Digger hourly rates

[Snowandrocks]

Curious about what people are paying currently for operated digger hire? There's about a weeks worth of work with a 9T slew and a 9T dumper. I'll drive the dumper to keep costs down.

We last hired someone in about 15 years ago so a bit out of touch. I do have someone coming round tomorrow for a look but at least a rough idea would be helpful to know if what he quotes is along sensible lines.

 

[Wesley]

Anything from low 30’s to best part of £50/hr going by other threads on here.

 

[Werzle]

A weeks work will get you discount over hourly rates usually, also depends on the spec of the firms your using. An ag contractor with a digger is going to be far less than putting a major firm on ,for example.

 

[Lincs Lass]

Who is supplying the diesel, and what color for the type of job

 

[Snowandrocks]

Who is supplying the diesel, and what color for the type of job

There's no diesel on site so he'll need to supply.

The guy coming out does quite a bit of digger work but also farms, so the job will fit around his work. Family type affair so not one of the big corporate jobs.

 

[Kevtherev]

9t be about £35-40 per hour

 

[Lincs Lass]

There's no diesel on site so he'll need to supply.

The guy coming out does quite a bit of digger work but also farms, so the job will fit around his work. Family type affair so not one of the big corporate jobs.

That,ll be white then .

 

[Joe S]

Depending on your area and what spec of machine he’s running as well as diesel colour of that particular job, could vari from 37/38 pph up to 50+ pph.
If he’s working for much less than 40 though he’s part of the problem in the plant hire world!!

 

[Joe S]

Anything from low 30’s to best part of £50/hr going by other threads on here.

Anyone working for low 30s either isn’t taking a wage hasn’t change their prices in 10 years or their calculator is broken! Impossible to change plant, maintain it, have a driver on a remotely decent wage and pay for fuel transport etc for that

 

[ste stuart]

Fwiw we’re on £45 per hour on red for that size of machine, a 9 ton is £70-80k now and a good driver needs paying well.
any less and it can stay in the yard

 

[Wesley]

Anyone working for low 30s either isn’t taking a wage hasn’t change their prices in 10 years or their calculator is broken! Impossible to change plant, maintain it, have a driver on a remotely decent wage and pay for fuel transport etc for that

Quite confident I could get a Hitachi zx85 with driver & fuel for £35/hr & zx160 under £40. It makes no difference to me if someone turns up in a 70-80k digger or a 20-30k one. Its the driver that makes the difference.

 

[Joe S]

Quite confident I could get a Hitachi zx85 with driver & fuel for £35/hr & zx160 under £40. It makes no difference to me if someone turns up in a 70-80k digger or a 20-30k one. Its the driver that makes the difference.

Race to the bottom f**k me 16t machine would need to be £50 just under at the least! Good for them turning up with a digger that’s not brand new as long as it’s reliable an does the job it’s probably better than what new would be…but that’s not the point the fact there using a 30k machine rather than 110k one shouldn’t effect the rate they charge!

 

[Slippery Slope]

A lot of difference between a digger working hard all day and being used as a glorified wheelbarrow to make life a bit easier though. Makes a difference to how it’s charged out from one job to the next.

 

[hoff135]

Seems a lot of people have not updated there rates in 20 years. An 8 ton, even on red will cost £30/hr at least in fuel, upkeep and depreciation. So at £35 he's lucky if he's on a fiver an hour.

 

[ollandroverman]

Seems a lot of people have not updated there rates in 20 years. An 8 ton, even on red will cost £30/hr at least in fuel, upkeep and depreciation. So at £35 he's lucky if he's on a fiver an hour.

...... which explains why they couldn't afford a calculator

 

[Runs Like a Deere]

360 charge rate

Have some work to do for local water company ditching, tree shearing, within our farm. How much per hour for 9 tonne 360 and operator? Want to be fair to make sure I get the work so I don't have to spend hours each day supervising and then fight about compensation!

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