The PlantLynk Rate Index

What does plant hire really cost in South Africa? Live market rates per machine category, computed from real listings on the network — updated continuously, free to use and cite.

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📐 How it's computed: for every category we take the advertised rates of live listings and show the median and the middle-of-market range (25th–75th percentile). Wet = machine + operator (+fuel); dry = machine only. Rates are for the machine hire itself — transport, standby and fuel on dry hire are quoted separately by owners. This is a market guide, not a quote; categories with few listings show a wider, less certain picture.