I live near charlotte and I am currently running a t590 bobcat and a cat mini ex what should i be charging per hour to be competitive?
Start by taking what the machine is going to cost you to own per month (payments, insurance, licensing, depreciation, etc)
Then add what the machine is going to cost you to operate per month (fuel, oil, operators wages, teeth, cutting edges, tracks, etc)
Then divide by hour many hours you think it will run per month. That will be your hourly rate just to own and operate the machine. Then add a percentage of profit to that number.
Most rental companies in my area base their hourly rental rate on 176 hours of usage a month. That equates to 44 hours a week. Just off the cuff, an operated skidsteer around here goes for about $100/hr. That's +/- $20. My guess that is that the hourly cost for a mini ex and a skidsteer wouldn't be very far apart.