Farm Eqt.

[Larry L.]

Do some of you wash farm eqt(combines,tractors,ect.)?

Its raining here today,which will put me behind a day,I already had the week booked.Some of our farmers are done already and calling to see when I can get to them,it will be like that until March or April.I make alot of extra dollars in the winter months doing farm eqt.,,it gets cold and muddy but I can goof off in the summer months to go fishing or nothing.Just wondered if some of you did the same,if so how long does it take you to wash a combine and what do you charge in your area?..............C-ya

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[Glenn]

No,
Haven't washed any farm equipment yet, but sounds like a good add on. Alot of farm land around here is going residential. Most of the land around here is used for growing timber, mainly pines. Even have some fish farming going on too. How long does it take to wash a combine? What areas are important? Get down off that high horse and tell us....hehehehehehehehe. Get it, high horse, hehehehehehehe.
Glenn

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[Larry L.]

Glenn

There you go again putting yourself out of buss,all that farmland is not going residential.I know we're spreading like piss ants but farm land will always be here.With all that timber you should have logging trucks,flatbed trks.,box vans,loaders,skidders,ect. around ya,go get ya some buss..I have washed for a sawmill before,several logging trks.,loaders,ect.,best to have 4wheel drive the sawdust gets soft when wet.

My favorite combine would be the 9600 John deere next 1688 case Intl..All areas are important,they just have alot of spots to be cleaned.It depends on how long it takes,from an hour to 3 hours most can be cleaned in alitte less 2 hours.I have spent 4 hours on them before,muddy muddy muddy but this year they're not going to every muddy b/c we have not had that much rain.The ones that come out of the rice feilds will have some mud on them so will the tractors.When I see alot of mud I see green,no what I mean.Combines,If it takes me 2 hrs. or less I get 110 with no header 135 to 145 with header.The farmer leaves it up to me on how much b/c one tractor may cost 55 and the next being the same size may be 85.I'm still getting my hourly wants and its fair for me and the farmer.I never tell anyone how much an hour I WANT,just tell them it depends.I have several big farmers accounts,wash something for them all year long.What I like about the farm account is they will cut ya check as soon as your done.I have some that takes 5 to 6 days to wash what they want washed.Already I'm facing around 30 combines not counting all the other eqt..I said I was going to cut back in my washing but after being out there on that road for awhile I came to my senses.
I think success comes when ya get up in the morn and go to bed at nite but do what you want to do inbetween......You need to check on that timber eqt. ya may have a gold mine in ya back yard.............C-ya

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[Glenn]

Bigbut,
One thing I would like to add next year is hood cleaning. There are a lot of resturants around here that would give me some cold weather work. Have you ever cleaned any hoods. I would like to see some hood cleaners post some pics. I wouldn't know where to start about cleaning a hood. Most farmers around here are too tight to hire cleaning services. The guy I bought my unit from has sold them all pw's and told them they should do them themselves. No kiddin. He even sold them to the hog farmers to use to clean their hog barns. Get it, more units sold means more units serviced and replaced. Just hurts us little guys. Starting to seem like I'm whining all the time doesn't it. Whine, whine whine. This slump in biz is making me want wine, wine, and wine. Maybe I'll stick to a beer or 12.
Glenn

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[Larry L.]

Hahaha

whats wrong you not good enought talker to tell them farmers you can do a better job and you'd be cheater then has labor.Some of them farmers have certain jobs they do not like doing.All of the farmers I wash for have pw..

Now you went and found something

I do not know nothing about,what gaves you not wanting to work

.Becareful and not fall off no greasey roof and leave another greasey spot.

Hey whine-e ya know what one of my boss-e say about that word,WOULD.He say there is aloooot of differents in WOULD and COULD,ya think he any have been trying to chew on me a wittle bit........

C-ya

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[Bob Metzgar]

I have washed 11 combines here in Delaware. We are getting $325. This includes a little cleaning inside the cab. It has been taking us about 4 hrs. Usually is a pretty nasty job but is a good change of pace once in a while.

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[Larry L.]

Bob

I see ya price,I do not do inside of cabs,takes to long and they're alot of electroncis in there.You have alot of censors and switches that some soaps will attack.I don't think nasty is the word for it,do you,I think ya get nasty,muddy,fifthy,nasty nasty muddy muddy fifthy and more fifthy then anything I have cleaned besides the track tractors where ya just MUDDY MUUDDDY"D.Get this,you know how comfortable they are in there,I have a farmer that has a tv in his,haha...Some here are 25 cheaper then I and when you say (we)is that a general price for all the pw around there or is it taking 4 hours with a helper?What do you get on tract tractors and the 4wheeldrives?You can tell our state has not keep up with your state...What do the combine harvest mostly?.............C-ya

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[Bob Metzgar]

4 hrs is with a helper. As far as the cab goes we just sweep it out, clean the windows, and make sure all the beer cans and pizza boxes are out of there. Around here they harvest mostly corn and soybeans and some wheat. We have tried several different ways to get the bulk of the crap out of the nooks and crannys prior to actually washing them such as leaf blowers and air compressors but have found that flushing the areas with large volumes of water from a 2" pump works well however, I cant seem to avoid getting soaked and smelling like soggy old shredded wheat cereal.

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[Larry L.]

Bob

10-4 on getting

soaked.Our main crop is rice,most of these combines have been though a wheat harvest,corn & milo,rice and soybeans before I get to wash them,I smell like fruit loops.Yes I agree a flood is the best thing or even the air compressor but I don't use.When I first started washing them it took me over 4 hours now I can do them in 2 hours.It depends on what nozzle I start with but most of the time the x-jet is the first.I found starting at the bottom and working my way to the top then back down with the x-jet gets the crap off and out of the nooks and crannys faster then anyting I've tried.The x-jet does a good job in knocking,blowing and pushing the heaver stuff plus it gets the nooks and crannys pretty good.I learned to get all the nooks and crannys before washing b/c the first year I would hit dry pockets

when washing,don't have to tell ya what happens when ya do that

.Don't know about you but I'm not crazy about washing the soybean headers other then that I like washing the combines,its easy but nasty.Heck the cabs have all the comfort of home may as well have suds in there

.I've learned all the hiding spots on most makes and models and getem on the way up and down,I make about 4 or 5 trips up and down that ladder before I'm done,to me thats the most dangerous part of it or getting on top of the cab.Becareful climbing around on them things.............C-ya

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