Work with a tractor

[Jocky]

I have a 35 hp compact tractor that I use for paddock maintenance. What other avenues of work could I use it for especially in winter. front loader grab with winch and hire out with myself to drive? chipper? any ideas welcome.

 

Regards.

[Lyncombe-climber]

I'd use you. Price depending. Where abouts are you?

[Jocky]

staffs a bit far. What sort of kit would you be wanting. obviously it would quite a big investment so I want to make sure the works there.

[mini_andi@msn.com]

ours goes out for the following bits, sometimes need to hire additional implements etc.

-hedge cutting

-carting/muck shifting in large gardens

-log splitting

-trenching

-small woodland mgmt. tasks

-fencing

-gritting

-larger landscape jobs,moving shrubs/trees

-levelling bar for drives/ménages

-towing our chipper/ timber off jobs

never hire it out without operator as ive learnt it normally comes back bent.lol

in the spring it goes out with hollow tine aerator and scarifier to larger maintenance jobs and in the summer its on the flail and or finishing mower

hope this helps

Edited February 16, 2013 by mini_andi@msn.com

[Jocky]

yes cheers. I wouldn't hire mine without an operator either. Only having one tractor if it was sidelined i'd be screwed.

[mini_andi@msn.com]

  Jocky said:

yes cheers. I wouldn't hire mine without an operator either. Only having one tractor if it was sidelined i'd be screwed.

 

we once hired our previous st-30 out to a local landscaper to cart 30 tonnes of leaf mouldy compost stuff 400yards from the drop site up a garden to a newly created bed,had put it in 4wd for 2days solid on hard surfaces and had the front axle so hot the paint had rippled around the front diff

[Jocky]

  mini_andi@msn.com said:

we once hired our previous st-30 out to a local landscaper to cart 30 tonnes of leaf mouldy compost stuff 400yards from the drop site up a garden to a newly created bed,had put it in 4wd for 2days solid on hard surfaces and had the front axle so hot the paint had rippled around the front diff

 

Ouch! Its the horror stories like this that put me off hiring without an operator.

 

Lycombe climber. Going by your profile I am out of your range. But just as a bit of market research. What equipment would you be after (winch etc)? And what would you be prepared to pay as a day rate with an operator? Pm me if you prefer.

 

cheers.