![]() So it was a size smaller, but could barely do any work. It could only push 3 cubic yards instead of 6 like my John Deere 850, and had only 110 hp instead of 185 hp. I rented a John Deere 700 one time, a modle number below the 850, but it was junk. And on that same theme beware of model numbers. So while you are doing the 6 times the work, you are not paying 6 times more in rental costs. A John Deere 850 will cost $800 a day to rent, but that brute can push 6 cubic yards. A John Deere 450 might only cost $450 a day, but the silly thing will only push 1 cubic yard of material. By the time I got it, my landclearing job was in December, and I live in Maine.įinally, rent the biggest bulldozer you can get. ![]() I waited a month once for a John Deere 700 that was tied up on another jobsite. If given the chance, rent a dozer with cabs and not canopy's as you can work in light rain. Nothing works in the mud, so watch for good weather. At $3 a gallon even for off-road diesel, fuel costs must be accounted for. For a John Deere 450 they might only burn 30 gallons of fuel a day, but a John Deere 850 will consum nearly 100 gallons. Bulldozers are backwards than most equipment in that they have decelerator pedals and thus run wide open on the throttle all day. Considering they must come out and back to drop it off, then out and back to pick it up, transportation costs can be more than predicted.įuel. On small bulldozers like a John Deere 450 or so, mine charges only $85 an hour, but for the bigger bulldozers like the John Deere 850, they charge $120 an hour. Depending on the machine there will be a transport fee to your pond location. You are not responsible for breakdowns, but you are for mishaps and abuse. My rental place does not require rental insurance, but some might. But if you can pound out the hours on a rental machine, they are actually a cheap way to get things done.Īnother thing to consider is insurance. Of course you can keep renting, but it might eat into your pond budget. More than likely that means the week will be up before you run out of actual hours. Between rain days, figuring, looking, deciding, etc, 10 hours of engine time on a machine is a lot of time. It would seem (4) 10 hour days would be easy to burn up, but that is not always so. That is 7 days, of which you can use 40 hours. By that i mean, say you rent a bulldozer for a week. Often times a person renting will run out of days long before they run out of hours. You are right in that a rental makes sense for your situation, but keep in mind two criteria have to be met on a rental unit hours and time period. Once you buy a bulldozer that has poor tracks, and you try to put one on, you will understand what I mean.best to rent. There is a saying in the bulldozer world, "There is no such thing as a cheap bulldozer", and for good reason. I would discourage you from buying a bulldozer, only because they are very expensive to maintain, and they can be even more expensive if you buy a cheap one. This got us thinking why don't we just rent, or possibly even purchase our own bulldozer and figure it out?ĭoes anyone have experience operating dozers or have any feedback or ideas about this? My neighbors are getting quotes for a pond that seem kinda outrageous, especially compared to what we paid for our pond about 6 years ago. A backhoe front loader might take a little longer to dig the pond but makes up for it with the ability to move the dirt displaced. As it would allow the pond hole to be dug and have a bucket to move the dirt away from the site to where wanted. ![]() ![]() You might have an option for a backhoe front loader rental (though not every area rents these), and that would be the best option. Only draw back is then moving the dirt dug out if it needs to be placed any distance from the potential pond site. A decent sized excavator will be able to dig out a pond pretty quickly, and is actually better suited to digging a deep hole. That can add a $1000 or so to a purchase price if you have a long distance to haul it to get to you.įor a pond you might suggest an excavator to your neighbor, which is typically rentable. Just remember shipping costs, since most dozers weigh over typical truck tow limits you will need to get a professional to transport it. Now your neighbor could opt for buying a used dozer and then selling it back off after you finished. Blade work tends to have a high probability of damage by inexperienced users. Most places wont even rent a skid steer with a dozer blade. Most places wont rent them as they tend to need too much knowledge and skill to operate and in experienced operators can damage a dozer very easily. I am a certified heavy equipment operator.
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