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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 4:29 pm
by mattderby
Hi
Does anyone know of companies hiring mini / micro (1.5t / 0.8t) diggers for 1 or 2 days in the Derby area? I was hoping to drive it myself but the companies I've tried only hire to businesses. Also what kind of price would it be?
Thanks
Matt
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 6:33 pm
by DNgroundworks
I pay anywhere between 35-65 for micro's never paid more than 40 for a 1.5t digger. They wont hire it to you as you wont have hired in plant insurance if you are a private individual and possibly they will deem you to have zero experience driving their 10k plus digger!
I dont know of anyone on here near to you....there probs is, im just crap with directions and havent got a clue where derby is ha ha :p
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 7:25 pm
by local patios and driveway
You can get insurance per day, its not too expensive but have you tried hss hire? I think speedy hire do them too, they wont be the cheapest though. Your next best bet is to get a digger and driver. Maybe 200 ish but the guy will do more in a day than you will in 3, it does make sense
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:01 pm
by DNgroundworks
ditto what Dan said, i only really drive machines up to 5t, the fella i work with makes me look a right pleb on the 13 tonners 
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:50 pm
by mattderby
Thanks for the replies. I've seen a couple of local man+digger outfits near me quoting £150 per day inc VAT - makes sense as I've never used a mini digger before (how hard can it be 
)
Matt
PS Derby is in the middle of England! :p
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:57 pm
by local patios and driveway
150 inc vat? Jeezus... Hope they aint the 'drag it out, no insurance' types
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:50 pm
by DNgroundworks
Inc Vat, thats ridiculous, you wouldnt get me for that without a mini digger!
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 10:02 pm
by GB_Groundworks
I don't even try and compete with those guys the have a mini and very little idea. Actually operating them is easy, driving them and being efficient knowing your geology and positioning etc set us apart from them. I quoted for an Asian guy wanted basement digging out, I quoted for our 16 tonner, take week max. He got guy with a mini to dig it, guy dug himself into a hole and literally couldn't get out, was only about a metre deep and half size when he'd spent about what I'd quoted him to dig it out. guy had to get a crane to lift him out which is crazy as you can always dig yourself out.
My favourite is our 16 tonner, smooth powerful fast and get so much done, the 3 ton kubotas alright for a full days but I wouldn't want to spend 8 hours on a micro ohh
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 10:25 am
by DBriggs
I know a chap who works for one of the big national tool hire companies and he was telling me that since the recession, tool hire theft has rocketed - mini diggers being the main target due to the value. Apparently, they end up in shipping containers going overseas before the hire company knows what is going on. That has made a lot of the hire companies stop hiring them out to individuals unless you're willing to give them a deposit - anywhere between 1k - 10k. To be fair, it's a pricey bit of kit to lose if the thief has only given you a couple of hundred for the hire.
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 12:14 am
by mickg
hirebase
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:00 pm
by Mikey_C
i've rented minis on two occasions from two different companies:-
the first time round i had no experience ..... and rolled it on to its side.
the second time I had a little experience, a bigger machine and kept it upright.
to be honest unless you know what you doing with them, just hire one with a decent driver and go to digger land for the day and have a play.
i found a very good digger with driver for £150 a day (about two years ago). I was quite happy with the work we did both quality and quantity and have and will recommend him for any groundwork.
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:02 pm
by Mikey_C
what you planning on doing with it?
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:33 pm
by DNgroundworks
Lol how did you manage to roll it?
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:42 pm
by Mikey_C
pretty sure I have posted about it on here before but here goes...
was in a rush, balanced it on a path, caught a tree root, pulled it over.
was quite lucky, you can see a 3"x3" post from the fence it fell on going up through the cab, that scraped my back! i didn't have my belt on and fell out the I don't know how the digger didn't fall on me and I broke the little bone at the end of my finger, on my weeding ring 6 weeks before my wedding.
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:46 pm
by Mikey_C
really only caught the tree route because i was using the grading bucket, cause i couldn't work out how to change buckets!!