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[Hayking]

we charge 15 to cut and 15 to bale.5 ft wide x 64in tall.

[OkhayBallr]

I think im too cheap I get 20 for cut rake bale 4x5 net and 2.25 to small sq

[panhandle9400]

I guess i better hire some you other post to do my hay ? where we are located everyone charges about the same price, wow you guys seem way too cheap ? the cheapest swathing i know about was 12.00 per acre , cheapest I ever do is 17.00 per acre. most all our haying is irrigated maybe that is why price differnce ? some dryland but not too much . During the season I have no problem keeping 2 18foot rigs blowin smoke cutting circles . Have a safe and prosperous year ! watch out for those rattlesnakes too.......

[man of steel]

New guy here

I charge $15 an acre mowing...$8 Raking/tedding...$8 for a 4x5 net... $10 net in corn stalks

[bugscuz]

I guess I keep it simple. Here in the Willamette Valley in Oreogn I've been changing 64.00 per ton of hay. I put up square bales that average 60 to 65 lbs. The 64.00 per ton is to cut-rake and bale. In apply fertilizer I charge 15 per acre plus the product. Each year I end up not getting to some people's field's. If possible I could do twice the acreage but I'm a one man operation. No one has ever complained about price. Maybe I'm to cheap?
Richard

[hay hauler]

In the Central Oregon area (Redmond). Rates are around $95/acre cut, rake, and bale small bales. Stacking is around .50/bale.

Personally

.50/bale to stack on the field

.60/bale over the road less than 1 mile

.75/bale 1-5 miles

Over that we haul it by hand 35/ton in the local area stacked and unstacked
I like flat rates because the harder I work the more I make per hour and at my age most don’t think I am willing to work because of past experiences of others so they are leery of hourly rates…

What are others charging to stack small bales? Does anyone haul hay where it must be done by hand due to areas not big enough for equipment to be feasible, if so for how much?

[Hayking]

we do rounds samall squares and big squares(3x3) 15 to cut 15 for rounds 14 for big squares and 1 dollar for small squares ( we bale them and leave). We did however stumble across a bale band it this winter and we figure next year we will need a extra dollar to pull it. the last time we had any small squares hauled they charged us .75 thats been a couple years i would imagine now( if you could find anyone) it would be close to a 1 dollar just to get them hauled in our area. How much extra do others charge for a accumalater or bale band it?

[haroldhb]

14 / bale netrap that included raking two windrows togother
14/ acre swathing