Rate & Break-Even
Set hourly rates, day rates, short-job minimums, equipment loan recovery, depreciation, and monthly break-even utilization.
Equipment Rate, Job Bid, and Ownership Cost Calculators
Find the right calculator for hourly rates, skid steer work, mini excavator jobs, dirt work bids, grading, trenching, excavation, concrete removal, mobilization, hauling, fuel, attachments, loan payments, depreciation, and rent-versus-own decisions.
Start With the Pricing Decision
Job Bidding
Price dirt work, grading, trenching, excavation, concrete removal, clearing, and gravel driveway jobs using production and cost assumptions.
Ownership Costs
Plan fuel, maintenance reserve, attachment profit, mobilization, trailer hauling, depreciation, and rent-versus-own choices.
Rate & Break-Even
Set hourly rates, day rates, minimums, loan recovery, depreciation, and utilization targets.
Equipment Hourly Rate Calculator
Build a profitable machine-and-operator hourly rate from ownership cost, operating cost, utilization, operator pay, and margin.
Best for: setting a machine-and-operator hourly rate
Skid Steer Rate Calculator
Estimate a skid steer hourly rate or job quote after fuel, attachment wear, mobilization, labor, materials, and target margin.
Best for: pricing grading, spreading, cleanup, brush, snow, and material-moving jobs
Mini Excavator Rate Calculator
Price mini excavator work by machine hours, soil conditions, fuel, operator cost, mobilization, helper time, disposal, and margin.
Best for: quoting compact excavation, trenching, drainage, and small digging jobs
Operator Day Rate Calculator
Calculate a full-day or half-day operated-equipment rate that includes machine cost, operator pay, travel, overhead, and profit.
Best for: setting full-day and half-day operated-equipment rates
Machine Break-Even Hours Calculator
Calculate billable hours needed each month to cover machine ownership, fixed costs, variable cost, and target profit.
Best for: checking utilization before buying, keeping, or adding equipment
Job Minimum Charge Calculator
Set a minimum charge for short equipment jobs after loading, travel, setup, cleanup, fuel, admin time, and margin.
Best for: avoiding money-losing small jobs
Equipment Loan Payment Calculator
Estimate equipment loan payment, total interest, monthly ownership recovery, and hourly rate impact before taking on a machine payment.
Best for: checking equipment payments before buying
Equipment Depreciation Calculator
Estimate straight-line depreciation, book value, hourly depreciation, and replacement reserve for compact equipment ownership planning.
Best for: including machine value loss in cost per hour
Job Bidding
Estimate dirt work, grading, trenching, clearing, gravel, excavation, mulching, and demolition bids.
Dirt Work Bid Calculator
Estimate dirt work pricing with machine hours, operator labor, materials, trucking, disposal, mobilization, and margin.
Best for: building grading, prep, cleanup, and general dirt-work bids
Grading Cost Calculator
Quote rough or finish grading by square footage, production rate, condition multiplier, machine time, and target profit.
Best for: pricing yard, pad, driveway, and small site grading
Trenching Cost Calculator
Estimate trenching cost by linear foot, production rate, depth or soil factor, machine cost, spoils, backfill, and margin.
Best for: quoting utility, drainage, footing, irrigation, and electrical trenches
Land Clearing Calculator
Estimate land clearing price from acreage, brush density, equipment hours, hauling, disposal, operator cost, and margin.
Best for: pricing small acreage clearing and brush removal
Gravel Driveway Calculator
Estimate gravel driveway material, delivery, grading, compaction, labor, and final quote from driveway dimensions and depth.
Best for: estimating gravel tons, material cost, and driveway job price
Excavation Cost Calculator
Estimate compact excavation cost by cubic yards, production rate, machine cost, mobilization, hauling, disposal, labor, and margin.
Best for: quoting small excavation by volume and production speed
Forestry Mulching Calculator
Estimate forestry mulching jobs by acreage, density, machine hours, tooth wear, fuel, mobilization, cleanup, and target margin.
Best for: quoting brush cutting, mulching, and small clearing jobs
Concrete Removal Calculator
Estimate concrete removal pricing from slab area, thickness, production rate, machine cost, hauling, disposal, mobilization, and margin.
Best for: pricing compact equipment concrete tear-out jobs
Ownership & Operating Costs
Plan fuel, mobilization, hauling, attachment profit, repairs, and rent-vs-own numbers.
Equipment Fuel Cost Calculator
Calculate fuel cost for compact equipment using working hours, idle hours, fuel burn, fuel price, and a reserve for uncertainty.
Best for: tracking trip-level and job-level fuel exposure
Rental vs Own Calculator
Compare monthly ownership cost against expected rental days, delivery fees, maintenance risk, and owned-machine utilization.
Best for: deciding whether ownership cost makes sense
Mobilization Fee Calculator
Estimate a mobilization fee for compact equipment using round-trip miles, loading time, drive time, truck and trailer cost, tolls, and margin.
Best for: pricing delivery, loading, drive time, and setup
Attachment Profit Calculator
Estimate whether an attachment pays for itself through added hourly rate, utilization, maintenance cost, wear, and resale value.
Best for: pricing buckets, augers, grapples, breakers, trenchers, brush cutters, and power rakes
Trailer Hauling Cost Calculator
Estimate truck, trailer, fuel, labor, insurance, and mileage cost for hauling compact equipment to a job.
Best for: understanding equipment transport cost
Equipment Maintenance Reserve Calculator
Set an hourly maintenance reserve for service, tires, tracks, wear parts, fluids, repairs, and major component risk.
Best for: building repair money into every quote
Pricing Resources
Use these guides to connect the calculators into a quoting process: cost floor, rate selection, job bid, mobilization, ownership, and quote checklist.
Pricing Guides
How to Price Equipment Work
A practical pricing guide for compact equipment owners who need quotes that cover the machine and the business.
Equipment Cost Per Hour Guide
A plain-English breakdown of the hourly cost behind every compact equipment quote.
Compact Equipment Pricing Checklist
A pre-quote checklist for machine cost, mobilization, materials, risk, scope, and profit.
Rate Guides
Skid Steer Hourly Rates Guide
How to think about skid steer rates without blindly copying a rental price or competitor rumor.
Mini Excavator Hourly Rates Guide
A compact excavator rate guide for digging, trenching, drainage, and small excavation jobs.
Dirt Work Bid Guide
A practical dirt-work bid checklist for small contractors and compact equipment operators.
Mobilization Fee Guide
A guide to charging for loading, hauling, unloading, setup, and travel without making the machine rate carry everything.
Ownership Guides
Rent vs Own Equipment Guide
How to decide whether equipment ownership makes sense before taking on another payment.
Equipment Maintenance Reserve Guide
How to include repair money in every quote before a large maintenance bill arrives.
Equipment Loan Payment Examples
Payment examples that show why financing has to flow back into hourly rates and job bids.
Excavation Cost Guide
A compact excavation pricing guide for small contractors and owner-operators.