You are one of very few people on utube that is willing to discuss what they charge. Very informative, thank you 👍
@DigginLife21
4 жыл бұрын
I’m here for y’all. Thanks for watching
@michaelmactavish1728
3 жыл бұрын
@@DigginLife21 im glad have good and the best credit at my stihl and my kubota dealer wich i have kubota and stihl credit account at the dealers
@charlesbourgeois9029
3 жыл бұрын
Pto driven turf tiger at 6 inches is our brush hog for that.
@dennismorris4855
9 ай бұрын
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@waynecastleman1363
Ай бұрын
As much fun as us men have playing with tractors and equipment as far as trying to actually make money one has to be a good manager and many of us know this if we grew up on a farm. But good video with straight up common sense thinking is the reality of real world money making. Work hard , love God, Country and family and don't forget the ham sandwich 🙏🤠🇺🇸💪
@PilotJames3
4 жыл бұрын
Good analysis. This is the kind of thing they should show kids in high school to introduce them to how business works
@tractorjeff425
3 жыл бұрын
I say it still beats working for someone else...
@orchardtvchannel
4 жыл бұрын
Hi , thanks for the break down of costs to run your business . Everyone has to learn to manage costs. Keep the information videos coming.
@DigginLife21
4 жыл бұрын
MyOrchardVideos I’ll keep making vids as long as I feel like they help folks
@FieldWorxoverlandadventures
3 жыл бұрын
I have a field mowing business in California, it’s good business but to make it work especially the busy season you have to work seven days a week for about four months and if something breaks you have to stay up all night fixing it to get to the next job I have two tractors I run John Deere both cab tractors my units are from 66 hp to90 hp I use boom flail mower with hammer blades also 8 foot flail mower with Y blade and I have different rotary mower‘s which a lot of folks called bush hog in different sizes I have one specific that I rebuild every six months it gets beat up real bad but it’s very useful especially in fields I know I’m going to hit rocks even though we’re not supposed to hit rocks if they’re there I find them every time, your tractor looks like a good tractor I had Kubota it’s just my dealer I didn’t get along with them so I went to John Deere and I’m very happy with John Deere, My average day is about 14 hours if I’m not doing three or four small jobs in one day I’m doing large acreage I also run a 12 foot bat wing, the worst part of all of it most folks don’t realize how hard we work in our tractors all they see is us driving them, I probably do over 250 jobs a year and I can easily put 700 tractor hours per year. kudos to you and wish you the best with your business. Lots of caffeine gets me through those long days.
@2LateIWon
4 жыл бұрын
Also if you do this as a business you can have write offs, fuel, parts, insurance, etc etc but you have to do it legally
@michaelhartzell4751
4 жыл бұрын
Great job and thanks for all the business advice you give. It is appreciated my friend
@DigginLife21
4 жыл бұрын
Michael Hartzell it’s my pleasure
@hunterodom5976
10 ай бұрын
i will make this comment and it doesn’t go everyone bc everywhere is different i run a massey 6713 with a 15ft batwing bushwhacker for the highway department and the slopes are very steep sometimes for us and instead of using those weights you use we use the typical nose weights as i call em and spacers on the back tires to give the tractor a wider profile to combat over turning and they do slide down the slope but with it being wider it does help and another thing the counties around where i live do offer contracts to locals with tractors and bush hogs to mix the county roads for a nice big chunk of change
@SM-cg2dc
2 жыл бұрын
You forgot maintenance on that tractor. A hydraulic fluid and filter change will set you back several hundred dollars. Super UDT is not cheap, DO NOT use anything else, trust me! Then, there’s motor oil and filter. Mine has two air filters…🤬🤬. Fuel filter…. Grease…. Diesel treatment…. Wear and tear. PTO shafts wear out… blades wear and get tore up. Then, don’t try to buy parts…. Paying a friend to pull you out when you get buried in the mud…. Yep, I’ve had my tractor buried and got my truck stuck trying to pull out the tractor…. Yeah, that field was perfectly dry…. To top it all off, there’s a rapidly growing number of scumbags that won’t pay you! Money up front!!! Cash before I unload the tractor or I go home and they’re put on a list That I don’t answer the phone from! Yep, it’s sad that people are that dishonest!
@cleangreenlawnservicellc2630
3 жыл бұрын
I appreciate how you talk in real numbers......
@JustMe-mg6vw
4 жыл бұрын
I just spent a weekend trying to find someone to bush hog my small less than 2 acres and your video explains why no one wants to do it.
