The reading agreed where both are standing.
We do not own or hire out equipment, set rates, or arbitrate downtime. What we hold is the reading at each handover, agreed by the two people present.
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Delivery reading, agreed at the gate
Both parties confirm the figure while looking at the meter, rather than each noting it separately.
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The hire runs
Downtime, standby and operating days are recorded against the same hire as they occur, not reconstructed at invoicing.
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Return reading, same method
The second endpoint, agreed the same way by the two people again standing at the machine.
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Hours are the difference
The invoice follows from two agreed numbers and a rate that was in the contract from the beginning.
Breakdowns and disputed downtime remain real commercial questions. What ends is arguing about what the meter said.
If you hire out machines, or hire them.
What helps is how readings are captured today and what your last billing dispute was about.