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Rental Rate Blue Book
Equipment Cost Recovery
With more than 45 years of research behind it, the Rental Rate Blue Book® gives you reliable answers to your ownership and operating cost questions. Specified by 47 state DOTs and numerous municipalities and territories, it's THE industry guide for determining reimbursement rates for your heavy equipment use.
Rates are broken-down by ownership and hourly operational costs to give you the most complete view of each piece of equipment:
Ownership costs include depreciation, cost of money, indirect costs, and major repairs detailed in monthly, weekly, daily and hourly increments for varying use periods.
Hourly operating costs include fuel and lubricants, tires, field repairs and maintenance, and ground-engaging components.
Benefits and Features
- Industry-standard rates for more than 15,000 pieces of heavy equipment gives you the broadest range of data available.
- Gathered from contractors, manufacturers, dealers, industry, and government resources and analyzed by our experienced research staff, the Rental Rate Blue Book provides you with the most current and accurate rates.
- Adjust rates for regional variations and equipment age. Further refine rates to reflect job severity, profit and mark-up, stand-by and other situation specific factors to give you the most precise information.
- Receive unlimited access via phone or email to our team of analysts to answer your questions or needs.
Online
The Rental Rate Blue Book Online integrates the latest technology with the more than 45 years of data and expertise to provide you the additional benefits of:
- Semi-annual updates so you know the rates are current and dependable.
- Side-by-side comparison of rates with other similar models in the same equipment category and size class.
- Separate FWHA rates combine ownership and operating costs to save you time on claims and change orders for government work.
- Historical rates covering the last five years provides access to non-current rates for use in documenting job costs, supporting claims, and litigation.
- Powerful search capabilities that let you find equipment quickly and easily by category, manufacturer name or model name.
- Convenient printer-ready reports allow you to keep hard copies for your records.
- Seamlessly link to any of your other EquipmentWatch Online products with the click of a mouse.
Volume Description
- Volume 1:
- Current Equipment and Equipment Discontinued over the last 5 years.
- Volume 2:
- Equipment Discontinued over the last 6-10 years.
- Volume 3:
- Equipment Discontinued over the last 11-20 years.
Pricing
Unless otherwise noted all subscriptions terms are for one year.
Prices shown below do not include any applicable local, state, or provincial taxes.
| Rental Rate Blue Book Vol 1-3 | $2,400.00 |
| Rental Rate Blue Book Vol 1-2 | $1,600.00 |
| Rental Rate Blue Book Vol 1 | $850.00 |
| EquipmentWatch Fleet Manager: Ownership and Operating Costs and Equipment Values (includes Rental Rate Blue Book Vol 1-3, Custom Cost Evaluator, Green Guide for Construction Equipment & Lift Trucks, Last Bid, Serial Number Guide for Construction Equipment & Lift Trucks) | $4,400.00 |
| EquipmentWatch Fleet Manager: Ownership and Operating Costs (includes Rental Rate Blue Book Vol 1-3, Custom Cost Evaluator) | $2,700.00 |
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The Rental Rate Blue Book in print is your complete resource for ownership and operating data, offering you:
- A convenient binder format makes it easy to use and update.
- Semi-annual updates so you know the rates are current and dependable.
Volume Description
- Volume 1:
- Current Equipment and Equipment Discontinued over the last 5 years.
- Volume 2:
- Equipment Discontinued over the last 6-10 years.
- Volume 3:
- Equipment Discontinued over the last 11-20 years.
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