The 2024 MHCA Membership Directory and Equipment Rental Rates Guide is in the last stages of preparation. Members should see the new edition in their mailboxes mid-March. Non-members can purchase the new Directory, in March, online or by contacting the MHCA at 204-947-1379.
There are some substantial changes being made to the rates and group classifications for skid steers in 2024.
This year, the Committee has tightened classification of skid steers, rated by lift capacity, and additional Groups were added. The skid steer hourly rates have risen, as well, on average 21% to reflect rising acquisition and maintenance costs.
Further, skid steers equipped with GPS have been listed as a machine for which a premium can be charged.
The Equipment Rental Rates Committee has worked over the past two to three years to make necessary adjustments to all equipment rates and to classification, adopting where necessary weights or capacity to more precisely define model groupings.
Most of the necessary big adjustments are done now, but the work is never finished.
The Committee relies heavily upon equipment vendors to submit their own model updates each year, to ensure they’re current. If a vendor fails to return their updates, inaccuracies creep in.
One more change users of the Guide will notice is a refinement of the definition of the Current, Non-current and Previous categories, adding specific dates when ‘non-current’ and ‘previous’ machines were available.
Note: The Committee previously included Machine Control, Surveying and GPS Technology as a separate section in the Guide, for user ease.
Finally, the Committee would like to remind all equipment owners, given the changes that have been made to date, to check their models against the classifications in the Guide, when submitting bids to project owners’ tenders. Submission of incomplete or inaccurate information can lead to rejection of a submission.