At Dragon Equipment, many of our customers come from the hire industry. Understanding what is important to these types of businesses makes up a key part of our product design and development.

If you’re in the hire industry, working out the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for your machines is vital to any business planning. Luckily, there are helpful tools on the market now to make this easier for businesses to work out. Tools such as the ERA TCO calculator: Total Cost of Ownership of Construction Equipment (erarental.org).

There are several features on our range of machines have which have been designed specifically to help hire shops manage and even reduce their TCO;

Vanguard 400 Petrol engine

All of our machines come, as standard, with the Vanguard 400 petrol engine from Briggs and Stratton. The engine’s maintenance intervals are double the industry standard offering a lower total cost of ownership. It also features Vanguard’s patented TransportGuard system which eliminates the number one hire equipment return challenge of oil and fuel dilution.

Effortless maintenance schedule

The daily maintenance across all of our machines is the application of 5 pumps of oil to 3 easily accessible grease nipples – and that’s it! Depending on the level of use, the jaw plates on our crushers receive the highest wear levels, but they are easily replaced and spares can easily be ordered from our UK-based warehouse in Suffolk. 

Tool free attachments

All of our crushers and lifters come with attachments. These all feature tool-free release for easy attachment/detachment of accessories depending on the specific job in hand. Not only does this reduce the time spent getting machines ready for hire, but attachments can be shared across machines, reducing the initial investment cost.

Fewer operational problems

All our machines have been designed with incredibly simple controls, so minimal training is required for hirers. Plus, there is an e-stop end for additional safety. Our crushers also feature ‘no stress’ and ‘anti-stall’ technology programmed into the machine’s electronic control unit (ECU), greatly reducing the need for a customer to call engineers out to fix ‘jammed’ machines.

 All of these features combine to ensure our machines are easy to maintain and service, easy to use and ultimately have a predictable and low TCO. Get in touch to find out more.