I appreciate the tips. I've been working with heavy equipment my entire life. My granddad had a land clearing and pond building business but has retired and sold all his equipment.

If someone were to lease the property at the price paper companies charge it would cost $10,000 a year. A land clearing business in town charges $75hr for a John deere 550. That's them paying for fuel and operating it. I can operate the equipment and would actually prefer it. Let's say I need 40 hours of dozer work, with me running the dozer and paying for fuel and you still charged $100 a hour that's only $4000, not even half of what it would cost to lease it between two people. In my book the equipment owner would be coming out way ahead.