Construction glossary
Bare versus operated
Also called dry rental, wet rental, operated and maintained.
Bare (sometimes called dry) is the machine only. Operated includes the operator — and often fuel or maintenance, depending on the sheet. Mixing the two on one ticket is how a $160 hoe becomes a $250 argument.
How to read this book
Most excavators, dozers, and loaders in Rates are bare — add the heavy-equipment-operator line. Hydrovac, gravel truck, crane, picker, water truck, and lowboy are operated. The row description says which.
Yard rental is not T&M charge-out
A Cat 320 yard day in 2026 often lands around $875–$1,250. That is not the number a contractor bills a client for owned iron on a T&M extra. Charge-out sits above yard rental and below a fully operated excavation-service quote.
Bare versus operated FAQ
Does operated include fuel?
Sometimes. The sheet has to say. This book treats most bare iron as fuel extra and most operated trucks as a crew-and-machine hourly.
Should I add HEO to a hydrovac row?
No. The hydrovac line is already a two-person operated crew.
Use your agreed rates on every daily ticket.
These public ranges are a benchmark. SubTrack stores the rates you agreed with the client on a project rate sheet. Crews apply those rates to labor, equipment, materials, and subcontractors on the daily ticket. The same figures carry into reporting and the billing documents you send.