How hiring works · 5 min read
Wet hire vs dry hire, explained
Both terms describe who runs the machine. Dry hire is the machine on its own; wet hire includes an experienced operator. The right answer depends on your crew, your window and where you want the risk to sit.
Dry hire
We deliver the machine, show your crew how to run it, and keep it serviced. You set the schedule and run it as many times as the site needs, which makes dry hire the cheaper option per hour of cleaning when you have people available.
Every dry hire includes operator training on delivery, scheduled maintenance, consumables, and a replacement machine if anything fails mid-hire. What it does not include is someone else's experience — your result depends on your operator's care and consistency.
Wet hire
We supply the machine and an experienced operator. You get the result without training anyone, rostering anyone, or carrying the risk of an unfamiliar machine on your floor. On dusty work this produces a visibly better outcome, because dust control is largely a technique problem.
Wet hire suits one-off and high-stakes jobs: builders' final cleans before handover, car park cleans, event and storm clean-ups, and any work where a poor result costs more than the operator does.
How to choose
| If this is true | Choose |
|---|---|
| You have staff with hours available | Dry hire |
| The work is ongoing and routine | Dry hire, or a contract |
| The job is one-off and must look right | Wet hire |
| Dust control is critical | Wet hire |
| Work is after hours and unsupervised | Wet hire |
| You want the lowest hourly cost | Dry hire |
Contract sweeping: the third option
For repeat work, neither model is ideal — a contract is. We agree a schedule and a fixed rate, and the machine, operator, maintenance and consumables all sit inside it. Weekly, fortnightly or monthly passes across car parks, warehouse floors, yards or estate roads, with rates that reflect the commitment rather than a series of one-off bookings.
We also provide short or long term rental agreements on road sweepers, and provide training and drivers where you would rather run them yourself.