Probably started figuring it was gonna take a long time to pay for a $60,000 rig at $145 a trip. With the initial cost of his rig, his time, in this case at least three hours, plus fuel, insurance and other costs, it's hard to always be cheap enough to make ends meet and keep customers happy. A friend of mine sells hay for $25 a round bale, and I charge at least $40. I farm for a living, and have over $125,000 in machinery that I put into the field while making hay, while Charlie does it for some extra cash and has less than $50,000 tied up in some old used equipment. Any hay that I sell is the best I have- the rest gets fed to a herd of Angus. He'll sell whatever he bales, and has no other overhead, and if it's moldy, gives no guarantee. I have farmed for over forty years, and have just decided I can't work to break even anymore. Maybe your guy is discovering that just breaking even is no longer an option.
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