Build your rate card
Use realistic weekly costs and expected paid hours. The utilisation field is the sanity check: a machine that only earns 20 hours a week still has to pay for the whole week.
Weekly fixed costs
Running costs
Labour, utilisation and margin
Mobilisation
Why this matters
Small operators often quote from memory while fuel, wear, finance, insurance, travel and quiet days hide in the background. A simple rate-card tool turns Yaan’s site knowledge into a search-friendly product wedge.
Monetisation
The free builder can lead into a paid rate-card pack: editable spreadsheet, quote email templates, mobilisation checklist, weekly cost worksheet and machine-specific examples for excavators, loaders and dumpers.
Next tiny product step
Package a Plant Rate Card + Quote Template Pack: editable rate card, cost worksheet, “don’t forget this cost” checklist, customer quote email, daywork sheet and three example machine profiles. The hook is simple: “Stop doing busy jobs that secretly lose money.”