Posted by doug in illinois on June 18, 2011 at 17:32:20 from (173.233.168.105):
In Reply to: Paying Hay Help posted by low budget on June 18, 2011 at 04:33:49:
I read through all the replies so far. By the bale is probably the best way to keep everyone honest.
I "hired" someone last year at $10 per hour using my pickup to haul about 150 small bales from temporary storage to "permanent" storage. That should have been 2 or 3 pickup loads, the way I load the truck it would have been two loads.
He brought two other men with him, which I did not OK. Took them 8 hours to haul the 150 bales 8 miles. What they stacked fell over two days later.
I could have hauled and properly stacked that small amount myself in half that time. I used to figure two bales per minute, but I am getting slower. At one bale per minute it would have been 300 bales handled (150 loaded, 150 stacked). At 1 per minute that should have been 5 man hours, not the 24 man hours they were expecting. Road time would have added about an hour, so 6 man hours.
Anyhow, at $12 per hour and 60 bales per hour that should equal 20 cents per bale each time the bale gets touched. 20 x 2 = 40 cents. So for racking and stacking 50 cents per bale should get some good fast help.
If the help understands the faster they get it done the more they make per hour it will work better for everyone. The young bucks should be able to get close to the 100 bales per hour that I used to do all the time. That would be $25.00 per hour rack and stack because the bales get handled twice.
If they take their time at 1 per minute that is still $12 per hour for both jobs.
This is assuming a one man crew, two should be able to more than double the hay handled.
Back in high school we had a 4 man crew that would have one on the rack behind the baler, one unloading the rack to the two stacking. Stacking crew was always ready for the next full rack before it got there. That was in the 70's, we got 10 cents a bale for all handling. But at 200 plus bales per hour that was $20 per hour divided 4 ways, or $5.00 per hour each. Not bad money for a few hours work when minimum wage back then was around $2.10 per hour. DOUG
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