TRUCK HIRE AGREEMENT

HIRER Company Name:

Ms/Mrs/Mr. First Name: Last Name:

DRIVER Ms/Mrs/Mr. First Name: Last Name: Date of Birth: __/__/___

Drivers Licence No.: State: Expiry Date: __/__/___

ADDRESS (as on Driver’s License):

City: State: Postcode:

PHONE Home: Mobile: Email:

By consenting to receiving all correspondence from this Facility by email you agree that no Notices or correspondence will be
sent by traditional mail. It is your obligation to update your email address when necessary. q Yes, I consent to email only.

HIRE DETAILS

TIME OUT Date: ____/____/____ Time: ___:___ am/pm TIME RETURNED Date: ____/____/____ Time: ___:___ am/pm

HIRE COSTS Deposit $_____________ Hire Fee $_____________per day/hour/km Fuel Required q Yes q No

Fuel $_____________per litre Cleaning Fee $_____________ Late Return Fee $_____________ Cleaning Required q Yes q No

All fees include GST except the deposit which is refundable.

INSURANCE

The vehicle is covered by comprehensive insurance. Insurance does NOT cover the Hirer for any of the following:

a) the first $_________ of the cost of any damage or b) the first $_________ of the cost of damage if the Driver is 25 years of age or

under. c) Loss by theft or abandonment. d) Damage caused by driving the truck under low clearance bridges, foliage or other items.

The excess on the insurance for any damage to the truck or that the truck may cause to any other vehicle or property is payable
regardless of whose fault the accident is. The Hirer as listed above is responsible for this cost if it is incurred.

