Grass mowing

[NoRush]

I'm thinking of doing some grass mowing for our village as the parish council aren't happy with the contractors. I've do plenty of mowing in the past but through a farmer so only ever change hourly. What sort of price would you charge for a football pitch and would you do it weekly in summer or depending on grass growth.

[s.varty]

I'm thinking of doing some grass mowing for our village as the parish council aren't happy with the contractors. I've do plenty of mowing in the past but through a farmer so only ever change hourly. What sort of price would you charge for a football pitch and would you do it weekly in summer or depending on grass growth.

 

Price will depend on what your going cut it with, could take a couple of hours or all day.

[HertsWood]

You need a trailed Gang mower for a football pitch. Either powered or in-powered. We've used a Hayter 7-Gang mower, takes less than 1/2hr.

Alternatively a Hayter or Ransomes 3-cylinder ride-on gang would take longer.

During the summer, you'd have to cut once a week or 2 - 3 times per month.

Matt

[dumper]

I use a bat wing rotary to cut pitches takes about 1/2 hour per pitch number of cuts varies according to the weather we price for 30 per year

[NoRush]

Was thinking of a hayter or ransom triple gang ride on. What sort of prices do people charge or should I be looking at

[HertsWood]

You will be up against the big contractors who get all the public sector work - like John o Connor, Tillbrooks, Frank Cooper, Glendale. All with big pockets for the best kit, who will be able to undercut you. We've got 4x school contracts, we don't make a lot in the summer due to the number of cuts required. The big contractors with 20+ schools can afford to loose money on the smaller sites as they have economies of scale on their side.

[hedgesparrow]

You will be up against the big contractors who get all the public sector work - like John o Connor, Tillbrooks, Frank Cooper, Glendale. All with big pockets for the best kit, who will be able to undercut you. We've got 4x school contracts, we don't make a lot in the summer due to the number of cuts required. The big contractors with 20+ schools can afford to loose money on the smaller sites as they have economies of scale on their side.

+1 got OCS as well going for them. its a cut throat market big boys big toys who can do it in 10will undercut the small boy with a smaller mower due to costs. still got 3 nice parish contracts s fed up with the big boys.

its hard to say how much look at it work out how many runs it will take and say its going to cost x. i do playing fields every two weeks untill cricket starts then every week they like it short outfields 20mm or under as per ECB guidlines. i do mine20mm. seem happy with it. but i think what i charge is cheap for job but any dearer and would not get contract parish councils have very few friends. no matter how good you are if x puts in a price cheaper will go for cheaper price. untill they make a crap job. like two of mine then got me to get it back to standard. that was a very big contractor doing there work who got the boot,

[Daniel Jiggins]

I think it's more of 'Who You Know' when it comes to PC contracts. Yes price comes into it but it's not the deciding factor.