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Calculators for the costs carrier estimates miss.

Cranes, scaffolds, lifts, drying equipment, HVAC replacement scope, concrete block wall repair. Xactimate prices the trade work; the access, equipment, and missing-scope package around it is where supplements get contested. Each calculator here sizes the work from your inputs, prices it from published public rate schedules or the Xactimate catalog, and writes a short justification you can paste straight into a supplement. Planning estimates, not formal quotes.

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Lifting & access

Crane Cost Estimator

Size a mobile crane from the pick weight, radius, and height, or just describe the job (RTU swap, tree over a house, steel, trusses, signs) and let it derive the numbers.

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Lifting & access

Scaffolding Cost Calculator

Turn a facade into scaffold square footage, rental months, and a cited cost range.

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Lifting & access

Aerial Lift Cost Calculator

Pick the right scissor or boom lift for the working height and price the rental by day, week, or month.

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Drying

Water Mitigation Equipment Calculator

Size air movers and dehumidifiers for a dry-out using the IICRC S500 method.

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Drying

Drying Equipment Power Calculator

Pack drying equipment onto the available circuits under the NEC 80 percent rule, and size a generator when the panel cannot run it.

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Mechanical

HVAC Replacement Scope Builder

Turn a one-line AC replacement into the full Xactimate scope: matched system, code items, and rooftop access. Residential and commercial.

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Structural

CBS Wall Repair Scope Builder

Build a concrete block wall repair scope with filled cells, tie beams, lintels, dowels, and shoring, not just plain block.

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Interior

Drywall Repair Calculator

Estimate drywall, tape, texture, paint, and baseboard quantities for a room repair.

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Debris

Debris & Dumpster Calculator

Turn tear-out quantities into debris weight and the right dumpster size.

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Show your work

The numbers are published, not buried

Every weight band, capacity class, and rate these calculators use is synthesized from public sources, and the tables are published as citable reference pages with the primary source on every value. Check them, cite them in a supplement, or argue with them.

The engine behind these tools

This same math runs inside AI Estimate Assistant

AI Estimate Assistant, from Antero Trail, turns field notes, photos, and floor plans into carrier-ready Xactimate estimates. The calculator on this page is one piece of that engine, pulled out and made free. In the app, these numbers come out of your field notes automatically. Describe the loss once and the estimate, the equipment package, and the justification write themselves.

Why these exist

Equipment costs are where estimates get argued

A crane day, six weeks of scaffold, or a room full of drying equipment can move a claim by five figures, and these are exactly the items adjusters push back on because the sizing rationale is missing. A number without a method is an invitation to cut it.

Every calculator here shows its work: the sizing rule it applied, the published rate schedule it priced from, and the site factors that changed the answer. That is the difference between "crane: $4,500" and a package you can defend on the phone with a desk adjuster.

These calculators produce planning estimates from published public rate schedules. They are not a formal quote. Confirm equipment, access, and pricing with a licensed operator or rental yard before you rely on any number for an estimate.