Digger hire rates

hoff135 said:

Don't know how much a js130 burns but I'd imagine at least £12/hr for white just now.

I'd factor £20/hr for maintenance/depreciation/replacement costs

£15/hr minimum for your labour as can basically get that anywhere on someone else's tractor or digger.

That's £47/hr before adding a bit for profit or transport/insurance

In reality you'd need close to £60 I'd say. However if you can buy a £20k machine and run it for 5 years without spending too much and sell it for close to what you paid you might manage to make something at £45/hr.

If you have to replace undercarriage or the pump goes you'll need to clean a lot of ditches to get that back. Those making and selling parts show no mercy so the days of running machines on the cheap are basically over

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designanddetail said:

You can hire in a 13t for sub£500 a week here. If you have a full weeks work it doesn't make any sense to buy one and allow £20 per hr maintenance/replacement.

Just trail it, do a deal with a local plant hire firm, no need for the outlay or carting it around. Unless you need the machine work work at home etc

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james ds said:

A lot depends how skilled you are at operating a digger, a good driver might be cheap at €100 an hour compared to a brain dead driver on €45 an hour. I’ve seen poor drivers costing the job a fortune

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hoff135 said:

Don't know how much a js130 burns but I'd imagine at least £12/hr for white just now.

I'd factor £20/hr for maintenance/depreciation/replacement costs

£15/hr minimum for your labour as can basically get that anywhere on someone else's tractor or digger.

That's £47/hr before adding a bit for profit or transport/insurance

In reality you'd need close to £60 I'd say. However if you can buy a £20k machine and run it for 5 years without spending too much and sell it for close to what you paid you might manage to make something at £45/hr.

If you have to replace undercarriage or the pump goes you'll need to clean a lot of ditches to get that back. Those making and selling parts show no mercy so the days of running machines on the cheap are basically over

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Zetor said:

I disagree, the running costs of older 13ton machines is small, I have 5 of them in work of various makes for example 2 new track motors for a cx130 was £1800 each, not worth repairing the old ones that’s probably the biggest cost I’ve had in years and I’ve only had 1 pump let go about 8 years ago and that was rebuilt for under £2k.
43,000hrs between them
The 4BG1T Isuzu engine fitted to jcb, case, hitachi & kobelco 13t machines is ultra reliable

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Hilly said:

Will that be the izuzu in my takeuchi as well ?

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Zetor said:

If it’s not a common rail one it will be the same.
Water pumps let go at about 8-10,000hrs and that’s the only time you’ll ever put a spanner on them.

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