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<blockquote data-quote="Jogeephus" data-source="post: 561251" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>It sounds he is trying to get some work for his backhoe. Just put a pencil to it. If he can dig a stump every 15 minutes then that 4 per hour. Lets be generous and give him 5. Lets assume he is charging $50 per hour. That's $10 per stump. With the average cleacut contains some 100 stems this works out to $1000 per acre or 25 hours per acre. Then you got to move the stumps and pile them so you still got the cost of a dozer on top of that. </p><p></p><p>If he maintains that he can do it cheaper than a D8 and he is wanting work from you - I suggest you make him put his money where his mouth is. I'd ask him how much it would cost him to stump and pile the land on a per acre basis. Since he says he can do it cheaper than a D8, it should be less than $220 - $250 per acre. If he quotes you less than that, tell him the job is his and you will pay him that amount per acre WHEN THE JOB IS COMPLETE. But I bet you a cold beer he will only want to do it by the hour and he will want payment every Friday about noon so he can make it to the bank before it closes. </p><p></p><p>Bottom line, don't get hung up on the cost per hour. What is important is the cost per cleared acre. If you must pull the stumps I'd highly recommend a track hoe/excavator. This will still be more expensive than a shear but the stumps will be gone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jogeephus, post: 561251, member: 4362"] It sounds he is trying to get some work for his backhoe. Just put a pencil to it. If he can dig a stump every 15 minutes then that 4 per hour. Lets be generous and give him 5. Lets assume he is charging $50 per hour. That's $10 per stump. With the average cleacut contains some 100 stems this works out to $1000 per acre or 25 hours per acre. Then you got to move the stumps and pile them so you still got the cost of a dozer on top of that. If he maintains that he can do it cheaper than a D8 and he is wanting work from you - I suggest you make him put his money where his mouth is. I'd ask him how much it would cost him to stump and pile the land on a per acre basis. Since he says he can do it cheaper than a D8, it should be less than $220 - $250 per acre. If he quotes you less than that, tell him the job is his and you will pay him that amount per acre WHEN THE JOB IS COMPLETE. But I bet you a cold beer he will only want to do it by the hour and he will want payment every Friday about noon so he can make it to the bank before it closes. Bottom line, don't get hung up on the cost per hour. What is important is the cost per cleared acre. If you must pull the stumps I'd highly recommend a track hoe/excavator. This will still be more expensive than a shear but the stumps will be gone. [/QUOTE]
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