What wet hire means
The machine arrives with someone who knows how to run it. You get the job done without pulling your own people off other work or hoping whoever is on site can operate to the standard you need.
When it makes sense
Short jobs where mobilising your own operator is not worth it. Technical work where experience on the machine saves more time than it costs. Jobs where you would rather one supplier be responsible for the machine and the work.
What is included
Machine, operator and fuel. Anything beyond that — traffic management, spoil removal, additional labour — we will price separately so you can see what you are paying for.
How it works
Tell us the job, the site and the timeframe. We will tell you which machine suits and what it costs. If the job is not one we should be doing, we will say so.
Available equipment
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1.7T1.7T Mini Excavator
The machine to ask for when access is the constraint rather than the digging. Zero tail swing lets it work against a boundary without fouling the neighbour’s fence, and it clears most standard side gates.
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2.5T2.5T Mini Excavator
If you are not sure which size the job needs, it is usually this one. Enough reach and breakout force for driveways, footings and drainage runs, while still small enough to work comfortably on a suburban block.
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3.5T3.5T Excavator
Where you go when the 2.5 is working too hard for the job. Noticeably more reach and breakout force, plus a heavier blade, which tells on bulk cuts and anything with rock through it.
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5.5T5.5T Excavator
The production machine in the fleet. When there is genuine volume to move or depth to reach, this is what turns a three-day job into a one-day job, which usually costs less overall than hiring something smaller.
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600kg600kg Mini Dumper
The narrower of our tracked dumpers, built for access a wheelbarrow would struggle with. The high-tip hydraulic skip empties straight into a bin, truck or skip rather than needing a second handling.
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800kg800kg Mini Dumper
More payload per trip than the 600kg. That matters when the cart run is long or the volume is up, because fewer trips across a day is where tracked dumpers actually earn their keep.
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4T tipper4T Tipper Truck
Sized for residential work and tighter streets, handling spoil removal, road base delivery and end-of-job clean-up without bringing a truck that cannot get in or turn around.
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12T bogie12T Bogie Tipper
Twelve tonnes a load in a steel bin. On a bulk cut that is three trips where a 4 tonne truck would make nine, and the steel body takes rock, broken concrete and demolition waste without damage.
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TabletopIsuzu NPR-75 2.5T Tabletop
A flat tray loads and unloads from any side, which suits formwork, mesh, timber and anything a tipper body would get in the way of. Useful for site deliveries and day-to-day running between jobs.
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Are your operators insured and ticketed?
Can I get wet hire for half a day?
Do you do the whole job, or just supply the machine and operator?
Need a machine on site?
Tell us the job and we will come back with a straight quote.