@michaelmactavish1728
3 жыл бұрын
kubota dealers accully can rent there kubota tractors and attachments out wich kubotas are only 1 branded dealers does it
@northeasterndirtandpropert7974
3 жыл бұрын
They will do it,are you willing to pay the price?
@michaelmactavish1728
3 жыл бұрын
@@northeasterndirtandpropert7974 i accully looked at a new kubota M6-131 with 131hp with loader and bucket and forks wich wasnt bad price for $68,900
@midwestbd7144
3 жыл бұрын
I would brush hog all day with my 25hp tractor but no one wants to pay $50/hr.
@alaefarmestatesllc
3 жыл бұрын
@@midwestbd7144 that’s because $50 an hour for a 25hp tractor brush hogging is kinda steep. Like really steep. I charge a little more than that an hour with a 4 hour minimum. With my 71 hp tractor, I can literally do 3-4 times more than u an hour. Not just because u have a tractor and mower can u charge what the bigger tractors charge. Size matters. Way more efficient p
@ardelpedro7866
3 жыл бұрын
I charge a flat rate of $250 per hour for forestry mulcher...dozer $175 per hour... excavation work $250 per hour...bush hogging $150 per hour. Sounds like a lot of money, but my equipment does a lot of work in one hour. I pay operators $45-55 per hour. In my area of Texas, I'm considered very reasonable price.
@TheFSeries
3 жыл бұрын
Your channel rocks! So humble and honest, it really shows how work and life actually works out.
@darrellk60daniel45
Жыл бұрын
Can you give an idea on a startup cost for a business like this? I’m a Army veteran looking at starting a bush hog business. Also, could you share maintenance and all insurance costs? Thanks for a great video !
@gadsdenconsulting7126
Жыл бұрын
Investment depends on what you're willing to go into debt for, or what your start-up budget is. You can buy a decent Ford 8N tractor and a used bush hog for less than $1500. Buy a used trailer and a 1500 pickup to haul it. Maintenance is pretty cheap if you do it yourself. Or, buy a new $25k Korean tractor and $2k new bush hog, and have $400+ payments a month. My 85 year old neighbor tilled gardens and bush hogged for people with old tractors, and a beat up trailer for 40 years. He didn't have the prettiest looking equipment, but he always had work. Never advertised; just word of mouth and regular, yearly customers. He just packed it in this year because of his age. Decide what you want, and what you're willing to pay for it, then do honest work, would be my suggestion. My son has his own lawn service. He started four years ago with my zero turn Cub Cadet. Now he has a $14k John Deere mower, two trailers, and three pickup trucks that he paid for on his own. He bought used and pays his own insurance. He has made a good name for himself with honesty and hard work. He tried working for The Man at a couple jobs, but decided being his own boss was more satisfying. Good luck with your endeavor, and thank you for your service!!
@northeasterndirtandpropert7974
3 жыл бұрын
This just gives the general public a real eye opener on why contractors have to charge the rates that we do.Wait till you see the cost of keeping this rig on the road per year.
@spreadgeorgia
3 жыл бұрын
When I figured my production cost, I'm going to stay local with no truck and trailer. Thank you for pointing out what to take in consideration for tractor work. I tried a few years ago with a 30 hp Kubota and only cleared about $27 per hour. That included turning it in on my income tax. Now I just don't charge anything if it is a neighbor a block away, but since I retired I seem to be getting more calls and I am rethinking this tractor business. . Thanks again for the video. All in all it's not a pretty picture for me to make any money in my small town .
@ronpage101
3 жыл бұрын
Yea, but how much of your income is cash? Cash is king. You're making way more money than you are coping too. Most people who have similar to your equipment can make a very good living. Try working 8-12 hrs a day. Its what you're willing to put into it.
@inthewoods999
3 жыл бұрын
As long as you make enough to have enough, then you’ll be alright 😎love the vids my man...gotta get that hustle on. Gonna start a small side business for my high school son...you’ve helped a ton 🤘🤘💪
@LazyLabAcres
3 жыл бұрын
That's over triple what I make per hour as a police officer in NC working 12 hour shifts lol. Sounds like a better gig to me haha. Thanks for the transparency!
@joshuafreeman889
3 жыл бұрын
By the time you include time sharpening blades, costs to maintain equipment and equipment failures, and insurance, you're barely making wages. Well done video and break down sir. I wish your business much success.
