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Aussietractor
06-18-2005 18:11:26
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Re: Bush Hog Rate in reply to Joe in IN, 06-17-2005 19:15:40
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Joe in IN, Be careful in charging per acre, unless you have been over that same ground previously. I do what you people call "hogging" [hope I got that right] professionally. I don't recall how many times that I've been "caught" by charging on a per acre basis. There are that many variables to take into consideration that can blow your time and costs out, and it might end up costing you more than you charge.
Some of the variables are,- what type of grass are you cutting, how wet is it, how high is it, how rough is the ground, [can slow you to a snails pace if left rough after previous ploughing etc], how much rubbish is on it, -ask the owner, they always tell that it is absolutely clear/clean, and then only to run into a pile of old wire, rubbish, twine, scrap metal, rope, cable, hose, concrete, rocks, tree stumps,water cocks/meters, etc etc, [been there and done all that] and spend an hour or two trying to cut cr_p from the rotor shaft of the mower, hopefully without damage to machine or shaft seal.
Having said that I think you would be going very well to cut maybe 2,5 acres per hour with the gear you've got, without any unseen stopages, so you would be looking at about 3 to 3.5 hours minimum. Can't suggest an hourly rate for you. but on similar job in Aussie, I would be asking $Aust60/hour, that equals about $US45/hour
I don't want to turn you off the job, but tread cautiously, after all no one wants to work for nothing.
Good luck to you.
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