Custom baling

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SVcummins

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• Jul 13, 2020

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Rates what do you charge to cut rake and bale little bales 60 pound bales ?

 

Tx Jim

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Location

Coyote Flats, Texas

• Jul 13, 2020

• #1

I just completed the sale of my small sq baler but in the past I was charging $2.00 to cut/rake/sq bale 55-60# bales

 

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fastfarmall

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• Jul 13, 2020

• #1

I can see why my Niece and her husband are getting rid of their horse's ! LOL !!

 

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Keith Molden

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• Jul 13, 2020

• #1

Figuring the cost of fuel, twine and equipment, that is a fare sounding price to drop them on the
ground. Putting them in someone's hay mow that's gonna call for more in my book. I don't do
custom baling at all.

 

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Briar Hill Brittanys

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Location

Near Jasper, MO

• Jul 13, 2020

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I get $2.00/bale to mow, rake, bale and drop in SW MO.

 

grandpa Love

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• Jul 13, 2020

• #1

Don't ask me. I bale hay as a fun hobby!!

 

showcrop

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• Jul 13, 2020

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$5.25 if the stand is fairly strong. If not I charge by the hour for the equipment and operator.

 

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Mike(NEOhio)

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Location

Newbury, Ohio

• Jul 13, 2020

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I pay $2 a bale on the wagon. Hourly for the crew to stack in the barn.

 

Tx Jim

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Location

Coyote Flats, Texas

• Jul 13, 2020

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(quoted from post at 06:52:08 07/13/20)

$5.25 if the stand is fairly strong. If not I charge by the hour for the equipment and operator.

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$5.25 per bale for small sq baling?????? WOW

 

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SHALER

Member

• Jul 13, 2020

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Many land grant universities publish yearly a custom rate schedule for all kinds of custom work. I know ours does. Check with your state university.

 

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Traditional Farmer

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Location

Virginia

• Jul 13, 2020

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You ain't kidding,I can buy nice squares cheaper than that out the barn.

 

showcrop

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• Jul 13, 2020

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(quoted from post at 05:36:48 07/13/20)

(quoted from post at 06:52:08 07/13/20)

$5.25 if the stand is fairly strong. If not I charge by the hour for the equipment and operator.

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$5.25 per bale for small sq baling?????? WOW

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We have a strong haymaker's cartel here, LOL.

 

rockyridgefarm

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• Jul 13, 2020

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(quoted from post at 22:50:21 07/12/20) Rates what do you charge to cut rake and bale little bales 60 pound bales ?

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There is ZERO demand for custom baling small squares around here. First, almost everyone has a baler sitting in the shed that has not been used in 10 years. If they do not have one, they have a neighbor who does.

I am going to small square 400 bales this coming week for some neighbors with horses. I cut rake and bale my own ground and will be getting $5 a bale. That is a premium price, because small squares often bring $3.50-5 a bale at the hay auction.

 

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DeltaRed

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• Jul 13, 2020

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25.00 to cut/swath;12.00 acre to rake;1.00 BALE;1.00 to pick/stack with NH #1032 stackwagon.25 bale per acre minimum to bale and stack. However,I quit custom stacking this year.I also have a $100.00 minimum per operation to cover the little 1-2 acre guys.Dont do 'shares',cash(or good check) only...For shares,got to have 2/3 on average hay. You can get by with half-5/8 on exceptional hay,poor hay you need more. As said,no more 'shares' for me,I usually get screwed.It's usually the guy with poor hay(and no money) who want you to do shares.They can find someone else.Western Colorado.

 

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tomturkey

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• Jul 13, 2020

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I bale hay and my son sells it. I will not deal with some persnickity horse person who wants cadilac hay at Ford fiesta prices. Life is too short to add that kind of frustration to my life. gobble

 

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DeltaRed

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• Jul 13, 2020

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Yep,top quality for poor/mediocre price. Nope. wont hapoen. Or the ones that say the guy down the road is a dollar a bale cheaper. In that case,I have no hay for sale. go buy it from him.....Female 'horse people' with one or two horses are the worse.

 

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Dopp Creek

Member

• Jul 13, 2020

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I charge 80/ton to cut, tedd (if necessary), rake and bale. Works out to a hair over 2.00/bale. NW Oregon.

 

mudcreek183

Member

• Jul 13, 2020

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$2.50 a bale (cut tedder once rake and bale) not to many in my area that do it.

 

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Robert (ID)

Member

• Jul 13, 2020

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well we are $18/acre to cut
$4 acre to rake, same price weather its merged 2 to 1 with big rakes for big baler or just flipped with little rake for little baler..
Im charging $.55 a bale for 14x18X40 55lb average.
If I stack em, I use a NH 1044 and its $0.55 a bale 132 bales a load.
Or $12 a bale to bale 3x4x8

Hope this helps

 

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flying belgian

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• Jul 13, 2020

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$65/hr. whether I am cutting, raking, baling or just walking across the field.

 

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SVcummins

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• Jul 14, 2020

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Thanks everyone for the replies . I like the 2.00$ per bale figure that seems like that would work about right for the small fields I’ve been doing anyway unless it’s really a poor crop