1. What you're renting
You're renting a Brushworks machine and mulching head by the day, run by a Brushworks operator unless we've approved you to run it yourself (section 9). A rental day is up to 8 hours on site between 8 AM to 4 PM, Monday through Friday. Multi-day rentals run on back-to-back weekdays. Between rental days the machine stays parked on your property; don't move, start or tamper with it.
2. A day rate is machine time, not a finished job
You decide where the operator works and in what order. We don't guarantee how much area gets cleared, how fine the mulch is, or that your project will be finished in the days you book. That depends on the brush, the ground, the weather and the directions you give. If you want a finished result for a set price, ask us for a project quote instead.
3. Price
You pay the day rate shown when you book for each rental day, plus delivery and pickup once per rental. Prices are in U.S. dollars and don't include anything you add later, like extra days. Card payments carry a 3% processing fee.
4. Deposit
- A $500 deposit holds your machine and dates. We send you a link to pay it through Jobber, our booking and billing system, when you book.
- The deposit is applied to your final invoice.
- If the deposit isn't paid within 24 hours of booking, we may release your dates.
5. Cancelling or moving your dates
- If you cancel your rental for any reason, your deposit is not refunded.
- If you need to move your dates, call us at least 72 hours before your first rental day. We'll move it once to open dates and your deposit carries over. Moving it again, or with less notice, counts as cancelling.
- If you cancel on or after the morning of your first rental day, or our operator arrives and can't work because of something on your side (locked gate, no access, the area isn't what was described), that day is charged in full.
6. Weather and ground conditions
We decide whether conditions are safe to work and whether the ground is too wet to work without rutting your property. If we call off a day for weather or ground conditions, we move it to the next open day at no charge and your deposit carries over. If a day is stopped partway for weather, you pay for the hours worked.
7. Your responsibilities
- You own the property or have written permission to clear it, and you're responsible for property lines, setbacks, easements, permits and protected areas.
- Before we start, show the operator the boundary of the work and mark every tree, plant or structure you want kept.
- Point out septic tanks and lines, wells, irrigation, buried cables or pipes, fences, wire, and anything else buried shallow or hidden in the brush. We aren't responsible for damage to things you didn't point out.
- Give a truck and trailer clear access to the work area.
- Keep people, pets and vehicles at least 300 feet from a running machine.
- Mulching leaves ground-up material on site, and tracked machines can leave marks in soft ground. Removing debris, grading and seeding aren't included.
8. The operator's call
Our operator can refuse or stop any work that's unsafe, beyond what the machine can do (trees larger than the head can handle, slopes too steep for the machine, rock or debris), or likely to damage the machine or your property. Time lost to a stop like that still counts toward the rental day.
9. Running the machine yourself
Only the Takeuchi TL12s, Bobcat T770 and JCB excavator can be rented without our operator, and only if we approve you. The remote-controlled machines always come with our operator.
- The day rate drops by $200 per rental day.
- Our insurance doesn't cover a machine while it's in a renter's possession, so the machine must be covered on a renter's policy for the whole rental. You fill out our insurance form, and our insurance agent writes you a one-week renter's policy: rented-equipment coverage on the machine while you have it, plus liability, with Brushworks named as additional insured. It costs $500 per week, is non-refundable once written, and independent owners can't substitute their own policy.
- Renting machines out also requires Brushworks to carry a separate liability and rented-equipment policy. You pay $200 per week toward it, as its own charge.
- Both charges are billed for every week or part of a week from your first rental day to your last, even for a one-day rental.
- Forestry and land clearing companies may skip the renter's policy by giving us, before the rental starts, a certificate of insurance showing at least $1,000,000 general liability and rented or leased equipment coverage for the machine's full value, including fire, with Brushworks Services Co. named as additional insured and loss payee. The $200 weekly rental coverage still applies.
- You're responsible for any deductible and for loss or damage the policy doesn't cover.
- The insurance and the $500 deposit are paid up front, after we approve you and before the rental starts. Your rental isn't confirmed until then; we hold your dates in the meantime. Insurance charges aren't refundable once coverage is bound.
- You'll get a walkaround and safety orientation from our operator. You're responsible for running the machine safely, following the 300-foot rule, and for damage to the machine, the head and other people's property while it's in your care, beyond normal wear.
10. Payment
We invoice the balance through Jobber at the end of your rental. It's due on receipt.
11. Where we deliver
Online bookings are for properties within about 50 miles of Loveland, Ohio. Farther out, send a request and we'll tell you whether we can make it work and what it costs.
12. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. The version shown at the top of this page when you booked applies to your rental.