Re: Fair price for mowing

Posted by Indydirtfarmer on September 04, 2003 at 04:10:59 from (66.83.236.250):

In Reply to: Fair price for mowing posted by Butcher on September 03, 2003 at 18:39:06:

By the sound of things, you probably have a nice, clean, fairly easy to mow, field. Just like the one I mowed on monday.
On the second round, I hit a cut-off telephone pole, left about 8 inches out of the ground. This is in 3 foot tall weeds. BANG! Thank God for slip-clutches.
I do all the bush hogging I can get at $60.00 an hour. This is for a 60 HP tractor, and a 6' mower. I stay as busy as I can handle. (I work a 40 hr job and farm too) If you do this kind of work a lot, you have to make enough to cover the liability, and the potential loss of equipment when you figure your price.
I get $60 an hour, plus $35 an hour travel time. If it's close enough to home that I can just drive the tractor, with out involving the trailor, I might knock it down to $45 or $50 an hour.
I live on the outskirts of a major city, and the prices are higher than "way out in the country".
A lot of things play into what someone might charge you.

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