An indicative check on what a machine costs per hour and the rate needed to hit your margin. Not a market-rate guide.
Results
Formulas
Cost/hr = (ownership + insurance) ÷ annual hours + fuel + maintenance + operator
With overhead = cost × (1 + overhead %)
Sell = cost ÷ (1 − margin %)
Indicative business calculation only — not an NZ market rate. Every machine, finance deal and region differs.
Doing this for a real job? Fieldlink turns takeoffs into estimates, quotes and job budgets — with rates you can reuse.
See civil estimating