How much custom silage chopping?

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The custom guy sent his bill for custom chopping and it was like $1400 an hour. He comes with pack tractor, 3-4 trucks and the chopper is the biggest they make so making pretty big swat. Does $1400 seem reasonable?

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Our dad pays the bill, but for us it seems like it's around $13000 for a 300' bag. 3-4 large wagons, claas 960.

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Guy around me charges a guy $1200-$1300 for a 10’x200’ bag.  We started chopping 3 years ago just went out and bought our own stuff so we didn’t have to rely on someone.  Big expense for something you only use a week a year but it’s done when it needs to be.

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If it is more than $100 an acre, you are getting dinged pretty good. Maybe with packing tractor  a little more. Is he supplying the fuel? Big dairies here are by the ton, usually $5/ ton. Has to be scale verified too. I would be willing to haul my stuff 600 miles to get 40k to chop 320 acres

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Most guys around here run $9/ton corn and $325/hr plus $80/hr/truck and $80/hr packing tractor. Seems high and one guy buys a new chopper almost every year.

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Might be a little late but we pay $7.75/ton for corn chopping (including kp) and $.25/ton/loaded mile for hauling.  Feedyard takes care of the pack tractor so I cant speak for that.

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$9/ton includes 980 claas cutter, trucks ,fuel , 4 wheel drive packing tractor and in our area corn averages 20 ton acre

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How much custom silage chopping?

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