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machinery transport costs

  • 28-12-2016 12:02AM
    #1
    f140
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    Whats the norm for machinery transport costs? anyone have a rough figure per kilometre for just a tractor?


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  • #2
    kay 9
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    Had a 6ton machine moved 15 mile few years ago by a neighbour. 250 euro. Didn't get him for anything again. That was one way by the way, got it home for 80. Rates vary a lot.


  • #3
    whelan2
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    Normally€1/km each way. Look on donedeal there should be some one in your area that does it. Or put an ad up looking for a backload. Handy haulage is another one to ask on.


  • #4
    whelan2
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    kay 9 wrote: »
    Had a 6ton machine moved 15 mile few years ago by a neighbour. 250 euro. Didn't get him for anything again. That was one way by the way, got it home for 80. Rates vary a lot.

    There's a few things that can influence price. How far does he have to go from his base to pick it up. Alot of lads forget to factor that in. Tolls. €6 a pop. White diesel and time spent loading and offloading. Being tild a machine will be ready for loading at 10 am and its not. Or the classic of being asked a price to a place but its going ten miles past there


  • #5
    alps
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    Used to do a fair bit of machinery transport in the 90's. Boom time for machinery sales and work. Any amount of new excavators and diggers being sold, Roadworks were big on the agenda and we could spend the whole weekend shifting gear to new jobs, bringing out or back equipment that was on hire, and it paid me to bring a mechanic with me for the weekend, with the amount of machinery that would not start or would run out of diesel half ways up the ramp.

    Wow whelan...the rates were as good as what you quote above and diesel was 55p plus vat..


  • #6
    kay 9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,676 ✭✭✭kay 9


    whelan2 wrote: »
    There's a few things that can influence price. How far does he have to go from his base to pick it up. Alot of lads forget to factor that in. Tolls. €6 a pop. White diesel and time spent loading and offloading. Being tild a machine will be ready for loading at 10 am and its not. Or the classic of being asked a price to a place but its going ten miles past there
    He lives 3/4 of a mile away. Was just a tractor and low loader (green diesel). Was 15.6 miles to be exact :D Had machine ready etc. No tolls or unforseen expenses. He was just extracting the urine. Same lad is gone bust since.


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  • #7
    whelan2
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    kay 9 wrote: »
    He lives 3/4 of a mile away. Was just a tractor and low loader (green diesel). Was 15.6 miles to be exact :D Had machine ready etc. No tolls or unforseen expenses. He was just extracting the urine. Same lad is gone bust since.

    Did you agree a price beforehand?


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