Is 'whacker' the official name for it? - I need to hire one and can't find it

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Michelle
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Post: # 8794Post Michelle

From what I've learnt (mainly from this site) I know I need to hire a 'whacker' - but is the official name for one, as I can't find it on the hire websites I've looked at.

(Embarrassed - no, not me!!)
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jenny
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Post: # 8795Post jenny

Hi Michelle, I think you'll find it's called a vibrating plate compactor
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Michelle
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Post: # 8796Post Michelle

Thanks for the mega-quick answer. That's brill Jenny, cheers.
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Post: # 8833Post Tony McC

"Wacker" is the name of a German company that specialises in the manufacture of compaction equipment. Their vibrating plate compactors are amongst the best in the world, and the similarity of the company name to the english verb, "to whack", has probably done them no end of favours, as many people believer the plates are actually called "Whacker Plates" because they "whack down" the stone/sand/whatever.
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