Posted by Lee in Iowa on December 13, 2008 at 20:16:06 from (66.172.198.96):
I've been working with a neighbor for the last ten to fifteen years, and he worked with my dad when he was still farming. He does my combining and I do his round baling and haul in his crops and a lot of fixing on his combine. It went great until this year. I hate to say it but he has really started to slip. On two different occasions he couldn't figure out how to put air in the combine tire, the first time he called the tire truck just to air up his tire. Also it seems to make a big difference where he's running as to how he runs on his very careful on somebody elses not very careful runs tank over, runs down a lot of corn on end rows. Then after his was done and before mine was he decided everything that broke on the combine was my fault, he wasn't going to combine any more and he wanted paid right away. Three things broke on the combine while I was running it - connector link came apart on raddle chain simple fix, water pump went out-I caught it before it got hot and I put new one on, and straw walker came apart and caught the side of the combine. I don't really think there was much I could have done to prevent any of these. But he blames all the break downs,not just these, on me and says I'm bad luck if nothing else. My questions are should I charge him for all the work I've done hauling, fixing, use of my tractor and what should I charge. Iowa custom rate survey says 11.70 for labor per hour for operating machinery, 20 cents per horsepower for tractor rent. Would $20 per hour for mechanic work mostly in my shop be fair. Iowa custom survey also says $7.50 per acre to rent a corn head. Would it be fair to take that much off the combining per acre where we used my corn head for different row spacing. Should I try to get one of his kids to be there when we settle up so he doesn't think I'm taking advantage of him. He also has quit doing business with at least four different businesses in the area because he thinks they are screwing him. Sorry about the long post, but I've worked all fall helping harvest and can't really afford to pay full price for combining and throw in all my work. Lee
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