tractormiallis
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What is the rate to charge for raking and baling straw into small squares? I am thinking of charging by the bale, but not sure exactly what the going rate is.
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Anonymous-0
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Depends on how far you need to drive and how many bale you have to make and your fixed costs.
I was asked to drive 30 miles one way to bale 300 bales. Told him $1.00 per bale. He said I was craxzy. I told him I wouldn't drive for nearly 4 hours just to get to the field and back. Then another 2 hours baling for $300. That's only $50 per your for machine time. Just my way of thinking out loud.
I was asked to drive 30 miles one way to bale 300 bales. Told him $1.00 per bale. He said I was craxzy. I told him I wouldn't drive for nearly 4 hours just to get to the field and back. Then another 2 hours baling for $300. That's only $50 per your for machine time. Just my way of thinking out loud.
Nathan (SD)
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Local guy here is 80 cents with $100 minimum. If its too far to go he just says no.
Anonymous-0
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And then you have all the risks of roading a tractor and equipment that far too. Too many people texting while driving to not figure that in.
Ron Grother
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just remember every time that baler makes a bale some thing is wareing out on your machine.1.25 a bale
Bruce from Can.
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- Woodville, Ontario, Canada
Buck a bale, if that is too much, let them handle it with a fork the way it came out of the combine. Wonder how a dollar per bale would look then?.
wilson ind
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in early 60 late 50as a teenager i got 25 cents bale small squares wire tie. paid 12 cents to dad for gas and ware on tractor and machine. I made good money and that was my extrs for working summers and chores in winter. I had money for old car gas and money in bank. I learned to not waste my money and yet having everything i needed.probably when I became a tight wad and really felt sorry for town kids who had good allowance but no pride. In always having cash I learned to manage debt . Consider inflation the one dollare a bale is cheap--cheap. gas was 25 cents consider ten times inflation 2.50 a bale would be ok.
Bud Sather in MT
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- Glasgow, Mt
I charge $1.00 per bale. The guy who hauls them charges 40 cents per bale. You don"t pay the dollar I don"t bale. The old 440 is wearing out.
Bud
Bud
JimB2
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- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Think about this, last Monday we had a severe thunderstorm with high winds and it flipped over about 6 shingles on the one corner of our roof. Called the roofing company that had installed the roof 15 years ago. Minimum charge is $400.00 for a roof repair of up to 9 shingles being replaced.
The company is local and they were doing a job about 3 miles away and they came the next afternoon, were here about half an hour and I supplied the shingles from a partial bundle that I had kept from original install.
What I trying to say is farmers do not charge enough for their time and equipment use as other companies.
JImB
The company is local and they were doing a job about 3 miles away and they came the next afternoon, were here about half an hour and I supplied the shingles from a partial bundle that I had kept from original install.
What I trying to say is farmers do not charge enough for their time and equipment use as other companies.
JImB
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