6-Tonne Excavator with Driver - Volvo EC55C
Our Volvo EC55C 6-tonne excavator with an NPORS operator costs from £405 plus VAT per day on weekly hire (£2,025 per week; single days £525). It runs 550mm low-ground-pressure steel tracks, iDig 2D laser level control and a tilting grading bucket - the machine for footings, ponds, land drainage and site strips across Hampshire, Wiltshire and Berkshire, including ground that swallows lesser machines.
Spec that matters on site
- 550mm LGP steel tracks - spreads the machine's weight for wet fields, paddocks and drainage season
- iDig 2D dual-grade laser level control - drainage falls and formation levels without a banksman
- Tilting grading bucket, full bucket set
- Ripper tooth available - breaks compaction and hard chalk bands to 600mm
What this machine does best
Strip footings and foundations for extensions, field and paddock drainage (the LGP tracks earn their keep October to March), ponds, site strips and levelling, farm tracks and gateways, bulk dig where a 3-tonne would take twice as long. On Hampshire chalk, this is the machine that shrugs off the hard bands.
Attachments available
Grab from £10 a day on weekly hire; ripper tooth, land rake and riddle rake from £20; flail head / mulcher from £55; breaker £65 a day. All +VAT, with machine and operator - full attachment rates.