The theory is simple: instead of buying a household item or a piece of clothing or some equipment you might use once or twice, you take it out and return it.

  • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    There is a business in my town. There’s probably one like it in your town. They rent power equipment. Anything from pressure washers to bobcats to bouncy castles. And as a man who has needed to drill precisely 8 holes into a concrete slab in 37 years, there is a genuine value proposition in renting a hammer drill for an afternoon compared to buying one.

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      2 months ago

      This week’s rental for me:

      • hammer chisel, 24h, about $70 canadian.
      • E20 excavator, 8h runtime but over the weekend, around $500 with delivery and fuel

      Not going to buy those things or pay someone to operate them. It’s a good deal.

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      2 months ago

      Rentals seem extremely expensive in my area. $100/day for a shitty 4" wood chipper, $300/day for 6" chipper. For some tools, it’s often about the same price or cheaper to buy a tool from Harbor Freight than to rent.