@randymack1782
3 жыл бұрын
this was great, I have a co-worker I have known 45 years, she wants me to start bush hogging her place once a month as soon as grass grows, 8 acres, she is clueless how long it took her EX to do it.
@kapperoutdoors
3 жыл бұрын
Good video bud. Way to keep it real. Liked the time lapse
@midwestbd7144
3 жыл бұрын
Nice video 👍🏼. It’s interesting seeing the price difference based on location. $70/hr after expenses is good money where I’m from. I have a side hustle with a 25hp John Deere and make a good profit charging $45-50/hr.
@tbjtbj4786
3 жыл бұрын
Thats exactly what I was thinking. A excavator is only 110$ a hr here. My dad worked for the road and bridge department of a small county and never made $20 a hr. He didn't retire until about 2004. I think a grador operator makes 24$ now.
@4x4hondarancher
2 жыл бұрын
Not to mention the truck cost 100k to replace and has a service life
@paulbrodnax583
2 жыл бұрын
With fuel costs being double from when this video was made, it would now profit about 37$ per hour. And he did not include insurance cost, so actually less than that. Fuel cost in a SOB!
@Stewsdrums
Жыл бұрын
I think I would have charged my business $1.25 per mile only. A job 30 miles away costs me about $75.00. I charge myself $20.00 per hour of operation for escrow towards maintaining and replacing equipment. I net an average of $20.00 per hour.
@greatlakeswoodworks5122
Жыл бұрын
"If your doing it on the side, i bet your not paying or reporting your taxes"......wink, wink. IRS has entered the comments section....😂 great video and informative.
@yourfriendlyneighborhoodin1559
Жыл бұрын
How do you get to hell? Very simple: claim that you're innocent. How do you get to heaven? Very simple: Admit that you're not Innocent, you're guilty and ask for mercy. How to know if you're guilty or not? Simply: Compare your life to the Ten Commandments God gave you in the Bible. Everyone agrees that if people followed the ten commandments there would be no need for governments or police. Do not lie. Do not steal. Do not commit adultery. Do not insult God by using his name as a cuss word. There are six more but let's just leave it at that. How many lies have you told in your life? Have you ever taken anything that didn't belong to you? Jesus said, if you look at a women lustfully you've already committed adultery in your heart with that woman. How many times a day do you do that? Do you use God's name as a cuss word? Would you do that with your own mother's name? If you answer these questions honestly you know that you're guilty. God can justly punish you and send you to hell. Ask him for mercy. His name is Jesus. It's as simple as this, The Ten Commandments are called the moral law. You and I broke God's laws. Jesus paid the fine. The fine is death. Ezekiel 18:20 - "The soul who sins shall die." That's why Jesus had to die on the cross for our sins. This is why God is able to give us Mercy. Option A. You die for your own sins. Option B. Ask for mercy and accept that Jesus died on the cross for you. ❤ *Honest questions are welcome.*❤
@msummers5625
Ай бұрын
You need to stop paying yourself. Your company needs to pay you, so you can lower your taxes. Talk to a CPA please brother! There's no way you should be paying 30%!
@massimmortal6782
3 жыл бұрын
I get paid $53/hr to work for someone else and make them profit. I have to manage the people doing the work and find the work so the owners can make more money. I then have to take out taxes, insurance, etc with that money. College educated and work in a professional field. It’s not fun at all. Not the best money out there but I think I’d take brush hogging over what I deal with on a daily basis. Yeah I know there is more to it than that but as a gateway it doesn’t sound like a bad deal. Countdown has begun. Two to three months and my mini excavation business will kick off.
@Workin_Jake
4 ай бұрын
Hay man I'm 16 my dad has a 58 horse power kabota and a 6 foot brush hog I'm wanting to get into doing brush hogging on the side and kinda for fun but I don't know what exactly how to get into it if you can please help me out
@goodbodha
3 жыл бұрын
I think something people dont think about is the cost of the equipment. Tractor, truck, trailer, attachments. You got quite a bit of money sunk into that. Equipment doesnt last forever so you can basically figure you will be replacing 1/5th of it every year. Sure some of it will last longer, but the longer it lasts the more you pay to fix it typically. On the flip side you will sell or trade most equipment eventually, but again you will not get anywhere near what you spent on it. You made after taxes and gas roughly $300 that day. If you do that 5 days week 50 weeks a year you will be making 75k. Sounds great until you consider you still have to pay out maintenance, insurance for both equipment and health, and either vehicle payments or put some back for buying the next piece of equipment. I will bet you dont get 250 working days a year either. My guess is you have long stretches where you are really busy, but you also have entire days that go by dealing with equipment issues, doing estimates on jobs, or simply being delayed due to weather. On the other hand if you get a job that takes multiple days you can turn those $300 days into $500 days. Enjoyed the video.
