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Excavators
Site excavation can be made easy and accessible with our excavator plant hire.
Excavators also referred to as diggers, are power-operated shovels that deliver top performance load shifting by using its boom, dipper also known as a stick, and bucket for heavy construction projects. Our excavators can be used for digging trenches and foundations, construction, demolition, if attached with a hydraulic claw, cutter, or other breaker attachment, and hydro excavation to access fragile infrastructure.
Within our hire branches, we keep excavators available for every use from mini diggers to hydraulic excavators, permitting your needs to all scales of excavation project required. Where space is limited and access is tight, our 0.8 Tonne Micro Excavator machines can squeeze their way in through a standard-sized gate. At the other end of our excavator range, we have 8 Tonne Excavators which can dig to depths of 4.5m to remove huge quantities of spoil in a single scoop. Our range includes the 0.8 Tonne Micro Excavator, 1.6 Tonne Excavator, 2.8 Tonne Excavator, 5 Tonne Excavator, and 8 Tonne Excavator options with more specialist sizes available upon request (accompanying plant trailers are also available to complete your plant hire purchase). Our fully-trained drivers and staff will provide a full handover and show you how to operate the machines we provide, safely. We offer mini excavators, 360 excavators, and large excavators with tracked mobility to suit many ways of usage. Our excavator equipment range offer JCB diggers, Kubuto mini diggers, Takeuchi excavators, and Thwaites excavators, we source manufacturers you can rely on and trust for the best excavator and digger hire services.
You do not need any operator’s licence to use these in a private residence.
Our range of plant hire equipment will ensure your projects, big or small, can run smoothly. Whatever you need, we have plant hire solutions covered for all industry needs, available to book and hire online for delivery and collection. If you cannot find the tool and plant hire required for your project or are unsure of what tool & plant hire and equipment to use, please contact your local branch for assistance. Not sure what you need? Why not speak to one of our highly trained staff members who will be more than happy to advise you and fill out our Hirebase Plus+ form to make a direct-hire request. Locate your branch using our branch locator or visit us locally to find out more from our experienced Hire Staff Team. You can also view our services to learn more about us and all our available hire services.
The photos shown, are for illustration purposes only. Specifications may vary, please contact your local branch.
- Special Price £129.85 Regular Price £373.930.8 Ton Micro Excavator
- Special Price £130.20 Regular Price £385.791.6 Ton Excavator
- Special Price £58.76 Regular Price £78.351.6 Ton Plant Trailer
- Special Price £196.38 Regular Price £504.502.8 Ton Excavator
- Special Price £73.01 Regular Price £97.342.8 Ton Plant Trailer
- Special Price £263.04 Regular Price £668.035 Ton Excavator
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