What to rent
You know the job. Each page names the machines, a plain note on size, and a rental cost range from prices Treasure Valley rental shops have published.
Rental only, before tax, delivery, fuel, and materials.
Trench or footings
Dig with a mini excavator. Haul the spoil in a dump trailer when the dirt has to leave the site.
$310 to $725 a day
$1,050 to $2,265 a week
Level or grade a yard
Grade with a skid steer or a tractor, and haul soil or gravel in a dump trailer.
$280 to $700 a day
$1,050 to $2,499 a week
Patio or paver base
Move the gravel with a mini skid steer, pack it with a plate compactor, and haul it in a dump trailer.
$330 to $740 a day
$1,590 to $2,331 a week
Till a garden
Turn a garden bed with a tiller.
$84 to $165 a day
$340 to $690 a week
Cut and split firewood
Cut with a chainsaw, split with a log splitter, and haul the wood on a utility or flatbed trailer.
$242 to $327 a day
$1,195 to $1,262 a week
Clean a driveway or deck
Wash a driveway or a deck with a pressure washer.
$69 to $115 a day
$207 to $346 a week
Reach a roofline or high branches
Reach up and over with a boom lift, or straight up with a scissor lift. Rent one.
$100 to $687.50 a day
$318 to $2,234.38 a week
Move a car
Move a car on a car hauler your vehicle is rated to tow.
$65 to $120 a day
$324 to $390 a week