@Pipe-Layer
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you greatly for these videos. Props for kinda showing us your books too ! Few will do that.
@simpleman4196
3 жыл бұрын
Around me for brush hogging if your anything over $65 and hour you will never get a job and that's with actual companies who are insured. That job you got $550 would have been only $260 ish in my area.
@axe609
4 жыл бұрын
Cost (fuel, material, disposal) Insurance Maintenance and repairs Vehicle depreciation Registration annually Mortgage/ rent place to keep equipment Business expense (accounting, advertising, etc) What other expenses am i forgetting?
@DigginLife21
4 жыл бұрын
You got the biggest ones
@jfs1360
4 жыл бұрын
Mileage to and fro... Here in NYS its approx. 56cents per mile.. which over the course of a year you can max out 15K miles.. which is a great write off
@ogomarzie4998
4 жыл бұрын
Yea but thats most of the businesses anyways we all get fucked by the taxes no matter what business you got so in reality we dont make a whole lot more than a 9-5 after qll them damn expenses the thing is we have more freedom of doing what we want when we want
@chrisao1987
4 ай бұрын
Great video. So I’m assuming you did this person a favor to make a point video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
@craigcarrier8855
Жыл бұрын
I bet you made less than $20 per hour after considering the cost of equipment. Which should include payment, interest, maintenance, and upkeep. Then you need to calculate how much it will cost to replace the equipment down the road, say every eight years. This would all keep keep the image of success and a leader in the area in which you work. If you don't charge enough, you will eventually be cutting corners and not be legit with the latest and greatest equipment. There's always that one guy that gets new machines and doesn't charge what they should be charging. It's a never ending cycle. An attorney once told me, "Your only worth what you charge."
@jeffmawhinney1709
2 жыл бұрын
Been watching your channel for a few months. Just getting started, bought a new LX3310 with a few attachments. Flailmower land bride stump grinder rototiller and high flow skid steer stump grinder. Can't afford the skid steer yet. Have 2 buddies who are retired and have them tho First time out I get 7 8 acres land clearing. Have to rent a Bobcat T770 forestry mulcher. 😆 Great channel
@whalerlife53
Жыл бұрын
You can go broke sitting at home. Raise your rates and charge for travel time just like to do operating the equipment. Don’t charge by the hour, charge by the job. Have a half day number and a full day number.
@scottewen9260
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for video. I do Brushhoging for my business. It is close to 90% of what I do. Cutting trees and food plots make up the rest. Do you charge a delivery fee than by the hour? Or do you just eyeball and give a price that way? I do both. On bigger jobs Over 20 acres I don’t charge delivery.
@DigginLife21
3 жыл бұрын
I prefer to price by the job. I just add in for the travel
@jeffery19677
Жыл бұрын
$73 an hour to bring $150,000 worth of equipment to their place..
@hvlineman5227
Жыл бұрын
Coming from someone who raises their own beef cattle, it killed me watching you cut that nice green grass lol. Awesome video man 🇺🇸
@thethrill04
4 жыл бұрын
Many good points. always enjoy your videos. Of course by the time you pay your truck, trailer, tractor and mower, you personally make even much less than that. Granted some of what you pay for the equipment goes to paying off that equipment or to buy new equipment etc down the road, but it's still money that you can't buy groceries or pay bills with.
@DigginLife21
4 жыл бұрын
True story!!! Thanks for commenting🙏🏻
@python3574
4 жыл бұрын
I have a 2016 M7060 and bush hog my property with a Woods 15’ batwing. This tractor is a beast and has no problem pulling up and down the hills of TN at about 5mph. Time is money.
@DigginLife21
4 жыл бұрын
Keep it going my friend!!! Kubota is where it’s at
@BitontoAutos
2 жыл бұрын
I would’ve charged $750-$1,000 for that job in my area….
@haroldwalker3818
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome advice!! Thanks for be as honest as you can and great details in your videos!
@DigginLife21
3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@xxJudgmentalxx
Жыл бұрын
At $73 an hour most Americans could afford to work only 2 days a week. I would have to say you are out of touch with most people.
