Portable Toilet Hire
Discussion
I am pondering the possibility of staging a fund raising Murder Mystery evening in a Marquee that will already be in situ and paid for. The toilets though are a significant hike from the Marquee and probably an even worse standard than portable toilets!
So I was wondering how much itwould cost to hire a portable toilet for a weekend. However whilst googling brings up loads of companies that do them you have to contact them all for a quote. I dont really want to waste their time for that at present!
So anyone got any idea of the approx cost of hiring a portable toilet for the weekend?
So I was wondering how much itwould cost to hire a portable toilet for a weekend. However whilst googling brings up loads of companies that do them you have to contact them all for a quote. I dont really want to waste their time for that at present!
So anyone got any idea of the approx cost of hiring a portable toilet for the weekend?
matt3001 said:
Seems like there is a lot of money in s
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Tongue in cheek i know but im not sure how they make it pay!tA chap i know does it and recently supplied one to a mate of mine for a small building site. £22 per week including servicing and free delivery and collection.
My other mate had it 12 weeks.
So, he got paid £264 for the following:
- Transport porta-loo on back of van type pick up approx 35 miles
- Collect loo 10 weeks later - another 35 miles
- Drive 35 miles each way, 12 times
- 12 times - spend approx 30 mins pumping the s
t into the tank on the back of the pickup, bit of a hose down (water from pick up), fill with chemical solution, quick wipe down, leave 3 or 4 big builders arse loo rolls.So,
Fuel: 35 miles x 2 x 13 @ say 50p a mile = £455
Labour: (Assumes 35 miles can be done in 45 mins in an old Iveco pickup)
Driving time = 19.50 hours @ £10/hr = £195.00
Empty time = 12 weeks x 30 mins x £10/hr = £60
Chemical solution - no idea - £5 a week x 12 weeks? = £60
Toilet rolls - 4 a week x 12 weeks at 50p a roll = £24
TOTAL COST = £794.00.
And thats before he's even disposed of any of the waste, legally, which isn't cheap.
Or insured his pickup.
Or took water from a source for the tank.
Or overhead.
Etc etc.
I know he doesn't just drive to one site at a time so perhaps my figures are massively flawed but i know he pretty much quotes £22 a week anywhere in North West so if you've a loo in Lancaster and most of your other work in Manchester, it's soon going to add up.
It's not even as if it's enjoyable work! (surely?)
sider said:
Tongue in cheek i know but im not sure how they make it pay!
A chap i know does it and recently supplied one to a mate of mine for a small building site. £22 per week including servicing and free delivery and collection.
My other mate had it 12 weeks.
So, he got paid £264 for the following:
- Transport porta-loo on back of van type pick up approx 35 miles
- Collect loo 10 weeks later - another 35 miles
- Drive 35 miles each way, 12 times
- 12 times - spend approx 30 mins pumping the st into the tank on the back of the pickup, bit of a hose down (water from pick up), fill with chemical solution, quick wipe down, leave 3 or 4 big builders arse loo rolls.
So,
Fuel: 35 miles x 2 x 13 @ say 50p a mile = £455
Labour: (Assumes 35 miles can be done in 45 mins in an old Iveco pickup)
Driving time = 19.50 hours @ £10/hr = £195.00
Empty time = 12 weeks x 30 mins x £10/hr = £60
Chemical solution - no idea - £5 a week x 12 weeks? = £60
Toilet rolls - 4 a week x 12 weeks at 50p a roll = £24
TOTAL COST = £794.00.
And thats before he's even disposed of any of the waste, legally, which isn't cheap.
Or insured his pickup.
Or took water from a source for the tank.
Or overhead.
Etc etc.
I know he doesn't just drive to one site at a time so perhaps my figures are massively flawed but i know he pretty much quotes £22 a week anywhere in North West so if you've a loo in Lancaster and most of your other work in Manchester, it's soon going to add up.
It's not even as if it's enjoyable work! (surely?)
Figures do seem odd.A chap i know does it and recently supplied one to a mate of mine for a small building site. £22 per week including servicing and free delivery and collection.
My other mate had it 12 weeks.
So, he got paid £264 for the following:
- Transport porta-loo on back of van type pick up approx 35 miles
- Collect loo 10 weeks later - another 35 miles
- Drive 35 miles each way, 12 times
- 12 times - spend approx 30 mins pumping the s
t into the tank on the back of the pickup, bit of a hose down (water from pick up), fill with chemical solution, quick wipe down, leave 3 or 4 big builders arse loo rolls.So,
Fuel: 35 miles x 2 x 13 @ say 50p a mile = £455
Labour: (Assumes 35 miles can be done in 45 mins in an old Iveco pickup)
Driving time = 19.50 hours @ £10/hr = £195.00
Empty time = 12 weeks x 30 mins x £10/hr = £60
Chemical solution - no idea - £5 a week x 12 weeks? = £60
Toilet rolls - 4 a week x 12 weeks at 50p a roll = £24
TOTAL COST = £794.00.
And thats before he's even disposed of any of the waste, legally, which isn't cheap.
Or insured his pickup.
Or took water from a source for the tank.
Or overhead.
Etc etc.
I know he doesn't just drive to one site at a time so perhaps my figures are massively flawed but i know he pretty much quotes £22 a week anywhere in North West so if you've a loo in Lancaster and most of your other work in Manchester, it's soon going to add up.
It's not even as if it's enjoyable work! (surely?)
As mentioned earlier I pay £25/week for a similar unit which includes one site visit/empty per week. Where I get stung is with delivery though, £60 each way, this essentially means the delivery lorry is running around making money rather than losing it.
The s
t collector truck probably has set routes/distances to travel on a dailly basis so has a pretty generic weekly cost which will be covered by the rental charges.
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