When it comes to renting construction equipment for your next job, it may appear an easy task, but in reality, there are a handful of things to consider before hiring to ensure you’ve got the right equipment. Once you’ve scouted out the potential plant hire business, you will have a few things to find out before you can confidently hire from them.
From insurance checks to machine training, there is plenty to tick off. Join us in this blog where we will run you through the 4 core steps to confidently hiring plant machinery.
With such a wide range of machinery at your disposal, it is understandable that some plant hire businesses will require you to take out rental insurance. This is in order to protect the business, and yourself, from any charges that arise from accidents or just your run-of-the-mill damages. Giving yourself the green light once you’ve checked you’re insured will make your search for a machine a lot easier and won’t restrict your options.
Your safety is of paramount importance, so the next step in successfully hiring construction equipment is to ensure that you’re qualified to operate your desired machinery. Here at Tiger Plant, we’re fortunate enough to be able to offer our customers the opportunity to hire an operator alongside any plant machinery.
Hiring an operator is a great solution for companies that don’t have the relevant qualifications or the manpower required to get their job done on time.
So now you’ve identified the machine you potentially want to hire, it’s time to start asking the plant hire company some questions about its past and how it has been looked after. By doing so, you are able to find out any past issues it has had and therefore can look out for them should you choose to go through with your choice.
A good idea of what to ask can be found in our Frequently Asked Questions section, these will cover pretty much all bases and will give you a good idea of what your hiring experience will be like. Be sure to find out things like what the agreement on refuelling is, the time it needs to be returned as well as things such as the machinery’s maintenance history.
One of the tricks of the trade is that if you are likely to need a machine for an extended period of time, most plant hire businesses will offer trade discounts. In order to get the best deal, be sure to ask the member of the team helping with your quote about what discounts they could do for you.
If you require more information on what it is like to hire a machine from our fleet, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us. Our team has years of experience dealing with tradesmen and the general public’s enquiries so you’re in safe hands.
