Friend of mine wants me to haul one of my tractors to his place and help him clear some land. He originally said it was 3 acres but I think it's less.
Biggest problem is its hilly and not an actual field, but overgrown garbage brush. He only has a compact tractor with a belly mower and no brush hog, so that's why he needs me. So it's not going be nice easy mowing riding around a field, but rough, mostly low gear just clear stuff that hasn't been cut in probably 10 years. I'm thinking minimum a full Saturday's work, probably more though.
I'm trying to figure out what I should "charge" him. I say "charge" because it won't be cash but just bartering. I'll clear and he will pay me in parts. i also figure since its trading and not cash, it should be a little high since I have to pay for fuel and tolls myself. Plus this guy loves to trade, so I'll get more from him in parts than if I wanted cash.
My first gut shooting from the hip price was $500 worth of trade. but open to opinions if I'm crazy high or crazy low
Biggest problem is its hilly and not an actual field, but overgrown garbage brush. He only has a compact tractor with a belly mower and no brush hog, so that's why he needs me. So it's not going be nice easy mowing riding around a field, but rough, mostly low gear just clear stuff that hasn't been cut in probably 10 years. I'm thinking minimum a full Saturday's work, probably more though.
I'm trying to figure out what I should "charge" him. I say "charge" because it won't be cash but just bartering. I'll clear and he will pay me in parts. i also figure since its trading and not cash, it should be a little high since I have to pay for fuel and tolls myself. Plus this guy loves to trade, so I'll get more from him in parts than if I wanted cash.
My first gut shooting from the hip price was $500 worth of trade. but open to opinions if I'm crazy high or crazy low