Tiller Tiller Rental Fees, OUCH!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Ok, so I would love to buy a 3 pt tiller but I really would only use it maybe 10 days a year for my own use.

I have a rental place less than a mile away so I went in and asked:

"Do you have a 3 pt tiller to rent?"

"Yes we do, do you need a tractor with it?"

"No, I have two thank you"

"It rents for $85 per day"

I almost said, Did you hear that I have my own tractor. But instead I said "I'll have to think about it" as I said good bye and walked out as fast as I could with my shirt and pants still on...

Am I crazy? Is this reasonable?

I could surely pay for one quickly, (2 years) at this rental fee.

Has anyone else priced out a 3 pt tiller rental?

 

[rdln]

I would say thats cheap, was their a deposit required for damaged tines?

A tiller could be destroyed in a day if used irresponsibly.

I would say rent it and see how much you get done and then ask yourself if it was worth it.

 

[notamustang]

85 sounds pretty good to me too. I figured it would be in the 100-125 range. I agree with rdln too rent it and see how much or well it works for you.
If you are gonna use it that little, maybe a walk behind would be the ticket for a purchase.
But if you figure 850, a year in three years you would have paid for one. Another point is rental equipment is not always up to par.

 

[Cliff_Johns]

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Another way to look at it is, if you bought one, used it for 10 days, then sold it it, how much would you be out? $850? I don't think so. If you look for a good deal and can swing the cash for a month (or time your credit card purchase), buying-using-then selling this kind of equipment is almost always a better deal than renting. As we've seen on this board lately, slightly used equipment of this type is usually sold for not much under new.

Now, renting is apparently a good bit cheaper where you are, but for me I had two days worth of wood splitting to do and it cost me $250 to rent. I could have paid $1000 for a wood splitter, used it at my convience for a week or two, then sold it and still done better than that. Learn something new every day.

Cliff

 

[ksmmoto]

Seem like a good price to me also. To rent a Kubota L3130 is about $275.00 for a eight hour day here in Central Michigan.

ksmmoto

 

[Bowhunter]

I rented a tiller 2 years ago, so I'm sure the prices have increased since then. At that time it was $80 per day or $50 for a half day.

 

[Indydirtfarmer]

Let me put it this way..... /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

I wouldn't turn MY tiller loose with someone I didn't know, to use it in conditions I didn't know about, for any $85 a day.... /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

With potential damage, labor to service/clean the rental tiller, the somewhat limited market for one, I'd say that it isn't going to make the rental mart into a fortune 500 company. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif They are in business to turn a profit, but in my honest opinion, they aren't making a big profit on that tiller, unless it's around for a few years. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

A friend of mine runs a rental store. He gets $95 a day for a 5' Woods tiller. It's been on line for about 3 years. Last I talked to him about it, there was no plans to add a second tiller....His words were "marginally worthwhile". /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Mrwurm]

The local rental yard near my home wants $175 per day to rent a 60 in 3pt tiller. That's without a tractor. The counter guy told me it was in high demand too, so I better reserve it. Well, I sure did'nt rent it at that price. Also, the tiller is parked right next to the fence up by the road. I drove by all last summer and it never moved once. Maybe if they had a reasonable price, someone would actually rent the thing. They're surely not making any profit with it just sitting there. Go figure.

 

[gws]

Thats not a bad price, Think about it. Even for the cheaper TSC tiller, You would have to rent for 17 years to break even on buying a new tiller.

 

[KubotaSteve]

At $85 a day and 10 days a year, buying a new one would cover itself in about 2 years depending on the quality of tiller you get. I just bought a 60" Woods tiller during my dealer's open house for $1,295. So far I have had about 5 or 6 people ask about tilling a garden (some have offered to pay and others well you know). I'll probably just till my own garden and then use it for a few other projects I have lined up.