minidigger Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 hi,i have just registered on a micro enterprise as a ground worker, and am a bit unsure of what hourly rate to charge as the brits seem to have an inflated hourly charge compared to what we're told the french earn.I was told the going rate here for a mini digger and driver was 40euros an hour, this seems rather high to me.has anyone hired a digger & driver, and if so could you please give me an idea of what the average hourly rate was.obviously i will have to account for the social charges & taxes, but the cost of living is much lower here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 I paid €150 for a digger/driver for about 4hrs work just a few weeks ago. I was very happy with the price considering the time it would have taken me to do the job manually.I think you're in the right area of €40 an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minidigger Posted November 12, 2004 Author Share Posted November 12, 2004 DMCthanks for the replyat least now i can price fairly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Yes, I think that that sounds about right too. Around here to hire one and a driver for the day is around £200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave&Olive Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Hi. I was about to sell my mini digger that I have here in blighty untill I read this post,did you have much trouble registering your trailor? do you need to register the mini digger I `ve got a 1.5 ton digger on a 4 wheeled braked trailor any info would help Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian -there must be a way Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 Dear Minidigger,Here in the South East we paid 500 euros for a days work . Often when I read contributions to this forum I see a marked difference in prices according to the area of France. C'est la vie!!!Sue not Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 You're right there!!! Here in Normandy we paid 300€ per day for a full-sized thing - nearly as big as our house!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Nott<P>Many Thanks<P><P>Charlie Nott<P><P><a target=_blank href="http:www.giteshols.com">www.giteshols.com<A><P> Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 Our local farmer charges 30 euros per hour for his full sized JCB and this includes taking away what he digs out if you want. He also delivers topsoil for the same price which includes the topsoil! We are in the North Dordogne and it is strictly cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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