Multi part questions. What is going rate for someone to come out and run one probably 8 hours. Need one with mulching cutter, cutting undergrowth pines. About 6 acres. Sumter county. Should I rent machine or just contract job?
Multi part questions. What is going rate for someone to come out and run one probably 8 hours. Need one with mulching cutter, cutting undergrowth pines. About 6 acres. Sumter county. Should I rent machine or just contract job?
I usually pay about $2000 a day for the machine and operator for all they can cut in about 12 hours.....bear in mind, that's a licensed contractor with insurance and such hauling it to and from the site, etc.
I rented the machine and operated it myself once just to see the difference. I can run a skid steer fairly decent, but I cut about half what they normally do. But then again if I broke it I was paying for it. The employees of the contractor I use are more of the drive it like you stole it type of guys.
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Hire it out if you aren't experienced. You'll spend more time trying to get the feel than getting work done.
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My friend charges $175 an hour to run his cutter head.
I would find somebody to do it. I used to run one when I did Natural Resource work. I got pretty good at it but it takes time to get a feel for a mulching head. Those heads are constantly needing work or breaking down. You don't want that bill.
I would imagine you are looking at $150-200 an hour.
You can pretty up some land with one.
Last edited by ProvidenceSwamper; 09-04-2014 at 11:33 AM.
I use a guy in the upstate from time to time, he charges $150/hour... When we need him it is worth it.... Only use them for bamboo patches and un-maintained clear cuts left for years that are supper thick. That thing makes short work of both.
Thanks for replies. Some one want to shoot me a message with a contract number?
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A client of mine had some work done in NC recently and it ran him $150 per hour. I think anything under $200 per hour is fair. If you're clearing big enough acreage with enough volume to it, a logging crew with a chipper is the best route.
FYI.... I ran a skid steer for the first time today and can operate most any equipment.
But those skid steers aren't made for 6' 2" 225# operators!..... For whatever it's worth...
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I wish that person you put me in touch with hadn't sold his big ass one before I got ahold of him. He told me there were only two that size east of the Mississippi. I would have like to have seen it run.
We have a seasonally flooded cutover we need a road cut across, too. It has been dry enough lately. Time may slip by on that.
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