Tiller Tiller Rental Fees, OUCH!!!

[SteveM]

My local NH dealer is the only full service rental yard, they charge 10% of the selling price per day....$500 implement is $50 a day. So this would be about right for a used tiller at about $850. Also, my dealer only rents used attach. not new. Before I bought my own tiller, I was frustrated renting his because the waiting list was silly, and timing the rental with a day that wasnt rainy was next to impossible. Glad I finally just bought a tiller, even though it sits on blocks in the barn most of the year. Think of it this way, using it 10 days a year will insure it will last the rest of your life /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[BB_TX]

I would say that is a good price. I rented a heavy duty walkbehind tiller earlier this year for $49/4 hrs (or $65/ day I think). I would guess it was about a $800-$900 tiller. It only took me about 2 hrs to till my garden so I got out with the 4 hr charge. 10 days a year is a lot of tilling with a 3ph.

 

[Dargo]

Yes, tillers are expensive to rent. I rented one for one day several years ago to see if one would do what I wanted done. After I saw that it would, I bought one to finish putting in my yard. At the time, I was putting in almost 10 acres of lawn. Therefore, it was cheaper for me to buy a plow, a tiller, a harrow, a gill and a cultipacker. Since I needed the equipment for a few weeks, the rental fees would have exceeded the purchase price. Now I have the work done and I own the equipment so I can make repairs and use the equipment for other projects. On the other side of the coin, if I only needed the tiller for a small project, it would be cheaper for me to just rent one as needed.

It's not a decision as easy as figuring out that buying a 3 pt. backhoe was not a prudent option for me, but it wasn't that hard once I had written down the costs in renting to do my work vs buying the equipment to do my work. I think that is sort of how a guy has to look at renting almost any equipment.

 

[KennedyDiesel]

Kinda like the saying: "If it has ___ or wheels..."

Any time you put an implement in the dirt it will cost $$$

 

[flatheadlake]

They rent for $80 per day in my area. The funny thing I found out is that they charge $25 more per day if you are not renting the tiller with their tractor /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[jhgnag]

I may be interested in a plow as well. Any advice on what works with a Kubota 2410?

 

[Clyde]

The rental business is the last business I would enter. Even inanimate rental items such as appliance caddys are, to me, expensive to rent considering that there doesn't appear to be any "wear" items. Perhaps just my imagination but I think the more an individual pays in rental fees, the more determined he becomes to get his moneys worth. If that equipment were mine, I'd make sure it was greased, gearcase full, etc, before using it. My determining factor in making the decion to buy or rent is if I'll use it on a monthly or yearly basis - I buy it. I'm with SteveM on this topic that if I take care of it, it will always have a value. I save a trip to the rental store every year and chasing the clock if it is an hourly rental. I also know that if I have it at my disposal, I'll end up using it more often during the year.

 

[kayssupply]

How far are you from Hoye Equipment, one of the sponsors on the Grey market,Yanmar, and other boards? He has used tillers for about half what a new one costs. They are usually in pretty good shape.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( How far are you from Hoye Equipment, one of the sponsors on the Grey market,Yanmar, and other boards? He has used tillers for about half what a new one costs. They are usually in pretty good shape. )</font>

They are about 275 miles away.

Seems that by the time a person rents a tractor and a tiller for a day, it would be cheaper to hire someone to come and do it while you sip cool beverages on the porch.

 

[2nstonge]

And that's one of the reasons I'm adding a tiller to my equipment stash and hiring myself out this spring. The nearest equipment rental center is almost 40 miles (about an hour) away and it's close to $100 for an 8-hour day to rent.

The local landscapers don't even want to touch "just a rototill job" unless you're buying the full season lawn care & grounds maintenance service from them. Most of the landscapers & contractors in my area are focused on the lucrative vacation home market, leaves a nice niche for me.

-Norm