Renting trackhoes and bulldozers

[aarolar]

Can a homeowner go and rent either of these items? I have some work I need to do that my tractor won't handle but is such small scale it's hard to hire out. I know I probably won't be able to rent anything large just looking for thoughts from people who have been in my shoes.

 

[davesl708]

Here I can rent those items. My Kubota dealer has backhoes for rent. I have not asked about tractors but would assume they would rent a used one.
Equipment rental companies usually have the smaller machines.

 

[aarolar]

Wife and I are tossing around the idea of buying a mid size trackhoe to repair our pond then reselling to recoup most of our money but this would be a few years out need to pay off the tractor and truck first. Right now I just have a few stumps I want gone and minor land clearing that the previous owner let go.

 

[davesl708]

Resale on TLB's on most brands are pretty good. The used market is holding good value.
I think once you have one you may rethink selling it.

 

[aarolar]

Resale on TLB's on most brands are pretty good. The used market is holding good value.
I think once you have one you may rethink selling it.

Possibly but lack of ability to move at and running out of projects on my 50 acres will make me rethink that I bet.

 

[Jim Nelson]

Around here you can rent anything from the equipment dealers like Cat or John Deere. There are also several rental yards that have them but generally they are not in as good of condition.

 

[gsganzer]

I tried renting a dozer about 12 years ago and you needed to show liability insurance ($1M I believe). Just in case you dug up something you shouldn't. It may have just been that particular rental company, I ended up going another route, so I never rented one.

 

[aarolar]

I tried renting a dozer about 12 years ago and you needed to show liability insurance ($1M I believe). Just in case you dug up something you shouldn't. It may have just been that particular rental company, I ended up going another route, so I never rented one.

This is my concern that's why I said homeowner with our business we used to rent all kind of stuff but that's a different game all together.

 

[EddieWalker]

United Rentals does small sized dozers and excavators. I think they limit the size on what they can haul without permits. Delivery is extra on the rental, and the rates I asked about where weekly and monthly. They base that on 8 hours a day. If you go over, you are charged more. I've never rented anything on daily basis with an hour meter that I ever came close to using 8 full hours in a day.

My dealers, Case and New Holland both rent equipment on a weekly and monthly basis. Cost where better then United Rental, and they rent bigger machines. The excavator I was pricing was a 20 metric tonne machine and it was $4,000 a week, plus fuel and delivery.

For me, it's cheaper to hire it out and let a pro do the work for something needing that big of a machine.

My neighbor has a 45 metric tonne machine pulling stumps on his land right now at $180 an hour. It just plucks them up as fast as he can grab them. It's taking longer to get them into a pile and burn them, then clean up the burn pile then it is to pull the stumps.

I bought a full sized, 80 hp 2wd loader backoe for $18,000 that had 2,000 hours on it to do most of everything I wanted done on my land. Turned out the be the most useful machine possible. If I was to do it again, and I might, I want 4wd and a cab.

 

[STx]

Subelt will rent you anything you want and has a location in Augusta. They even put their pricing on their website.