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Posted June 10, 2021

EquipmentWatch announces 2021 Award winners

EquipmentWatch announced the winners of the 2021 Highest Retained Value (HRVA) and Lowest Cost of Ownership (LCO) award programs at the World of Concrete 2021 trade show.


These are the only industry awards that leverage third-party, unbiased, data to identify equipment that is projected to best hold its value or offer the lowest cost of ownership in the next five years, EquipmentWatch reports.

For more than 60 years, EquipmentWatch has served contractors, equipment manufacturers, dealers, rental companies, lenders, insurers, and government agencies involved in heavy civil construction. EquipmentWatch owns The Rental Rate Blue Book.

This is the sixth year that EquipmentWatch has published their results. Here are the leaders in each equipment type:

Highest Retained Value
Award winners

Category

OEM

5-YEAR
RESIDUAL VALUE

Backhoes

Caterpillar

56.00%

Large Track Dozers

Caterpillar

74.80%

Small Track Dozers

Komatsu

54.20%

Drum Compactors

Caterpillar

54.40%

Compact Excavators

Caterpillar

60.70%

Large Crawler Excavators

Komatsu

46.30%

Medium Crawler Excavators

John Deere

50.80%

Small Crawler Excavators

John Deere

61.50%

Compact Track Loaders

Bobcat

52.90%

Large Skid Steer Loaders

Hagie

35.60%

Small Skid Steer Loaders

Bobcat

43.50%

Large Wheel Loaders

Volvo

33.20%

Medium Wheel Loaders

Volvo

53.70%

Small Wheel Loaders

Caterpillar

84.30%

Motor Graders

John Deere

34.90%

Rear Dumps

Volvo

69.80%

Tandem Drum Compactors

Caterpillar

57.00%

Articulating Boom Lift

Genie

57.00%

Telescopic Boom Lift

Genie

79.40%

Electric Scissor Lifts

MEC Aerial Work Platforms

73.90%

Enigine-Powered Scissor Lifts

Genie

50.00%

Telehandler Lift Trucks

JCB

85.90%

Warehouse Narrow-Aisle Lift Trucks

Toyota

57.40%

Lowest Cost of
Ownership Award winners

Category

OEM

Avg. Annual Use Hours

Average MSRP

Backhoes

Kubota

162

$36,373

Articulating Boom Lifts

Genie

49

$91,371

Telescopic Boom Lifts

Skyjack

378

$89,963

Large Track Dozers

John Deere

719

$355,658

Small Track Dozers

Komatsu

613

$218,853

Drum Compactors

Hamm

163

$95,474

Electric Scissor Lifts

JLG

38

$41,843

Compact Excavators

Takeuchi

143

$48,359

Large Crawler Excavators

Link-Belt

1120

$534,345

Medium Crawler Excavators

Kobelco

698

$277,369

Small Crawler Excavators

Caterpillar

225

$202,543

Telehandler Lift Trucks

Sky Trak

290

$82,248

Compact Track Loaders

Takeuchi

306

$84,545

Large Skid Steer Loaders

John Deere

431

$49,636

Small Skid Steer Loaders

New Holland

424

$34,165

Large Wheel Loaders

Case CE

633

$339,572

Medium Wheel Loaders

Komatsu

890

$181,668

Small Wheel Loaders

Volvo

476

$132,881

Motor Graders

Caterpillar

620

$341,301

Rear Dumps

John Deere

1314

$662,995

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