Vehicle & heavy equipment hire: say what exactly you’re looking for

Vehicle and heavy equipment hire in the Philippines: rates, papers and requests

Updated 31 October 2026

In the Philippines in October 2026, rate sheets list dump trucks from about ₱1,550 per hour, backhoes from about ₱2,050 per hour and motor graders from about ₱2,150 per hour. A road grader is listed at ₱6,300 per day, and one heavy-equipment lease at about ₱660,000 a month. Rates depend on the machine and on the hours or days you need. Describe the job in a request on BlaBlaPrice for current offers.

Licences and papers

A non-professional driver's licence does not cover heavy vehicles, which need a professional licence, so a hired truck with its own driver needs a driver with the right category. The LTO charges ₱585 for a driver's licence, valid for five years if there are violations on record, or ten years if the record stays clean under RA 10930. Some rental firms ask for BIR registration and business permits, and a provincial engineering office asks for a duly accomplished rental form and an official receipt.

Season and site work

The climate is tropical, with a wet and a dry season instead of winter and summer, and October falls in the wet season. Heavy rain softens the ground and can stop grading and digging for days, so book for drier weeks where you can and agree a fallback date. Hot weather all year means machines need regular cooling checks.

Delivery and how hire is quoted

Rates are quoted per hour or per day, and lease prices per month or per year. Heavy equipment and trucks often travel on lowbed or highbed trailers, so ask whether delivery to your site in Manila, Cebu City or Davao City is included. State the hours or days, the machine type and capacity in tonnes or cubic metres, and whether you need an operator.

On BlaBlaPrice you describe the job in your own words, and a photo can be added. The BlaBlaPrice AI asks for missing details, looks through sellers' websites and price lists in the Philippines, and shows the prices and businesses it finds. Sellers registered on BlaBlaPrice reply in the chat with their own rates and delivery terms. See excavator and bulldozer or equipment hire, or create a request.