50 BULLETIN GOO, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



PLANT AND EQUIPMENT RENTAL TABLE. 



The information contained in this tabic has boon gathered from 

 various sources and as complete data are given in connection there- 

 with as were available at the time it was secured. While all of the 

 rates given were those actually used on construction work, their use 

 as a basis for rentals in specific cases is not recommended. 



Schedule of rental rates used during the season 1917 on work of considerable, magnitude. 

 [The rates mentioned are per day.] 



Automobiles $5. 00 



Adding and listing machines 20 



Buckets, tipple and bottom dump 25 



Boring machine, pneumatic 50 



Boring machine, electric 50 



Buckets, orange-peel, 1 yard 3. 50 



Buckets, orange-peel, less than 1 yard 2. 00 



Buckets, clamshell s 2. 00 



Boiler, and 3-drum engine 3. 50 



Boiler, and 2-drum engine 3. 00 



Boiler, and 1-drum engine 2. 50 



Boiler only, 30 horsepower and smaller 1. 50 



Boiler only, larger than 30 horsepower 2. 00 



Block machine, concrete 1. 50 



Cars, skip, 1£ yards 25 



Cars, skip, 3 yards 50 



Cars, steel, 1 yard and smaller 15 



Cars, 4 yards, wooden 25 



Cars, 6 yards, wooden '. 75 



Cars, 12 yards, wooden 2. 00 



Cars, 1 hopper, radial gate 25 



Crushers only 2. 00 



Crushers, with elevator and screen 3. 00 



Conveyor, gravity, per 100 feet 1. 00 



Compressor, 10 by 10 with steam engine 2. 50 



Compressor, 8 by 8 belt driven 1. 00 



Compressor, with gasoline engine on wheels 5. 00 



Compressor, Westinghouse, 9i inch 1. 00 



Cableways, without engine 4. 00 



Drill, auto traction 5. 00 



Dump wagons 25 



Diving outfit -with pumps 10. 00 



Derricks, 60 feet to 85 feet 2. 00 



Derricks, 30 feet to 59 feet 1. 50 



Derricks, less than 30 feet 1. 00 



Derricks, breast 25 



Derricks, circle swing 25 



Elevators, platform or bucket 25 



Elevators, with bins for concrete 50 



Engines, skeleton, 3 drum 2. 00 



Engines, skeleton, 2 drum 1. 50 



Engines, skeleton, 1 drum 1. 00 



Engines, steam, horizontal, 11 to 40 horsepower 1. 50 



