130 for 4 shoes (prefabs), any time i fire my forge up its an extra 20$. Unless i want to do something, if it's the owner/vet who wants it i charge. I'm from Illinois, USA if that helps.
It would be nice to get 130 $ (€104) a set of machine shoes or hand mades over here in ireland. so as a master farrier I would make hand mades all day for that money
There's a guy i heard about from Wisconsin. He hand makes all his shoes, no matter what it is, charges 500$ for whatever the horses needs.
The only guys I know of getting close to $500 a head are shoeing saddlebreds. I can't imagine anyone charging that for anything besides packages would be doing much work.
Here in Illinois you have backyard guys, certified farriers (school or some other credential), then blacksmiths. I fall in certified farrier so I'm the average guy at the barn. 130 like i said for all 4. I believe that if you are handcrafting shoes (special or not) you should reserve the right to charge more. More time, more work, more labor, more money. An i right?
I would charge more for handmades or any other forge work, if done at owners request. If it's because I want to do it for fun then I can't very well charge more. I am with smitty, let's get back to shoeing horses instead of what we charge. We can start a new thread for talking money. Maybe post a pic and description of the job and how much you charged?
Yes Ray, pads, packing, special shoes, i.e. bar, heartbar and such, but not to hot shoe, that's just part of a normal job.
Yes, I got some horses who go completely crazy if I try to hotset, I'll heat to shape the shoes because why try to pound that iron cold?
If it is the average every day horse, I will fit them cold. It just goes a lot faster. If the shoes are larger than a 2 I will take a heat to shape them
Mikel, I asked because you used the term "part of a proper job" as the reason for not charging xtra for the heat . Again make me realize that "proper" is an kinda an individual/s thing. thanks you ray
