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Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 5:03 pm
by dig dug dan
refuse to use them if they won't let me put my own fuel in.They're all charging a fortune for the diesel.
too true, and some charge 20% vat on red diesel, which is illegal as its only 5%!
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 6:29 pm
by mickg
just re read my post, what I meant to say was it cost 10 pence for the phone call to the hire company to hire a machine, no maintenance, no storage issues, no worries and no beak down costs plus as time goes on you end up sat in a 10 year old plus machine where as hire companies change the machines every 3 - 4 years
that's what i was trying to say 
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 11:59 am
by Nigel Walker
I own all smallish plant and tools eg mixer, wacker, hydraulic breaker, saws etc. we also own a micro digger and a skip loader dumper.
Anything larger we hire in.
In fact I am considering getting shot of digger and dumper. They only get used rarely and sit in workshop taking up space.
I can hire a self drive digger from 1 ton to 10 ton for 60 quid a day plus delivery. This means that I get the size of machine suitable for the particular job. Back when I owned a 801 I used it for digging off jobs more suitable for a 3 or 5 ton. It took longer and was more awkward.
Likewise, ,because I own a small dumper I have used this for jobs where a bigger dumper would have been quicker and better.
With hiring, you don't have the cost of upkeep and repairs. If anything goes wrong on the job, a quick phone call and fitter comes out to fix without cost to me.
Small stuff better to own, larger plant better to hire
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:49 pm
by DNgroundworks
Like everyone else has said, if you are going to use it regularly then maybe.
I hire an late model 8 tonne kubota in regularly, £80.00 per day for the machine £50.00 each way haulage plus fuel, at that sort of money its pointless buying one.
We hired in a brand new 13t hitachi last year, came straight from HM plant for 2 months, £70.00 per day!!! Lots of plant hire companies all over the place up here and not enough work for them all :p
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 8:03 pm
by GB_Groundworks
I'm 70% on the way to persuading the old man to upgrade our 7 ton fixed boom sumitomo to a kx080, gonna play my trump card and get him to speak to eddy Warner, then the plan will be a tilt rotator if work stays good
For us it's good to have the machines available so we can make work easier, job wouldn't justify 3 machines on hire but makes it so much easier if you have them and not paying rent on them, or for us on a new build machine might be there for a year adds up. On the last big house we spent over £20k on hire of a js220
With hindsight we should have bought one then sold it on when done with it
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 7:52 pm
by KLS
DNgroundworks wrote:Like everyone else has said, if you are going to use it regularly then maybe.
I hire an late model 8 tonne kubota in regularly, £80.00 per day for the machine £50.00 each way haulage plus fuel, at that sort of money its pointless buying one.
We hired in a brand new 13t hitachi last year, came straight from HM plant for 2 months, £70.00 per day!!! Lots of plant hire companies all over the place up here and not enough work for them all :p
How do you manage that, around here a cheap 2-3t is £80 a day.
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:30 pm
by dig dug dan
good point. Chepest round here is helpful hirings. Got a 3 tonner coming from them for a job, £75. But its £40 each way transport!
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 5:40 pm
by DNgroundworks
Id never pay that for a 3 tonner Dan, just seems to be the going rate.
I live in a small town and i reckon there is 20 plant hire companies/groundworks outfits within a couple of miles radius.
On a friday night all the local trade lads meet up for a pint, the pub is rammed full with local plant hire men!