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Matt- I don't know about you but a skid steer costs around $400/day to rent (inc. everything) around here. That means that if the machine is on a job all day, depending on labor cost, someone here would have to charge around $90-100/hr. That is well over what most people are getting. You may be able to hide that in a bigger job but if that equipment charge is a big part of the price I don't see how you can get it if you are bidding competetively.
The trick with renting equipment is that your cost changes depnding on the rental period. With a short short term rental you may have to charge well above going rates in order to cover the cost which might cost you some work. On the other hand if you were to rent a backhoe for a month and use it for 15 or 20 days you would be leaving a ton of money on the table by just charging the renatl cost and a 15% mark -up. I think that to make the most of each rental you have to look at each instance as a unique situation.
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