50 BULLETIN 660, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
PLANT AND EQUIPMENT RENTAL TABLE. 
The information contained in this table has been 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 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, 9| 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 
