Heavy Equipment Hourly Rate: How to Price Construction Iron

A defensible heavy equipment hourly rate combines owning cost (depreciation, financing, insurance), operating cost (fuel, undercarriage, hydraulics, maintenance), allocated overhead, and target profit. Most owner-operator rates for heavy construction iron land between roughly $130 and $325 per hour with operator, depending on machine class, utilization, region, and transport. TRUEHOUR applies the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers EP 1110-1-8 method so heavy-equipment owners can price work with confidence.

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TRUEHOUR is built by Walnut Flat LLC for owner-operators and small construction contractors. Methodology based on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers EP 1110-1-8.