FARM MACHINERY RENTAL AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
__________, of __________, mobile __________ (the "Owner");
AND
__________, of __________, mobile __________ (the "Hirer").
- 1. THE HIRE
1.3 The Machine remains the Owner's property throughout. The Hirer gets only the right to use it during the Period for farm work, as clause 3 allows.
- 2. RENT AND DEPOSIT
2.3 If the Hirer keeps the Machine after the Period without the Owner's written consent, he shall pay rent at the same rate for every extra day or hour until it is returned, and shall be responsible for it as before.
- 3. USE OF THE MACHINE
3.2 The Hirer shall not sub-let, lend, pledge or sell the Machine, carry passengers or goods for hire on it, use it for any illegal purpose, overload it, or take it outside the place of use without the Owner's written consent.
3.3 The Hirer shall obey every traffic and safety law and order, including any rule on carrying a trolley or implement on the road, and shall bear every fine or penalty that arises from his own or his driver's breach of them.
- 4. FUEL AND UPKEEP
4.1 The Hirer shall pay for the diesel and for the daily upkeep, such as greasing, checking oil and water and cleaning, and shall keep the Machine clean and in the condition in which he received it, apart from fair wear and tear.
4.2 A fault that comes from fair wear and tear or an old defect shall be repaired by the Owner at his cost, and the Hirer shall tell him at once. The Hirer shall stop the Machine if running it would worsen the fault, and shall not make a repair himself without the Owner's consent. The rent for days the Machine cannot work because of such a fault, and is not at fault of the Hirer, shall not be charged.
- 5. DAMAGE, ACCIDENT AND THEFT
5.1 From the time he takes the Machine until he returns it, the Hirer has charge of it and is responsible for loss of it or damage to it, other than fair wear and tear, whether caused by himself, his driver or anyone else, including theft, and shall pay the cost of repair, or the value of the Machine if it is lost or beyond repair.
5.2 The Hirer shall tell the Owner at once of any accident, damage, theft or police matter, and shall report a theft or serious accident to the police the same day. The Hirer is responsible for injury to any person or damage to any property caused while the Machine is with him, and shall not hold the Owner liable for it. Any insurance claim shall be made by the Owner with the Hirer's help, and any amount the insurer pays shall be set against what the Hirer owes under clause 5.1.
- 6. RETURN
6.1 The Hirer shall return the Machine, clean and with all its parts and papers, to the Owner at the Owner's address by the end of the Period. The Owner shall inspect it at once, and the two shall sign a note of its condition on return and the meter reading. Damage not noted at return and found later shall be dealt with under clause 5 only if the Owner shows it was caused during the Period.
6.2 If the Hirer does not pay or breaks this agreement, the Owner may take the Machine back after a written notice of three days, but only peacefully and in accordance with law.
- 7. DISPUTES
7.1 The parties shall first try to settle any dispute by talking, if they wish with the help of respected elders or the village panchayat.
- 8. GENERAL
8.1 This is the whole agreement between the parties on the Machine. Any change must be in writing and signed by both.
Signatures
Owner: __________
Signature: ______________________________
Hirer: __________
Signature: ______________________________
Witness 1 (name, address, signature): ______________________________
Witness 2 (name, address, signature): ______________________________