Bought once, hired out since
The yard started with a single mini excavator bought for a job that only needed it for a week. Renting it out the other fifty-one weeks of the year paid for the next machine, and the one after that.
Half the counter is tradespeople with standing accounts who call ahead and know exactly what they need. The other half is someone doing one job this year - a patio, a floor, a shed base - and we try not to make either one feel like the wrong kind of customer.
Every machine gets serviced on a fixed schedule, not just when it breaks. A tool that fails on your job site costs us the account, not just the repair.
