it, the keltec needs fair room. a couple of lads around here have a baler and keltec and are using the loader mounted wrapper - same difference I suppose

We have our own baler and wrapper so we just got him in as we were under pressure to be finished for a wedding the next day, and to be fair to him now he was well able to keep up with us

Panch18

Sam Kade wrote: »

That's different to transporting purchased bales from one farm to another though.

Yeah I suppose your right

Panch18

speaking of fusions etc

does anyone have experience of having a wrapper towed by the baler? I am thinking of buying a HS2000 so any experience would be appreciated