Rental rates to rise, action taken on vendors who don’t update listings
The MHCA Equipment Rental Rates Committee has completed its work for preparing the 2022 Equipment Rental Rates Guide, which will see rates increase for most equipment, averaging 3.26%.
The rates for excavators in Groups 6-10, however, will rise more steeply, due to weight re-classification. Rates for pavement profilers and stabilizers/reclaimers will not rise in 2022, because of adjustments made to those equipment types for 2021.
The rate increases reflect pressure on pricing, especially higher capital acquisition costs.
Further, the Committee made the decision after careful consideration to move the equipment models of three vendors to the non-current category, due to chronic non-responses by those vendors on MHCA’s repeated requests that they update their model listings.
The brands affected by the vendor non-response are: Gehl, Link-Belt and Road Tec.
“We encourage those who own equipment of these brands to contact their vendors and press them to update their listings,” Committee Chair Greg McKee said. “Our guide needs to be current in its information and, unfortunately, without dealer cooperation in updating their model listings, that is very difficult.”
McKee said that if equipment owners have difficulty in preparing bids for work, due to the action on some brands, they should contact him (gmckee@smsequip.com) and he will assist.
Other changes in the coming year’s guide include
- Excavator weight classifications in Groups 6-11 have been adjusted to reflect both market realities and Manitoba Infrastructure tendering practices.
- Skid steer rubber tire and compact track loaders have been classified by operating capacity according to SAE J818, the North American legal standard.
- New attachments:
- Lasers added as an excavator attachment, at a rate of $10 per hour
- Carbide-tipped blades added as a motor grader attachment, at 15% premium
- Rear-mounted wobblies added as a motor grader attachment, at 15% premium
- Language has been added to the ‘How rates are calculated’ to clarify that breaks are included in the equipment operator’s wage, but not unpaid lunch breaks.
The next meeting of the Equipment Rental Rates Committee is Tuesday, February 15 at noon.
