Currently custom mow just a little shy of 1000 acres a year, am a $16/acre. Been going up about a buck an acre the last 3 or 4 years. Mow for 1 client and have for 25 yrs, they consider my rate low. Now have a NH 316, previously ran a 7460, 1441, 1441, 1431, 1431, 1431. Time to trade again as soon as the money is right. The guys i mow for got a new JD C500 last summer, hitch swivel gearbox failed on 2nd day of operation. They traded a 4 season old 956, 57K to trade, stuff is crazy high. My 316 has 7 seasons on it, as old of one as i have had & dealer want 32K to trade, i'm waiting to do a little better. The green paint is a little higher. Maybe i should pull the trigger now, don't know.