A little OT, what would you charge?

Royse

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I was asked to swap the rear end on a Jubilee.
Rear of trans split, take one off, put the other on.
Tractor would be delivered to my shop and picked up.
New fluid included, because the replacement rear end is empty.

The owner is buying the replacement from me, whether
I change it or he does. His rear end is locked up completely
and he does not have the equipment to do it.
We did not discuss what would be done with the old one.

Price on the rear end was already agreed, but I'd also be
curious as to what you think they would be worth.
Complete with hydraulic top cover, all the way out to the
brake drums. Axle seals are good, not leaking.
3pt, PTO and brakes all working well.
 
I think that would all depend on how well you know the owner and what you feel your labor and part is worth.Find out what a local repair shop would charge and take it from there.There's a lot of room to negotiate such as trades and the like. If it were a neighbor or a good friend looking to save a buck,I would say 60-75 per cent of a shop's charges. Like I said,it all depends on how well you know the guy and what your time's worth. good luck
 
5 to 7hr. it going to be a days work no way around it.... The hydraulic manifold it a beach to get to line up then the fight is on to get the hydraulics to bleed out... The last one I did I cussed the manifold enuff to send us both to ell,,, it was a aftermarket replacement BTW... Try and get the manifold matted loosely before you nail it together tight.... May are may not help but worth a try....

I would make a stand to roll it around so I could do it by myself and keep all the money :D

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been waiting for Hobo to post, so I could see the pro's time.
pretty much what I figured, I would say a casual weekend here.

For a friend, I'd do the heavy work for a few hundred,
but a complete 'turn key' job.......more
pesky external lines on a NAA, priming issues, swapping 3-point linkages if need be with their stuck pins..all adds up.

a friend I'd tell them to pull all that external stuff and drop it off and I'll swap the heavy stuff...the rest is his.
(hidden, unspoken reason.....a broke, seized machine, I have no idea how many other things were damaged and how well the hydraulic pump, transmission, etc worked before. After I do a 'turn-key' every problem after........will be mine......)
 
I charge $30/hr for my side work. I try to work fast and fair. If something comes up that's going to take longer I call the customer to let them know that their drums were welded on by someone and I'll have to charge time for cutting them off.
 
I would charge more than $30/hr. I charge $40/hr
for lawn mowers.

You need at least $50/hr. If he went to CNH they
would charge $150/hr.
 
I don't fix tractors for other people though I get asked on occasion when I sell parts.
I make my living as a carpenter where I know how to bid a job and come out ahead at the end of it. Tractors are just a hobby - a means of stress relief - turn a few bolts after a hard day or week.
If I went to fixing other people's tractors it would take all the fun out of it.
 
I do $30 for repairs because I do it to help the owner more than to line my pockets... If it's a big custom fab job then it's $50/hr or they can take it somewhere else. I'm a teacher by trade and a co-worker asked me if I'd write his Student Learning Objectives (required by the state of Ohio) - he offered to pay me my $30/hr for it :)
 
I would say, $400 for the rare end.
$400 to put it in. And, you keep the old parts.
Figure it should take a day.
But, it may take two.
He can't do it himself. And he won't find anyone competent
To do it for less.

Joe
 
I was asked to remove the transmission from the engine aft to the rear end of an operational 8n,as well remove the transmission from the customers spare parts tractor and install the complete spare transmission with a Sherman into the operational 8N.Everything was supplied and delivered by owner including oil. I also had to exchange the completed distributor drive assembly from his spare tractor and install on the operational 8n. The engine thermostat had to be replaced as well. New spark plugs installed. Carburetor removed and foreign material removed.
Job completed and unit test ran. Customer picked up unit..........My charge $1000.00
 
Thanks Hobo, I was figuring if I did it, it would take a weekend.
I have a stand very similar to that. I think I copied it from a pic
you posted before. Not sure it will help if his rear end is locked.

Any extra tips on the bleeding? My Jube has a piston pump, I'm
familiar with a general prime/bleed on that. Not sure what his has yet.
 
Thanks RET-N-IA. I really don't know the guy at all.
He's a local guy that needs a little help.
Just rural America out here. LOL
 
Same boat Jerry. Funny considering we were both sailors!
It is a slippery slope. In fact, its the reason I won't work on
other people's cars anymore. That used to be fun too.
One doctor actually Googled the prices of parts he thought it
would take to "rebuild" the engine in his Dodge minivan, which
totaled just over $1000, then figured I should be able to do the
job for around $1500. I'm sure he's never been inside and engine,
let alone paid the bill at a machine shop!
 
Gears, Tractorguy, MaineMan, John Deere D, thanks for the input.
I was thinking of charging by the job instead of by the hour.
Foolish really, with something this old you never know what
you'll get into, but it is more of a "help him out" type of deal.
He did say he was thinking of selling it "as-is". Maybe I should
just buy it outright if I'm getting into it that far! LOL
 
I was interested to read the responses to this post. I have no idea what would be a reasonable price on parts or labor. It seems when I price parts from someone, usually CL, they want quite a bit for 60 year old parts. I'm not very good at bargaining for a good price.

Royce, you sound like me. I'm always afraid to price work to someone out of fear that I will ask too much. I end up doing stuff for next to nothing or taking a loss. Good luck with your project.
 
I had to switch to classic view to see what you meant.
That doesn't show up in modern view and shouldn't.
I did not post that comment on any forum.
Must be the sync between the two views again.
 
(quoted from post at 07:38:06 10/16/14) Another odd post. Not your comment Royce but how your reply on the Ford Board made it over here.

We have also had a number of orphaned posts recently. I don't know exactly what software package this site uses but it is my impression that the posts are stored in a single relational data base (MySQL???) along with relational links identifying the board and thread to which they belong. A server crash at a critical moment in a database update can sometimes corrupt those links. A RDB product usually has a way for the database administrator to run a recovery process to restore damaged links but even then the transaction(s) that were active at the time of the crash may be unrecoverable. Big companies pay very big bucks for very robust RDB's and redundant processing systems to ensure they do not lose transactions due to a system failure. Small sites often have to make do with freeware which is a little less robust ;-)

TOH
 
Locked diff
If the spiders are not locked you can jack up one wheel...

If you have a few pieces of tin you can oil them and slide under the tires so you can slide it back...

You could also remove the carrier..
 

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