The 30 Second Summary:
- simplybuyingltd
- Feb 23
- 2 min read
Off hire kit fast so you stop paying £80 a day for equipment you are not using.
Track every bit of hired kit by site so nothing gets forgotten when teams move on.
Use off hire reminders so collections actually happen and charges do not quietly stack up.
Allocate hire costs to the right site automatically so you see true job profit in real time.
Stop Paying for Kit You’re Not Using: How to Spot Forgotten Hire Equipment & Protect Your Profit
Forgetting hired kit can cost you £80 a day in pure waste. Even when the work is finished.
You hire a scissor lift for a ceiling job. The job ends. The lift stays. The hire clock keeps ticking.
That is money leaking straight out of your profit.

Stop paying for kit that is just sat there
This is how forgotten hire happens:
Kit gets delivered to Site A
The team moves on to Site B
Nobody off hires it because everyone thinks someone else did it
The invoice lands and it is ugly
Two extra weeks on a £80 a day lift is £1,120 gone. On one job.
When you have towers, mixers, dehumidifiers and lifts across multiple sites it stacks up fast. Most contractors we speak to reckon they lose £5,000 to £15,000 a year on idle hire alone.
Track hire like you track labour
Spreadsheets and WhatsApp notes do not survive real site life. Delivery notes go missing. Site managers are busy. Hire companies do not chase you to save you money.
So you need a simple system that:
shows what is on hire
shows where it is
shows when it should be off hired
proves when it was collected
How Simply Buying keeps you in control
Simply Buying has built in hire equipment tracking made for contractors running multiple sites.
Track kit by site (in one place) Log the kit once with site, start date and expected return date. You can see every tower, lift and mixer across your jobs.
Get off hire reminders until it is collected We keep prompting you until the hire company confirms it is actually gone. No more thinking it is off hire when it is still sat on site.
Allocate hire cost to the right job automatically Costs land on the correct site so you can see real job profit while the job is still live.
The win
Off hire within 24 hours of finishing and you stop the £80 a day bleed. Plus you cut invoice arguments, cut admin and keep your cash flow cleaner.

See It in Action
Want to see exactly how Simply Buying tracks your hired equipment & saves you thousands in wasted costs? Start your 30 day free trial & get full access to hire tracking, off hire reminders & per site cost allocation.
No card details. No commitment. Just 30 days to see how much forgotten kit cost you've been losing & how easy it is to stop.
Your profit is sitting on site right now. Time to bring it back.

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