Plant hire rates

Madmechanic

What kinda rates are people paying for a 6 tonne or 12 tonne digger and the minute and tractor and dump trailer setups?

Fuxake

35/hr + Vodka & Tonic for a 13 ton track machine

Dawggone

Fuxake wrote: »

35/hr + Vodka & Tonic for a 13 ton track machine

Good value.
Paying €100 +vat for 24 ton.

C0N0R

Got charged €25 an hour for a 12 ton, no vat, local man paid quickly and does an excellent job.

The Letheram

€25 + VAT for 14 tonne paid at the gate.

Miname

Have had lads here from 25 to 45 per hour plus vat.

Mad4simmental

€40 hre all in here for a 13t. Excellent operator.

Got him this year for saw work. Sum job on a digger them saws.

Reggie.

I think a tractor and 12 ton dumper is around €30 an hour CIH

sucklerlover

Madmechanic wrote: »

What kinda rates are people paying for a 6 tonne or 12 tonne digger and the minute and tractor and dump trailer setups?

My neighbour has a 13ton in at the moment and he's paying 40 plus vat.
I always think a few euros more for a good operator is well worth it.

Reggie.

sucklerlover wrote: »

My neighbour has a 13ton in at the moment and he's paying 40 plus vat.
I always think a few euros more for a good operator is well worth it.

Agreed

Willfarman

I hear reports of 20+ tonne diggers working on a major road project in Wicklow for 20€ an hour plus their diesel.

Madmechanic

It seems to vary a bit with different areas. Road jobs are always gona be different ul have more lads cutting each other just to get in. I was kind of wonering more about the local man that does the farm work etc with a ex120 and a tractor and dump trailer. I suppose anywhere from 35-40 + vat for the digger diesel and driver is fair. Not a lot of return out of it realy if a pump or final drive something like that goes on the machine she would eat into a lot of weeks profit

Mad4simmental

Willfarman wrote: »

I hear reports of 20+ tonne diggers working on a major road project in Wicklow for 20€ an hour plus their diesel.

Ya they under cut one another like mad on them jobs. Worst part about a 20+t digger in Ireland is it's to big for most work in Ireland and it's not even that big of a digger.

Madmechanic

Mad4simmental wrote: »

Ya they under cut one another like mad on them jobs. Worst part about a 20+t digger in Ireland is it's to big for most work in Ireland and it's not even that big of a digger.

True that. Im in Australia at the minute and class anything under a 20 tonne as a mini digger. 30 tonne is the standard here. The ground is a lot harder though. At home we have an ex120 and also a 60 and a little 30. The 120 and 60 are plenty big for the farm work and cleaning drains stuff like that any bigger and your too far away from them

Mad4simmental

Madmechanic wrote: »

True that. Im in Australia at the minute and class anything under a 20 tonne as a mini digger. 30 tonne is the standard here. The ground is a lot harder though. At home we have an ex120 and also a 60 and a little 30. The 120 and 60 are plenty big for the farm work and cleaning drains stuff like that any bigger and your too far away from them

Done 5 years in the pilbra and goldfields on them to. Tuff work in iron ore country. Where you at it?

Zr105

Mad4simmental wrote: »

Ya they under cut one another like mad on them jobs. Worst part about a 20+t digger in Ireland is it's to big for most work in Ireland and it's not even that big of a digger.

It's not the boys on the diggers have cut the rates to that, it's the crowd running it, it's a take it or leave it job....

Madmechanic

Mad4simmental wrote: »

Done 5 years in the pilbra and goldfields on them to. Tuff work in iron ore country. Where you at it?

Western queensland at the minute on a gas job its slowing off a bit now not as busy as it was. Im actually a fitter was driving here for a while but back on the spanners now. Always regret not going to w.a big money to be had there if you can get onto the right jobs

Mad4simmental

Madmechanic wrote: »

Western queensland at the minute on a gas job its slowing off a bit now not as busy as it was. Im actually a fitter was driving here for a while but back on the spanners now. Always regret not going to w.a big money to be had there if you can get onto the right jobs

Ya good coin but most jobs are 28/1 most your way are even rosters? Didn't get over your way I will for a holladay sum day! Allot of big jobs starting in NT next year and big Gina is building another railway over your way to.

Madmechanic

Mad4simmental wrote: »

Ya good coin but most jobs are 28/1 most your way are even rosters? Didn't get over your way I will for a holladay sum day! Allot of big jobs starting in NT next year and big Gina is building another railway over your way to.

We were 21 and 7. At the minute i do 12 on 4 off a few days in the workshop and maybe a weekend off and then back out again its a good bit of variety. You ever regret heading home? Im headed that way myself next year

Mad4simmental

Madmechanic wrote: »

We were 21 and 7. At the minute i do 12 on 4 off a few days in the workshop and maybe a weekend off and then back out again its a good bit of variety. You ever regret heading home? Im headed that way myself next year

No I was well sick of it in the end but that industry is tuff slogging. Love being back and the boss man is slowly handing me the rains of the farm so I have a challenge & plenty to do with that and my own business.

It's picking up here big time but it takes a while to get youst to the negativity of the usuall ones complaining ect. In one ear out the other it's not to bad here agin atall.

Madmechanic

Mad4simmental wrote: »

No I was well sick of it in the end but that industry is tuff slogging. Love being back and the boss man is slowly handing me the rains of the farm so I have a challenge & plenty to do with that and my own business.

It's picking up here big time but it takes a while to get youst to the negativity of the usuall ones complaining ect. In one ear out the other it's not to bad here agin atall.

Yeah i was home in june seemed to be a good bit happening. A lot of lads got used to not working and dont want to work now. Itl be similar for myself now il either go with the diggers with the old man or set up a workshop of my own just weighing up the options