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Re: Prairie Maintenance Costs - BURN COSTS

A while back I posted some cost examples to the Prairie group
and I have been remiss by not responding sooner.  So......

The costs I used for the illustration came from North American
Prairies Company, and reflect their charges for this kind of work
in our area, west central Minnesota.  Most of their work is in rural
area, so I can see why you are surprised by their costs.

I'm sure that if they were doing a burn on a corporate campus in the
Minneapolis metro area, their charges would reflect their cost for
increased insurance...etc.

Their installation cost are what they charged for restoration work done
on my 8 acres during the last 5 years.

If I have not provided a broad enough explanation as to where these
costs came from, please let me know and I'll try to elaborate more.

Thanks,

Rome Hutchings

-----Original Message-----
From: DACESH@aol.com <DACESH@aol.com>
To: prairie@mallorn.com <prairie@mallorn.com>
Date: Thursday, January 21, 1999 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: Prairie Maintenance Costs - BURN COSTS


>
>In a message dated 1/20/99 10:01:56 PM, you wrote:
>
>>tpimg@sherbtel.net (Rome Hutchings)
>>
>>If you dont mind.... could you give where some of these costs came from?
>>
>>We are a burn contractor working in the Chicago Metro area in IL.  The costs
>>you have given would not even cover our insurance ??  Having done LOTS of
>>burns on corporate properties on these types of blue grass conversions no
>>corporate land owner will even think about letting a burn happen with out
>full
>>insurance coverage in place.. Any other costs from others on the list would
>be
>>appreciated...
>>
>>Also, are these actual costs from projects done.. or projected costs...  The
>>Chicago Metro area has done a lot of these types of corporate conversions of
>>bluegrass.. one of the early problems here has been cost figures that were
>>projected by restorationists not familiar with actual costs for contracted
>>work... 
>>
>>Thanks
>>Bob Stanton
>>Prescribed Fire Consulting
>>219 Republic Rd.
>>Batavia, IL 60510
>>
>>
>>tpimg@sherbtel.net (Rome Hutchings) wrote
>> 
>> Here are some numbers we have used for cost justification on installation.
>> 
>> PRAIRIE: (one acre)
>> Herbicide=$112.00
>> Discing=$60.00
>> Harrowing=$53.00
>> Drilling=$73.00    ( Chicago Area site prep costs for prairie
>installation...
>>+/- $ 400 per acre)
>>
>>
>> 1st year burn=$48.00
>> 2nd year burn=$48.00
>> 3rd year burn=$100.00
>>
>>Costs for burns on commercial sites will vary from as much as $ 1,000 per
>acre
>>( costs to mobilize a crew to a site for a small 1 acre instalation and lose
>a
>>burning day) to $ 200 per acre for larger units in more rural areas... 
>>
>>
>> Seed=750.00   ( Chicago Area Seed costs.... range depending on seed mix
>>used.. need to plan on  $ 1,250 - 1,500 per acre)
>> Total=$1419.  00 >>
>
>
>Here in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa, those costs are extremely high!  We
>just seeded 1/3 of an acre for 99.00 (not including cost of seeding, since we
>used kids to hand broadcast).  As for the cost of burning - we have companies
>in the State that charge a  $100.00 - 200.00 base fee, plus 6.00/acre and
>mileage.  Granted many of the burns are conducted in areas that are not within
>the metropolitan.
>
>Susanne Hickey
>Omaha, NE
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