"aemeijers" wrote in message
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EXT wrote:

"Steve B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 30 May 2010 09:29:32 -0700, "Steve B"
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What does a backhoe and operator run an hour where you live?

Idiotic answers snipped.

If you are just stupid, and don't know the answer, the best thing is to
post nothing at all. At least that way, you may still appear
knowledgeable. But by posting drivel, you remove all doubt.

A backhoe and operator in my neighborhood goes for fifty to one hundred
dollars an hour, depending on the size of the backhoe, and the length of
the job. I was just curious as to what the prices were in other places.

In my heighborhood one cannot rent a quarter of a million dollar backhoe
and a competent operator for $50 to $150 per hour. Possibly an old broken
down machine and an inexperienced operator or illegal operator would work
for that rate. I have had to pay $750.00 per 8 hour day for a mini
backhoe and run it myself.

Must be one hell of a backhoe for a quarter-mil. (more like a
crawler-excavator?) Around here, the sizes used for residential work (hung
off the back of a rubber-tired tractor with a front bucket), even the
fancy ones, top out at under 100k. And since they last damn near forever
if you take care of them, serviceable ones can be found for around half
that.

And isn't backhoe work usually priced by the job, not by the hour?
(Barring unexpectedly hitting ledge or a gas main or something, of
course.)

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aem sends...

I can tell that EXT, who I have filtered, knows nothing about nothing. In
my neighborhood right now, a decent brand name backhoe goes for $30,000.
The Ritchie Bros. equipment auction coming up in Vegas has them cheaper than
that. Buyer beware, and all that, but some clean low hours units go through
there regularly for the $30k range.

$250,000 backhoe? Could you please cite one, EXT?

No?

I thought so.

Now, maybe a larger track hoe.

Steve

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