Haul away quote per load or per hour in Fredericton?

Haul-away pricing in Fredericton comes in two forms, and few published New Brunswick figures exist for either. Machine time is the best-sourced number: a mini excavator with operator runs $65 to $150 per hour, and a standard excavator with operator runs $150 to $250 per hour, based on published price guides read in September 2026. Trucking may be priced per load or folded into the hourly rate, and the contractor's quote should spell out which.

We found no published per-load haul-away rate for Fredericton or New Brunswick generally. What moves the total is the number of loads, the distance to the disposal site, whether the spoil is clean fill or mixed material, and whether the truck is the contractor's own or a subcontracted hauler. Ask for a separate line on trucking before you agree to a lump sum.

What a fair Fredericton quote should cover

• Machine hours, broken out by machine size
• Trucking: per load or per hour, and who pays if the disposal site charges a tipping fee
• Whether the spoil leaves the site or is stockpiled for backfill
• Rock: hydraulic breaking runs $200 to $300 per hour and should be a separate line, not buried in the base rate
• Backfill material if you need imported granular, crushed stone runs $40 to $75 per cubic metre and Granular A $35 to $55 per cubic metre, plus $75 to $200 per delivery load

On the permit and locate side: before any machine touches the ground, request a locate through Info-Excavation (Click Before You Dig) at least three working days ahead, and make a separate request directly to NB Power at least five business days ahead. NB Power's locate covers only NB Power-owned underground lines and is valid for 60 days from the date on the locate form. Private lines, including anything a past owner ran to a garage, shed or outbuilding, are yours to find and mark; NB Power says those are the owner's to have checked.

If the dig is within 30 metres of a watercourse or wetland, the province requires a Watercourse and Wetland Alteration permit before work starts. That 30 metres is measured horizontally from the top of the bank on the ground, not from a map. The City of Fredericton's Engineering Division reviews lot grading at the building permit stage, so check with the City on whether your scope triggers a permit before the machine arrives.

Ask for a WorkSafeNB clearance certificate before signing, and hold back 10% of the contract price under the Construction Remedies Act until 60 days after substantial performance.

One question settles a lot here: who marks the private lines on your property, and what happens if the bucket hits something that was not on any locate.