What does bakkie hire cost in Centurion?

Search for a bakkie for hire in Centurion and you get two products that barely resemble each other. The first is self-drive rental: you pay a day rate, put down a deposit, produce a licence, collect the vehicle, do all the loading yourself, refuel it and return it by a deadline. The second is a bakkie with a driver, where the vehicle and the person arrive together and the price covers the trip rather than the day.

The advertised numbers are not comparable, and the self-drive one is almost always quoted lower because most of the cost has been moved off the price tag and onto you. Before comparing, add the deposit you have to have available, the fuel for the round trip including the leg back to the depot, the excess you carry if anything happens, and the hours of your own time spent lifting.

The most common Centurion runs are material collections: Route 21, Samrand and Sunderland Ridge suppliers on the pickup end, and a renovation in Wierdapark, Rooihuiskraal or one of the Eco Park estates on the drop-off end. After that it is furniture, either a single piece bought at Centurion Mall or a small load moving between complexes in Die Hoewes.

Access is the local variable worth planning for. The estates on the Irene and Cornwall Hill side want the driver's details lodged at the guardhouse before arrival. The dense townhouse belt around Die Hoewes and Lyttelton has booms that cap vehicle height and visitor parking that fills up, which is why a half-ton often finishes faster than something larger.