@michaelrose1069
3 жыл бұрын
And thats some good money be thankful brother that GOD lets you do what you do you cant make big bucks all the time like 1 job you said you made 1800 bucks a day ,you should be able to do small jobs, but love your videos and thank GOD for everything you have everyday if it wasnt for what JESUS did for us on the cross we wouldnt even be here keep them videos coming
@MrJacob50
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your honesty.
@bekabeka71
3 жыл бұрын
My dream tractor is to have a front loader 😍
@scottirwin1693
Жыл бұрын
Love the channel. I know the bush hog is versatile but if theirs no hazards like stumps, ets. Would a flail mower not leave a better finished result. I understand that hoggin a property once a year may be a reason why you use a brush hog. Just curious as to your thoughts on it. Keep up the awesome work. Love the content.
@jeremybuchanan289
7 ай бұрын
Add in medical insurance, retirement plans, and other business expenses and there’s almost no profit left.
@DanielRoseberry-ye9ff
Ай бұрын
good job. apreciate your honesty and common sense. thanks be safe.
@romeoneverdies
Жыл бұрын
forgot the price of the tractor , its implements, maintenance cost of the vehicles. possibly other operating cost etc.. .
@briannave1878
Жыл бұрын
How come you dont charge by the acre? I feel like that would make things easier for you if you needed to use a smaller mower or you have a ton of work and needed to knock it out real quick and you use a larger batwing.
@genedavis7518
4 жыл бұрын
Nice video! Also don't forget the hourly cost for wear and maintenance on the mower.
@stratosguy5091
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly! Also, deprecation is almost never mentioned. That tractor probably cost $60-70,000; if you assume three thousand hours of completely trouble-free use, that’s $20-25/hr extra just for depreciation. And that’s a very conservative number.
@yukonpeteneff
3 жыл бұрын
Can you go over your setup of the brush hog in terms of height of cut and angle of mower? I struggle to get a clean cut. Also I still have the solid back cover on mine thinking it would mulch better but it still clumps up on one side. Do you use chains on the back or leave it open? I set mine level side to side and about an inch lower in the front then back and cut about 6” high? Thanks
@pattersonlandscaping5621
3 жыл бұрын
I'm looking at 100 per hour or price per job...in NY
@mrandrewdennis1
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the break down. Hopefully with that profit you don't have a break down
@DigginLife21
4 жыл бұрын
True story
@skyedangelo3237
Жыл бұрын
Love the transparency!
@Ryanrobi
6 ай бұрын
Anyone that runs a business like that you don't really run it to take home a high W-2 salary so I think the tax thing is very misleading you just buy more equipment and expand next year or pay down some of your equipment and you right off all the depreciation. Plus you can use all your equipment in your personal life and you can barter with other people That's what I do I only pay myself like 40 grand over the table but I have enough equipment and property I would have to make $150,000 a year gross in a W-2 job which I did before I started this.
@DigginLife21
6 ай бұрын
We all have our methods. Thanks for commenting🙏🏻
@rexhargrove5172
2 жыл бұрын
Finally a video with actual numbers! Thank you so much!!
@teufeldoc8564
3 жыл бұрын
Very thorough. Well worth my time to watch this analysis and break down.
@khtractors
4 жыл бұрын
Hard to beat an M series Kubota, I like the cast centers. I would like to have had them but I added 3 sets of factory weights to mine it’s around 990lbs. Much like you with the steep ground the weight helps. Enjoyed the video!
@DigginLife21
4 жыл бұрын
Weight is definitely key when it comes to our tractors. Thanks for watching🙏🏻
@12jeeplover
2 жыл бұрын
I'm still looking for that friend who is wanting to invest/give me money.
@mauriceclayton1059
5 ай бұрын
Hello Sir loved your video on how to start a bush hog business. I was interested in starting my own business. I’m retired and would like to make a little cash on the side. I live in Mississippi Desoto county. Any advise on what size tractor, trailer, and truck I should look into. I probably need start with used equipment. Any help in this direction would be much appreciated.
