Excavator & bulldozer

Excavator & bulldozer hire

Updated 4 November 2026

Hiring a bulldozer in the Philippines is priced per hour, and one private owner lists it at about ₱1,400 per hour. Ask for a daily or monthly rate too, and ask whether transport to your site is included. A request on BlaBlaPrice gets local owners and rental firms to answer with their own terms.

Licences and operator certificates

An excavator operator needs a national certificate from TESDA. The training regulations for hydraulic excavator operation lead to a National Certificate II, and the assessment asks for a certificate of employment, a valid ID, two passport-size photos and the assessment and processing fees. Ask the owner or firm to show the operator's certificate before work starts. One heavy-equipment programme listed a total training cost of about ₱37,660.

Rain, soil and season

The climate is tropical, hot all year, with a wet season and a dry season. Heavy rain turns soil to mud, and digging or dozing on soft ground takes longer and can stop altogether. Book the dry weeks where you can, and state the soil type and whether soil must be removed, because the price changes with the spoil you need to carry away. November is at the turn of the seasons, so check the weather before the start date.

How hire is quoted and delivered

Hire is quoted in pesos per hour, per day or per month, and for a long job the monthly rent is the figure to compare. Ask whether fuel and the operator are included, how many hours a day are charged, and how the machine reaches the site. Heavy machines between Manila, Quezon City, Makati, Cebu City and Davao City usually travel on a low-loader trailer, so give the exact site address and the access road width in metres.

What to put in your request

Name the machine type, the work (digging, levelling or clearing), the scope and volume in cubic metres, the soil, the duration, the site address, the access, whether soil removal is needed, the start date and your monthly rent budget in pesos.

On BlaBlaPrice you describe the job in your own words in a chat, and you can add a photo of the site. Free for buyers. BlaBlaPrice's AI asks for missing details, looks through sellers' websites and listings in the Philippines and shows the prices it finds. Sellers who register on BlaBlaPrice reply in the chat with their offer and terms, and your contacts stay hidden until you choose to exchange them. For transport see truck, low loader and long-load trailer, or compare forklift and loader.