Whats a fair rate for custom brushhogging?

I got stopped driving by with the N with the hog on it and they want me to cut the weeds.

So far they have raised my taxes by bring in a bunch of kids and now the school says they need 34 million more which is about 300.00 more on my taxes a year and they passed it retroactive
to last year,

Plus bidding up the price of land which is fine if I sold but have raised the taxes over a grand a year during the past 5 years or so.

Bottom line is, I'm not thrilled with their
being there and don't intend on giving them a buddy break.

So whats a fair price? 25.00 an hour? More less
what the concensus among you hoggers?

• Pennsylvania custom rates

• Ohio Custom rates

Overpopulation is the world's #1 most serious problem!

Charge them as much as you can.

The customs of the day have a great deal to do with what goes on in
the classroom and maybe not raising taxes and teachers pay..

About 100 years ago, teachers had to follow very strict rules. In
the early 1900s a woman teacher might have signed a contract agreeing:

1. To wear at least two petticoats.
2. Never to wear dresses that were more than two inches above
her ankles.
3. To wear dark-colored clothes.
4. Never to dye her hair.
5. Never to smoke cigarettes.
6. To be at home from 8 o'clock at night until 6 o'clock in the
morning, unless she were at a school meeting.
7. To get a good night's sleep every night.
8. Not to stay downtown in ice cream parlors too long.
9. Not to go out with men.
10. Never to get married.
11. To sweep the schoolroom floor every day.
12. To scrub the schoolroom floor weekly.
13. To start a fire in the schoolhouse every morning so the room
would be warm when the children arrived.

A mayor of one town started enought projects and managed the towns money well enough that the town became self sufficent. This probably doesnt apply to every town because of various resources available but I bet most are run like our town "thats the way we always did it".

I don't charge anything to my new neighbors as they invade (your words) and I've got some good neighbors. I figure, unless I buy the land, they got just as much right to it as I. That is what makes America great. If I break something on my N, it might just as well have happenned on my land. No big deal.

And if you want a bunch of undereducated kids, then keep voting down the school tax increases. Then you can complain about how good intelligent help is hard to find.

In the long run, nice big yuppie houses will increase the value of your property more than your taxes.....

byt the way....75 dollars an hour sounds about right.

Take Care
Steve

I don't think you understand these guys or the situation.

And money doesn't make good schools.

And money doesn't make the man, for that matter.

Sounds like we're not to far apart on the map Salmoneye.

Greg VT

I was lucky enough to be able to pay off the house and the vehicles before my wife and I had our daughter. I believe so much in your views about parenting that I have been home for the last 4 years. Our daughter is polite, intelligent, outgoing, and she knows how to drive an 8N. Can't wait till she can reach the pedals, but for now steering is good enough (please...no lectures about how dangerous that is).

PS...I am about 12 miles south of Burlington in Charlotte...Where are you?...

I'm 40 miles north of Burlington in Sheldon, about 10 miles from the house I was born and raised in.

Do you know of any tractor shows coming up in the area? Greg

You might not like neighbors, neither do I, but exactly where should they go, and who dictates where they are allowed? Welcome to America.

I'd love to see one of the school tax initiatives pass around here, and I don't even have kids. Count yourself lucky that they care enough about education to be willing to pay for it. Then charge them $75/hr for the brush cut, or better yet a fixed fee for the whole year (cut once/twice/whatever - agreed to before hand).

Brent

Go figure and good luck making some extra $$$ to pamper your N with!

Andy

$75 base plus $60 hour with a 2 hour minimum = $195 minimum charge.

These guys are insured and this is only a small part of thier businesses. They tell me they turn a lot of hog work down and only do it for customers they know really well and limit the amount to less than 4-5 acres. The liability is a big issue for these guys.

Lot's of new folks comming to the "country suburbs" that have been growing lately. Building lots of 2-10 acres are common in my area now...and many of the new folks get bent out of shape when they hear a tractor at 7 in the morn on a Saturday or a chain saw for 4 hours in the afternoon...and they really don't like the smell of a cow pie or a cow giving birth at 2 in the morning in the field behind thier new colonial home.

Why many of these people move out here is beyound me, they seem to want farm ways to stop and accomodate them...they like to see a barn out thier window, but no animal sounds/smells or equipment noise

IMHO

Sal

I don't think they want "farm ways". Certainly, I don't. There are lots and lots of reasons to live in the country besides the perfume.

Brent

As for brush hoggin' their weeds I've been charging a flat rate of $100 per acre since it IS wear and tear on both me, my tractor and the hog. I also bought a 16 foot trailer to haul my 8N and hog around so I don't have to drive the tractor there. I've got more takers than complainers and I too don't have the time to do them all.

Since I got here I've had a new well dug, Aerobic septic system installed and now having a new ranch house built. I've delivered 4 calves and one I had to pull out with my tractor! I've learned a lot in a pretty short time and the "old timers" seem to be amused but they really do help when I need it. I guess I just don't understand why people move out to the country when they really don't enjoy the sights and smells of it.

If they are a "good" neighbor, I'll go $25.00/hr.

Remember, you break it you eat it. If you know the ground - not to worry, but if you don't know what's out there - Murphy's Law says YOU WILL FIND IT AND IT WILL BREAK YOUR TOY.

Quote'em a rate that you can live with. If they think it too high, they'll stop bugging you, if thay think it's a fair price, then both are happy.

Be safe and don't play with yellow jackets!