@DigginLife21
3 ай бұрын
At least a 50 hp tractor with 6 foot mower. 1 ton truck and 20 foot trailer (I would go ahead and get a 10 ton trailer to allow for being able to rent and haul Skidsteer or excavator with mowers or mulchers
@Michael-wy7om
3 жыл бұрын
Why not ask more than working for peanuts? I made 1750$ Monday in 2 hours bush hogging with my MT-100 bobcat
@Michael-wy7om
3 жыл бұрын
And that was working by myself and customer was very happy. Don’t try and explain to customers who want to pay per hour. Only give a price for the job never and I repeat never work a job agreeing to pay per hour. Customers would love that just clock in and work all day young man 😂😂
@leroyaultmon2533
4 жыл бұрын
Have lots of questions can you make a video on how you first got started
@DigginLife21
4 жыл бұрын
I sure will. Im planning on doing a live Q and A as well
@TacticalMainframe
3 жыл бұрын
Much appreciated honesty in a world of dis honsest business
@jleighgod8149
11 ай бұрын
Mowing is good for keeping you in cash when you are starting out!
@derickdudley2869
3 жыл бұрын
You sir are correct......it's a business. I run mine at 100 per hour......that's the rate. I don't do anything heavy, small Deere and 4ft on back. Most the jobs come off my landcare business.......and they complain about price. I'm nice and give them numbers of folks that will do it cheaper all the time. Most the jobs I do are really just tall grass and weeds. Yes I'm picky, but we also trim out fence post and ditch banks. I'm more of a weed hogged than brush hogged. Stack that cash brother, something gonna break!
@DigginLife21
3 жыл бұрын
Keep at it my brother!!!! Too many good paying customers out there to settle
@jets8991
3 жыл бұрын
dude this frutrates me even further 😂 how does anyone make any kind of money to be able to buy a tractor before you can even start this type of work in the 1st place
@2birddogsandawolfdog945
3 жыл бұрын
Credit... Most companies have specials going on where its nothing down and 0% for 7 or 8 years on equipment. I bought a dump trailer for my business, nothing down and out the door I went with a trailer. Its been making its own payments by the work it does for me.
@fhuber7507
3 жыл бұрын
Essentially you use bush hogging as a loss leader. Loss leaders are fine when they work to get more business, which actually makes a decent profit.
@fhuber7507
3 жыл бұрын
For equipment depreciation per day of use, a simple way to estimate is half the cost of renting that tractor or truck. (whatever)
@brandoncaldwell95
4 жыл бұрын
Im ok with this. I usually break down my expenses within a couple days of a new piece of equipment. Overall, i just need to cover the equipment bill in the end. I have other means for income
@LILNAPPIHEAD
2 жыл бұрын
You didn’t take out equipment cost and insurance per day.
@rjsuper6587
2 жыл бұрын
Love how you break everything down for people thinking about getting into it!
@damianpascual97
3 жыл бұрын
This was very helpful thanks started almost a year ago and got my llc 3months ago doing lawn & landscape but plan on changing to big work like bush hogging and land clearing
@tsafa
3 жыл бұрын
Always take cash never pay taxes. You can Finance yourself in the future with the tax money you're saving. Kubota credit never looks at your taxes.
@millsmotorvation
23 күн бұрын
Very good information!!! Thanks for sharing.
@DigginLife21
6 күн бұрын
My pleasure!
@tadcobert1307
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent breakdown of hidden costs, thank you! Great Videos!
@DigginLife21
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Tad
@2twoanddone2
3 жыл бұрын
I appreciate you sharing the $$ in and $$ out. This has been very informative and helpful for me.
@leedawson8301
4 жыл бұрын
When factoring in the servicing on the tractor, the truck and trailer, say per month, in addition to your food throughout the day I'm sure your self insured medically. That drops your take home significantly. But at the end of it all, if you're happy doing what you do you're really not working, you are driving up and down the road enjoying your life.
@DigginLife21
4 жыл бұрын
That’s a fact
@victorflores9790
Жыл бұрын
Very nice of you to advise and inform! God will keep blessing you and your family!!! I wish you all All of God’s Blessings Great Health, Happiness and Prosperity!
@jkblades7519
2 жыл бұрын
What part of western North Carolina are you in? I own a tractor business in GA and the wife and I want to end up in the banner elk sugar mountain area. It's so beautiful up there!
@DigginLife21
2 жыл бұрын
Black mountain
@jmgredgreen4x428
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome tractor! My grandpa bought a Kubota M8540 4x4 open station and with loader for his farm/cabin up in Clinton county Pennsylvania. Which he bought used back in 2014 and but he wouldn't let anyone else run it even though I taught him how to run it. But he passed away back in February last year and now I wish he would have bought one with a factory cab like yours instead because the bugs and dust drive me nuts.
