Wet Hire Equipment Rental in Las Vegas, NV
Heavy equipment AND a certified operator. $1competitive operator rate. NCCCO and OSHA certified. Available on excavators, cranes, backhoes, skid steers, forklifts, graders, and dump trucks.
Wet hire is the arrangement where you rent equipment and the operator comes with it. The operator is the rental company's employee — trained, certified, insured, and ready to work. You don't hire them, manage them, or carry their workers' comp. You just direct the work and they run the machine.
This is how professional contractors in Australia, the UK, and Canada have rented heavy equipment for decades. In the United States, most rental companies offer dry hire only — you rent the machine, you supply the operator. EquipMe Rentals is one of the few companies in Las Vegas that offers true wet hire across our full equipment fleet.
The economics are straightforward. Our operator rate is contact us for pricing, across all equipment types, with a 4-hour minimum per shift. That's billed in addition to the machine rental rate. On a full-day excavator job, you're paying approximately $375–$650 for the machine and $800 for an 8-hour operator day — a total of $1,175–$1,450 for a machine and a fully certified operator on your site, digging or lifting or grading, all day.
Compare that to the alternative: hiring an equipment operator as a day laborer, paying prevailing wage or going rate ($45–$75/hr in the Las Vegas market for an experienced heavy equipment operator), carrying their workers' comp exposure, managing their performance on site, and dealing with no-shows. For projects where you need reliable, certified operation without the staffing overhead, wet hire at contact us for pricing is a straightforward decision.
Who uses wet hire in Las Vegas? General contractors who need specific machine work done without expanding their direct-hire crew. Specialty subcontractors who run lean and bring in equipment as needed. Property owners doing major site work who don't have construction management staff. Developers managing multiple projects who need to flex capacity without permanent headcount.
Our operators are NCCCO certified for crane work (the gold standard for mobile crane certification). They hold OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 cards. They're background checked, drug tested, and carry proof of certification on site at all times — available for your OSHA compliance documentation. Mark Popjoy, who personally oversees all wet hire work, has 20+ years of Las Vegas field experience and serves as lead operator on complex lifts.
Wet hire is available on: excavators, mini excavators, mobile cranes, backhoe loaders, forklifts, telehandlers, skid steer loaders, motor graders, and dump trucks. The 4-hour minimum applies per shift per machine. If you need two machines with operators simultaneously, each is billed separately.
To book wet hire, call (702) 884-1003. Tell us the equipment type, your jobsite address, your start date, and estimated hours per day. We'll confirm operator availability and send a quote within the hour.
Why Las Vegas Contractors Choose EquipMe Rentals
Local Owner-Operator
Not a call center. Mark Popjoy answers the phone himself.
Certified Operators Available
NCCCO and OSHA certified. contact us for pricing. 4-hour minimum.
24-Hour Equipment Swap
If it breaks down, a replacement is on your jobsite within 24 hours.
Transparent Pricing
Published rates. No hidden fees. Delivery quoted upfront.
Frequently Asked Questions
What exactly is wet hire?
Wet hire means you rent the equipment AND an operator comes with it — employed by us, not by you. The operator is certified, insured, and managed by EquipMe Rentals. You direct the work; we run the machine. The opposite, dry hire, means you rent the machine only and supply your own operator.
How much does wet hire cost in Las Vegas?
Operator rate is $1Contact us for operator pricing types, billed in addition to the machine rental rate. 4-hour minimum per shift. Example: excavator wet hire for 8 hours = $375–$650 machine rate + $800 operator = $1,175–$1,450 total for the day.
What certifications do your wet hire operators hold?
Our operators hold NCCCO certification for mobile crane work (the industry gold standard). All operators hold OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 cards. Certifications are current, with copies available on site for your compliance documentation. Background checked and drug tested.
What equipment is available for wet hire?
We offer wet hire on excavators, mini excavators, mobile cranes, backhoe loaders, forklifts (all types), telehandlers, skid steer loaders, motor graders, and dump trucks (CDL driver). This is the full fleet — not just select machines. No other local rental company in Las Vegas offers wet hire across all these equipment types.
Why choose wet hire over hiring a day-labor operator?
Three reasons: reliability (our operators show up — they're our employees, not an app booking), liability (their workers' comp is ours, not yours), and certification (NCCCO and OSHA credentials are confirmed, not just claimed). Wet hire at contact us for pricing compares favorably to the Las Vegas market rate for experienced equipment operators ($45–$75/hr plus burden), especially when you factor in the no-show risk and compliance exposure of day labor.
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