Re: Do you fellas do tractor mowing for hire?

Posted by John in Maryland on May 08, 2002 at 11:31:09 from (66.56.220.94):

In Reply to: Do you fellas do tractor mowing for hire? posted by lc on May 07, 2002 at 13:13:01:

I do it some, just kinda as a little side thing. As others have said, it depends on the terrain and what you're cutting. If it's just grass, say 5 acres, I charge $50 to show up and about $35 each hour after the first hour. Never had anyone complain. I have also done a spot that was only 1 1/2 acres, but was small locust trees w/big thorns, REAL THICK, about as tall as the top of the roll bar on the tractor. That time I was using a case IH 385 and 6' bushhog. The guy had bought the property and had no idea if there were stumps or what. I told him flat out, $275, and if I got a flat tire as the result of a thorn, he agreed to pay half of the repair, whether it be front or rear. Actually took quite a while to get it knocked down and looking nice. On the other side of it, I have done some bushhogging for a fella that buys land, clears it, then turns into housing subdivisions. The land has been cleared, but weeds will grow up in the lots if it takes a while before they are built. I go in before they start, he pays me $100 per lot. They range anywhere from 1-3 acres. I'm not on a contract or anything, he is a friend of my fathers and my brothers and I do it for him, and that is what he offered to pay me. I lost money on the last one I did for him. One bushhog a u-joint broke. Went and got the other one, and in the weeds the blades hit a "tooth" off the bucket of an excavator that had broke off. Broke 5" off the end of my blade. By the time I got parts and things fixed and had run over there 3 times, I think I lost money on the deal. Don't be afraid to charge a decent price if you do a really good job.

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