I've recently priced some work and the cost of the job comes to £5000, it's 5 hours away so I've looked into hiring the scaffold rather than driving down in the waggon.. Spoke to trad and the price of the scaff is £85 a week hire plus £80 delivery. This seems ridiculously low compared to what it would cost to buy, probably around around £15,000 plus vat. It would cost me more in diesel driving there from where I am than it would cost to hire the scaffold. Any experience on hiring over buying? Do firms hire scaffold for individual jobs and and just pay off the low hire costs? Or is it still best to buy?