Owning & operating cost of Construction Equipment

Construction equipment owning & operating cost always needs to check before purchase it. Construction Equipment running  & maintenance cost needs to be consider just to have the good decision making that does create problem in future to you or your organisation.

Many of the factors are affecting the operating & owning cost. You need to take this with example whatever kind of equipment is taking. Owning Cost & operating cost both are the different things.

Owning Cost

Owning Cost means cost of purchasing the construction equipment whether it’s new or used one. In this decision you money need to invest for the long term and wait for the year to get the ROI of Equipment. When you own the equipment then owning cost and operating cost both you need to consider.

Points need to consider:-

Investment ROI.

Cost of operating.

Cost of equipment idleness (when your equipment don’t have the work then also there is variable and fixed cost (fixed cost include = interest cost, operator cost)).

Cost of maintenance.

Insurance cost

Residual value

Operating Cost

Operating cost includes the operation related expenses. Ownership cost is not there. When you need to wear the operating cost & when you go for the ownership cost will let you know in below.

Operating cost includes the operator costing, helper costing, fuel costing, maintenance cost other variable expense.

Points need to consider:-

Fuel Costing – Fuel cost is one the major cost in construction equipment because it having the one of the major shares in operating cost so need to consider seriously before owning it or hiring it.

Operator Cost & helper Cost – Operator cost & helper cost is the fixed cost on that you need to spend continually whether your machine working or not.

Maintenance cost – Maintenance Cost is incurred when you run your construction equipment.  Maintenance cost includes oil, greasing, filters.

Apart from this cleaning, Oil Analysis, Transportation cost, Inspections, Testing, Sampling, Repairs.  

Owning Cost & Operating Cost Formula to check the Decision

Owning costs = purchase price of machine + financing + taxes – disposal price (what you get for that machine when you resell it).

Operating costs = labour + fuel + maintenance + replacement costs of tires, tracks and other components + overhead.

So above formula give you some basic idea of owning and operating of Heavy Equipment