Is the backhoe loader a thing of the past?

[Lancs Lad]

Lol no.

But tbh I don't disagree with there cause in that otherwise I'd not of gone on hire. They did get asked pretty explicitly on the first communication what it was about etc. I don't agree with dumping rocks but to be fair I equally think if we are going to stop UK fisheries from working in those spaces then perhaps it's the best option to stop others abusing it?

FFS you'll be lying down in front of oil refinery's next!

 

[JD450A]

FFS you'll be lying down in front of oil refinery's next!

For the right coin.

 

[Lancs Lad]

For the right coin.

Like the rest of em.

 

[Gunners]

Some of us actually use our backhoe - rather than posing for the film industry....
A selection of jobs from the last 2 weeks. Not dead here yet! Wouldn't be without it

 

[JD450A]

I know what's more profitable

 

[DaveDCB]

I do often wonder if I’d just be better with a full spec backhoe again.. but I always feel you need a smaller machine to work along side them.. then it all starts again, more more more

 

[6feetdown]

Mate hired a 4cx last week £450 a day with operator

 

[DaveDCB]

Mate hired a 4cx last week £450 a day with operator

I can see How some owner ops get left behind on pricing, steady away busy, no need to mess things up, then you get a price for a new machine which was 30k more than your last one and your in a pickle!!

 

[Jimoz]

Mate hired a 4cx last week £450 a day with operator

Whereabouts in the country are you? Similar prices to what I got. Even off a local firm that runs a few. Maybe the one man bands keep pressure on the prices. Another local firm say 480 for 8t 360 with 60 quid each way haulage.

 

[Vinpetrol]

Whereabouts in the country are you? Similar prices to what I got. Even off a local firm that runs a few. Maybe the one man bands keep pressure on the prices. Another local firm say 480 for 8t 360 with 60 quid each way haulage.

and that’ll earn you more if your doing price work

 

[6feetdown]

Whereabouts in the country are you? Similar prices to what I got. Even off a local firm that runs a few. Maybe the one man bands keep pressure on the prices. Another local firm say 480 for 8t 360 with 60 quid each way haulage.

South Wales

 

[hiluxman]

Mate hired a 4cx last week £450 a day with operator

Similar prices to here too.

 

[V8Druid]

Mate hired a 4cx last week £450 a day with operator

A DAY? !!!!!

 

[doobin]

A DAY? !!!!!

Mental isn’t it?

 

[Lancs Lad]

Mental isn’t it?

What fuel costs a day?
Say it's on finance at a grand a month ..

Failing maths a school isn't cheap long term

 

[Jimoz]

A DAY? !!!!!

Wait till you see what @Gunners gets away with charging!

 

[V8Druid]

Mental isn’t it?

doesn't seem that long ago we were all discussing the sanity of the struggle to get 17-18 quid an hour for a BHL and that you could get a 13t 360 , self drive, for 350 a week

 

[hiluxman]

What fuel costs a day?
Say it's on finance at a grand a month ..

Failing maths a school isn't cheap long term

Fuels hard to work out because it's all very varied. I've done as little as 35l in a day (council work) and as much as 100l, so you've just got to work an average out...or charge a plus fuel rate.

I always did an inclusive rate.

Red going was one of the biggest reasons why I no longer have the 432

 

[Gunners]

Wait till you see what @Gunners gets away with charging!

I struggle to get north of £550/day on more than a couple of days work. Single days you can get £600 easy enough, but you have to drive there and back. I often leave it on site on the longer term jobs, and its rare to be running all day either. Shovelling, sweeping and erecting Heras fencing are very profitable hires. All of which helps to offset the quite frankly, low rate you can get for them - especially compared to the rate the mini can get. Its really not worth the return on investment to run a backhoe over a well spec'd towable mini - especially with the running costs. If you think diesel is bad, try getting a quote for servicing them. Against a mini they are outrageous! Then there's tyres, adblue, and my addiction to cleaning the thing....

Reality is the backhoe for me earns its money on price work, where it can do the job of multiple machines, and when the going gets tight, I have a mini there to do the awkward bits faster than I would with the 4cx. And likewise, on bigger tasks, the 4cx smashes it out faster than I would previously done with the 8026.
There's also the odd day where it earns outrageous money. Purely from having the right setup of attachments and that perfect work that suits its multi skillset down to the ground. I think my best days work was a little over £5k profit in one day with the machine. If I could string a few more of those together that would be lovely! But its not uncommon to have some £1k days with it. It can sit there for a few weeks with returns like that, but genuinely, its becoming more and more useful as I get better at driving it.

Now if the UK would sort out the duck towing laws - I can only imagine what you could earn with such a setup!

 

[6feetdown]

A DAY? !!!!!

Yes