Custom rate to haul manure

I'm hauling solid manure for a neighbor and I wanted to know what a fair custom rate would be.

The details. We both agreed we would determine a custom rate as I have paid him to do things in the past. We help each out if it is a quick job but things like this we just want to be fair to each other.

1. I'm loading with my skidloader and he is loading with his loader tractor

2. It is a short haul across the road from the farm.

3. I'm using a knight 1040 spreader and a 986 tractor if that matters

Thanks in advance for input.

That's a toughie. No need to explain reasoning as some of us like horse trading under the table and some of us like doing it all back and forth going rate to keep the tax man happy and avoid feuding with neighbours over money. If it was me and that was the agreement I'd bring my equipment fueled completely full maybe offer to let him check if he likes,he'll probably laugh and say he trusts you but at least put it out there. Assuming you already established spreading rates figure out how much time is reasonable to make the trip each way per load and what your tractor and you are worth per hour. Now the spreader. Around here that spreader would fetch $350/day (Canada) provided it worked all day and you didn't have to fight with it to work. If it's just the hauling part than your using it as a wagon at that time. If a guy rented a silage bale wagon that rate would be comparable. Let's say it's $100/day to rent a big steel tandem wagon,divide that by 24 to get an hour (I know it's not going to go 24 hr straight but rental stores don't care). Than multiply that amount by the actual hauling time and maybe maybe not the coming back empty time. For an accurate skid steer price maybe ask a rental store what they'd charge /day to rent a similarly hp one and do the math per hour use on that too?

What I have found that works for various types of farm implements and tractors is so much an hour. With around a 100 HP tractor and spreader I would say $40-50 an hour. I am figuring $25-30 for the tractor and $15-20 for the spreader.

Here in southern NH that spreader and tractor would go for around $75-85 per hour, but everything is high around here.

Show crop I figure the "friendly Neighbor" rate. Not the go out and make a living rate. LOL

(quoted from post at 19:10:58 03/21/18) Show crop I figure the "friendly Neighbor" rate. Not the go out and make a living rate. LOL

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We probably have different types of friendly neighbors here, Ours move up from suburbs of Boston with high six figure incomes, start a little farm, (read that as posers) and vote in expensive projects and services at town meeting for which we all pay dearly. Were the shoe on the other foot, I expect that they would have much newer equipment and expect to get paid even more for it.