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Dredging costs $5.90 to $70 per cubic yard. Harbour, pond, marsh and beach rates, why mobilisation drives small jobs, and what contaminated sediment adds.

Used amphibious excavators run $9,043 to $235,000 and pontoon undercarriages cost $29,000 to $72,000. Why there is no rental market and what to use instead.

Bagger 288 and 293 cost about $100 million as built in 1978 and the 1990s. Relocation cost DM 15M. Compact machines are a different and buyable class.

No public price exists for an electric rope shovel. Here is what is documented: Cat 7495 HD and P&H 4100XPC specs, 47,711 erection man-hours and why quotes are private.

A new walking dragline costs an estimated $100M to $150M. Recommissioning runs $28.7M to $31M. Small crawler draglines sell used for $30,000 to $195,900.

No OEM publishes a straddle carrier price. Here is the China FOB market at $25,000 to $290,000 by class, why terminal machines are quote-only, and what to buy instead.

New reach stackers cost $400,000 to $900,000. Verified used listings from $125,000 to $800,000, export grade pricing and why renting one is difficult.

Feller bunchers rent for $10,000 to $37,500 a month. Tracked against wheeled purchase prices, why tracked costs three times more, and the rent or buy line.

Pile driver packages rent for $3,000 to $15,000 a week plus $8,000 to $15,000 mobilisation. Hammer types, side grip alternative and purchase prices.

Cold planers rent for $300 to $3,000 a day, with a verified $1,527 contract rate for a 20 inch unit. Purchase prices from $28,000 to $990,000 plus trucking and teeth.

Asphalt pavers rent for $1,550 to $2,400 a day and cost $139,000 to $750,000 new. Tracked against wheeled, mini paver rates, and why the screed is the machine.

Trenchers rent for $150 to $615 a day. Walk-behind, ride-on and skid-steer attachment rates, rates by trench depth, purchase prices and the rent or buy line.

Motor graders rent for $550 to $1,300 a day. Cat 140, Cat 150, Deere 670 and Volvo G930 prices, plus why the operator can cost more than the machine.

Drum rollers rent for $75 to $870 a day by class. Smooth drum against padfoot, rate tables, purchase prices and the rent or buy break-even.

Light towers rent for $75 to $300 a day and sell used from $500. Diesel, LED, solar and balloon compared, plus why buying used usually wins.