[blowerman]

Can anyone with relevant experience say how long it will take HIM to cut 15 acres with HIS tractor and 48" bush-hog? At least then he can give an estimate. Three Hours? Eight? Anybody? Yes, a 75' wide mower can do it in 3 minutes, but what about his set up?

I have a B7800 with a 5' bushhog, and I would plan on 2 acres per hour at best with my setup. You may be looking at 10 hrs.

Alright, so not everybody has a 15' or 18' batwing.
I do several sites and have both 15 ft. & 6 ft. rough cut mowers.
In the past I owned 74" & 88" flail mowers but wanted something stronger and faster so that's why I switched to rotary style brush hogs.
Rarely do I charge by the hour, however one site I have is 42 acres and they pay $125 per hr. and it takes 8-9 hrs. tops.
Typical is a $250 minimum charge and that's a 5 acre field that takes one hour total from the time the tractor leaves the shop until it's back.
For you: if they'd pay $500 give or take that's about it. Find a farmer, better yet, who are you cutting this for: a farmer?

 

[GrassesGuy]

1,275. Assuming you got a walker Billy Goat. If you got a tractor half that.

 

[TNGrassCutter]

Heck I'd just buy one of those DR field and brush mowers on tv and do it for $150.
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[knox gsl]

Heck I'd just buy one of those DR field and brush mowers on tv and do it for $150.
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You are a lowballer, you could easily get $165 for it, that's enough extra to get a 12 pack and some smokes. It should only take 2 days with one of those DR's.

 

[TNGrassCutter]

Yea but I'm trying to quit smoking so I figured I'd snowball even more so I won't have extra money for them.
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[JoshuaGiles]

its only two hours of work.

I am looking at this post bc today we mowed really bushhogged)exactly 15 acres with 3 zero turn mowers. We broke a belt on the snapper pro and had to finish with the two 61 inch scags. I feel we severely underpriced it. You say two hours!? You're clueless then bc it took us 5+ hours. 3 men, 3 mowers, 5 hours. I priced at $500 and I feel like that was way too little. So i thought I'd do a search.

 

[Crazy 4 grass]

I am looking at this post bc today we mowed really bushhogged)exactly 15 acres with 3 zero turn mowers. We broke a belt on the snapper pro and had to finish with the two 61 inch scags. I feel we severely underpriced it. You say two hours!? You're clueless then bc it took us 5+ hours. 3 men, 3 mowers, 5 hours. I priced at $500 and I feel like that was way too little. So i thought I'd do a search.

Welcome to lawnsite fyi this is a ten yr old discussion.

 

[tundraman]

I am looking at this post bc today we mowed really bushhogged)exactly 15 acres with 3 zero turn mowers. We broke a belt on the snapper pro and had to finish with the two 61 inch scags. I feel we severely underpriced it. You say two hours!? You're clueless then bc it took us 5+ hours. 3 men, 3 mowers, 5 hours. I priced at $500 and I feel like that was way too little. So i thought I'd do a search.

I like to bush hog with my Gravely 672 but these mowers are made for lawn grass. My 50 hp Yanmar tractor is what I need to use most of the time on pasture. Now I can and have cut 4 foot high pasture and 15 acres takes about 5 hours with my 72 inch cutter at most.

 

[Wells mowing]

$480 is the going rate here for 15 acres using a JD 4230 with a woods batwing. It would around 2 hrs and 2.5 hrs at the most have to factor in conditions of the field.

 

[Blondebombchloe5susan]

so help a girl out. About how much an hour now??

 

[hal]

A buck fifty.......

 

[J. Baker]

A buck fifty.......

What kind of work you pricing to the blonde bomb @hal?

 

[hal]

Oh I thought she was asking how much I would pay for her services......

 

[Mark Oomkes]

so help a girl out. About how much an hour now??

Got any pics?

 

[J. Baker]

Got any pics?

Curious how overgrown the lawn is @Mark Oomkes?

 

[Ridin' Green]

so help a girl out. About how much an hour now??

You need a LOT more detail to get any sort of realistic idea from anyone, and several pics of what it is that needs to be cut.

 

[Mark Oomkes]

several pics of what it is that needs to be cut.

This might not be the right forum...

 

[hal]

p***hub......

 

[J. Baker]

p***hub......

phonhub? porthub? permhub? phithub?

I guess I don't know which "hub" you mean.....

 

[Ridin' Green]

Fo shame you guys! Fo shame!!