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I have a neighbor that wants their pasture cut. I have a IH 656 tractor and a newer 10 foot woods mower. What would be a fair rate. By the acre or by the hour. I"m in Southern Wisconsin. I would supply the fuel.

Thanks for the info
 
Boy, I dunno,

I always help out my neighbors for nothing, 'cause ya ever know when you might need their help in return.

Now, on the other hand, if they start taking advantage of ya (which I've yet to experience), that's a whole 'nother story and in that case, I'd just plain stop the silly process.

Allan
 
Boy, I dunno,

I always help out my neighbors for nothing, 'cause ya ever know when you might need their help in return.

Now, on the other hand, if they start taking advantage of ya (which I've yet to experience), that's a whole 'nother story and in that case, I'd just plain stop the silly process.

Allan
 
I tend to agree with Allen, but not all neighbors are the same. What I do in most cases is have them supply the fuel and charge $5.00 an hour for wear and tear, maybe more if ground is rocky.

Otherwise for general money making type mowing I charge $65.00 an hour for a 10 foot mower in grass or a 6 foot mower in brush
 
All depends on the neighbor. I have one that I would not help if he payed me to do so and I have another that if he needs help I will go help him and if he asked me how much I say X$ for gas and that is about it. But I have also known the guys dad for decades. Now if it is just some one up the road from you and your doing it to make some $$ I would say around $65-85 per hour
 
Depends. Clean lot I have mowed before...45 and hour. Dirty, grown up, chance to tear something up by hitting something guys says is not there...65. A junk yard mess...won't even look at it.
 
I charge what a rental company would charge for them to rent the equipment and delivery/ pick up. I then do the work with my equipment and not charge for my time hourly. Usually comes out to $250 per half day.
I figure it gets them the work done cheaper than they could rent the equipment for and do it themselves as I am doing the operation so they don't have to. And I get to run my tractor for a few hours and get paid for its use!
 
I should clarify it is a person up the road that has horses. they stopped and asked me while I was mowing my pasture. The nextdoor neighbor I would do for nothing as I use his equipment once in a while and he has helped me out in a bind.
I wouls be doing this to make money not as good will. Thanks for the info guys.
 
I mowed a small section at the rear of my neighbor's property that hadn't been mowed in years. He was trying to cut it with a string trimmer and wasn't making much headway. I told him I had something that would cut it and wouldn't take very long. I told him I had an old Toro Grassking rotary it has a 31-inch blade that acts like a flywheel when it get's to spinning. He said bring it over. Took less than 30 minutes and he wanted to know what I wanted and I told him I would let decide that. He gave me $50.00
and now its nice and green and he keeps it mowed.

Here's that old mower and it has made short work of pole lima vines and I have some planted this year. Hal
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Depends on your motivation for doing the job I suppose...
For profit... I'd think you would start around 70/hour and go up from there.

Rod
 
I get $35 to $45 from portal to portal 4 hour min. for a 27 HP tractor with a 5' brush hog to mow grass. If it is a neighbor do it for fuel.
 
wish i had this mower, is that hole on the bottom for a sulky? i got some places i cant get in with a tractor and brush hog and my string trimmers are too wimpy, got 3 of those wheeled ones too, there rusting away behind the shed, all have serious problems with mowing head which costs more than half of what the whole thing cost new
 
By the acre, nobody does any machine hire by the hour here in Iowa.

Depends on the terrain and what you are cutting, but $10-20 per acre ballpark

Kevin
 
By the acre, nobody does any machine hire by the hour here in Iowa.

Depends on the terrain and what you are cutting, but $10-20 per acre ballpark

Kevin
 
Hard to charge for having fun. That's why I quit car mechanic work long time ago. Loved to get something back on the road. Even bought cars to see what was wrong or cars that were labeled "not fixable." Anyhow grass, around here if you have zero turn and are one the ball, dollar a minute. Big investment if you have mower, truck, trailer and small mower and gas.
 
Hard to charge for having fun. That's why I quit car mechanic work long time ago. Loved to get something back on the road. Even bought cars to see what was wrong or cars that were labeled "not fixable." Anyhow grass, around here if you have zero turn and are one the ball, dollar a minute. Big investment if you have mower, truck, trailer and small mower and gas.
 
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