PAYMENT OF CHARGES HIRER’S ACCEPTANCE

After returning the vehicle, The Hirer (You) must pay The I acknowledge that I have read and understood the terms and
Facility Owner on demand: conditions of this Agreement shown on this page and overleaf
a) all charges specified above and all charges payable and agree to be bound by conditions of this Agreement.
under the Hire Agreement, less any deposits already paid;
b) any amount paid or payable by The Facility Owner or
payable by You arising out of Your use of the Vehicle or
imposed on You or The Facility Owner by any governmental
_____________________________________________________
or other competent authority (such as speeding, road toll,
Hirer’s Signature
parking and traffic fines); and
c) any amount for which You are liable to The Facility
____/____/________
Owner under the Hire Agreement, in respect of a breach of
Date of Agreement
the Hire Agreement or for damage or loss to the Vehicle or
third party property.
The minimum charge you must pay for the Hire of the Vehicle
is an amount equivalent to that specified above plus the cost
of damage to the Vehicle’s interior if no accident occurs, _____________________________________________________
plus all other agreed fees and taxes specified above.
You authorise The Facility Owner to charge all moneys
payable to The Facility Owner under the Hire Agreement to ____/____/________
Your credit card or charge account. Date of Agreement
You must make payments for the Hire when the Facility
Owner so designates including making payments in ACCEPTED BY FACILITY OWNER.
advance. Signed for and on behalf of Facility Owner.
 TRUCK HIRE AGREEMENT
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. The Facility Owner agrees to provide the Hirer with the use 6: Damage to Vehicle
of a truck on the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement. a) The Hirer is to contact the Facility Owner immediately
upon the truck, including tyres or accessories thereof,
2. The Hirer takes possession of the truck as a bailee, and is being damaged in any way. No repairs are to be
liable for all damage to or loss of the truck during the Hirer’s undertaken without the express consent of the
possession (see Clause 7 Storer’s liability for Truck). Facility Owner.
b) The Hirer will be liable for costs of any repairs, modifications
3: The Hirer: or any other work undertaken on the vehicle without
a) agrees and consents to the terms and conditions set out in the express consent of the Facility Owner, including
this Agreement, any subsequent repair costs arising as a result of the
b) consents to the photocopying of their license, and the unauthorised work.
release of this information to third parties in certain events,
including but not limited to the incurrence of fines, damage 7: Hirer’s Liability for Truck
to the truck and overdue fees. The use of a truck is provided by the Facility Owner to the
c) is liable for all damage to property or personal injury caused Storer at the sole risk of the Storer. The Storer shall be bear
by the truck during their possession, the risk of any and all theft, damage to, or deterioration of the
d) will comply with all laws, particularly traffic and road laws truck by any reason whatsoever including acts or omissions,
and regulations, and those laws relating to the use of a negligent, deliberate or otherwise, of the Storer, persons under
motor vehicle, its control or third parties.
e) will ensure that the recommended or legal load limits for the
truck are not exceeded, 8: Limitation of Liability and Indemnity:
f) will be liable for any fines or fees incurred, including traffic a) the Hirer:
fines, parking fines, road tolls and other costs arising as i. agrees that the terms of this Agreement constitute the
a result of the use of the truck. The Hirer agrees that any whole contract for use of the truck and that, in entering
penalty incurred against the vehicle or Facility Owner this contract, the Hirer relies upon no representations
during the time the Hirer is in possession of the vehicle will other than those contained in this Agreement.
be assigned to the Hirer. ii. acknowledges that it has raised all queries relevant
g) will indemnify and continue to indemnify the Facility Owner to its decision to enter this Agreement with the Facility
for any loss arising from the Storer’s use of the truck Owner and that the Facility Owner has, prior to the Hirer
(see Risk and Responsibility, clause 5). entering into this Agreement, answered all such queries
to the satisfaction of the Hirer. The Hirer acknowledges
4: Cost that any matters resulting from such queries have, to the
a) The Hirer must pay the Hire Fee as indicated on the front of extent required by the Hirer and agreed to by the Facility
this Agreement. Owner, been reduced to writing and incorporated into
b) A Cleaning Fee, as indicated on the front of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement.
will be charged to the Storer if the truck is not returned
clean. It is at the Facility Owner’s discretion whether such a b) Any damages, whether for physical or economic loss,
fee is charge or not. which the Facility Owner is liable to pay to the Hirer
c) The truck must be returned by the time specified on the front pursuant to this Agreement or performance of this
of the Agreement. Failure to do so will attract a Late Return Agreement (including damages for negligence or damages
Fee as indicated on the front of this Agreement. for consequential loss) are limited in all cases other than
d) Must return the truck with a FULL TANK of fuel. If the truck is cases of damages relating to the provision of services
not returned with a full tank, the Hirer will be charged with of a kind ordinarily acquired for personal, domestic or
the cost of refilling the tank at the rate indicated on the front household use or consumption to:
of this Agreement, and also the indicated flat refuelling fee. i. the further supply of service equivalent to that undertaken
e) The Hirer is liable for the cost of repairing or replacing by the Facility Owner as set out in the terms and
punctured or damaged tyres. conditions of this Agreement; or
f) The Storer must pay any cost incurred by the Facility Owner ii. the payment of the cost for further acceptance of delivery
in collecting late or unpaid fees, or in enforcing this service equivalent to that undertaken by the Facility
Agreement in anyway, including but not limited to postal, Owner under the terms and conditions of this Agreement;
telephone, debt collection, legal costs and/or default action or
cost. iii. the payment of the cost of further acceptance of delivery
g) In the event that the truck is damaged, lost, stolen or destroyed of goods equivalent to that undertaken by the Facility
the Hirer is liable for the cost of repair or replacement, as Owner under the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
determined by the Facility.
h) The Hirer will be responsible for payment of any c) The Hirer specifically acknowledges that it is aware of the
government taxes or charges (including GST) being limitation of liability set out in clause 8(b) above and
levied on this Agreement, or any supplies pursuant to this that, in all the circumstances, and taking into account the
Agreement. negotiations between the parties and their relationship, such
limitation on the Facility Owner’s liability is a reasonable
5: Risk and Responsibility one.
The Hirer is liable for and agrees to indemnify and keep
indemnifying the Facility Owner from all claims for any loss 9: The Hirer’s liability for outstanding money, property
or damage to the property of, personal injury to, the Hirer, damage, personal injury, environmental damage and legal
the Facility/Facility Owner or third parties resulting from or responsibility under this Agreement continues to run beyond
incidental to the use of the truck. the termination of this Agreement.