@Ranchready496
11 ай бұрын
I think your charging too cheap!😧😢
@michaelkoon8371
7 ай бұрын
I want to do that so bad but I can’t afford the skidsteer and bushhog ied love to do this to make my wife and I more money we don’t make that much on s.s so that’s why ied love to own a skidsteer and bushhog
@DigginLife21
7 ай бұрын
I started out with a mid 80s tractor and bush hog. Cheap way to get started
@rockingrogershomestead
2 жыл бұрын
30% tax. Freaking hate the gov.
@Allworldsk1
3 жыл бұрын
Really informative video. Appreciate the upload. I had a question about the bush hog. Can't you raise up the three points and then sit the bush hog down while it is still running?
@_AndromedaGalaxy_
2 жыл бұрын
Yes but you'll only be able to raise it so high. Plus there's the ujoints. Might be hard on them if there's too much angle.
@mikeclark4416
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your Video , Ive just bought a 4ft Topper -Flails , pulled by a Massey Furguson 135 , I did 6 acres of grass paddocks ,I made grand total after Diesel fill up , £18 ,00 , The tractor takes more than I did . .But I did it because I enjoyed driving tractors . Perhaps the best way to make money perhaps is "Dont Charge per hour " Charge for the job ? What dio you think ?
@jan_phd
3 жыл бұрын
It's really easy, charge $250./hr. and put a distance charge on. Up to 50 miles * Free *. Get a timer, and when you arrive, press the button. Even if you're talking to the customer... keep the timer rolling. After you're done, sell them a 12 month service plan... $200. for 10% off, first 15 hours.
@turdferguson5300
3 жыл бұрын
Haha No wonder you like bush hogging, you have a cab tractor. I'm green with envy ! Dad was a military man with no use for creature comforts but he died in 2017. In steps my candy ass that wishes he had a AC, radio, cab. Mine is just a M6800 w/ 8' bush hog so it takes 5 days to mow the farm. If I got a big enough cab tractor and a 20' bush hog it would cost 100K. I'm not seeing that with this eye problem! Thanks for the videos
@Outtahide540
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the breakdown in costs. I know I’m late to this video but I’m new to your channel. I would love to see a future video of mowing across a steep grade with some details to help us newbies. I’m 57 years old but new to mowing on grade since buying land in Tennessee. I’ve only mowed on flat ground but I have ran some horrendous tractor accidents working in fire department and ambulance services.
@jamesstrickland5387
2 жыл бұрын
What kind of accidents?
@OZZY6069
2 жыл бұрын
Where do you get clients?
@mikeclark1733
4 жыл бұрын
here you can get $80-$100 hr.lower to get into and thats not bad money.
@highlanderc
4 жыл бұрын
after you buy a 45k machine + TRUCK????? it can add up. I just wonder if it wouldn't be better to have a zero turn mower for that job.
@maxmorter
2 жыл бұрын
Do you try to metal detect jobs ever? I'm looking to start just brush hogging with a 55 hp older diesel tractor with fel and 6 ft hog. Would you think maybe 100/ hr 6 hrs minimum for heavy brush amd 4 hrs minimum for just field jobs that's 50 an hour for me and 50 an hour for the machine will only do close by jobs I can road tractor to at first till I get a trailer. And then add a good box blade after that I'm in rural Oregon so lots of invasive briars and firs and streams you can't see also will all be without haul off will leave as mulch
@marshalluniversity31
3 жыл бұрын
Let's not pretend you're reporting all your cash work. That being said, far more costs than that to consider. Insurance broken down into daily. Licensing broken down into daily rates, wear and tear, payments on vehicles/equipment factored in, it any, etc. If you net half of what you gross, you're doing good.
@kurtanderson1463
9 ай бұрын
Everybody and their brother has a brush hogging business where I live, mostly as wildfire mitigation. I look at that small patch of grass and think hay. So I charge the same as brush hogging, but after the grass (hay) is down I ted it, rake it, and bale it and remove it from the property. Where I'm at there is a ton of hay there, $400. So now there is some money in it.
@gorodetzers
3 жыл бұрын
Man i love bush hoggin
@jerimahjohnson8698
3 жыл бұрын
In Ohio My machines John Deere 333g hi flo Deere 5075e It cost more to own them than I make if I were to buy for a biz. I use them on my farms which I have to have The 333g and attachments was 100k.
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