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Plant and Operator Supply for Contractors

RH Digger & Driver Hire supplies excavators from 1 to 14 tonnes and road-legal telehandlers, each with an NPORS operator, to builders, groundworkers, landscapers and main contractors across Hampshire, Wiltshire and Berkshire. RAMS and insurance certificates before day one, rates published from £295 plus VAT a day, and one number to ring: 07545 265075.

What we supply

Volvo excavator and operator setting out a reinforced slab on site

Machine + operator cover

A digger or telehandler with a competent pair of hands on it, on your site, working to your programme, by the day, week or duration.

Formation dug and prepared to the drawing with cellular grid and edging

Groundworks package support

Excavation, drainage runs, formations and levels dug to the drawing under your management. Capacity when your own gangs are stretched.

Excavator loaded on a trailer ready to move to site

Gap and breakdown cover

Machine gone down or a driver not turned up? We're local, we know our machines, and we can sometimes be on site next day.

The paperwork, before you ask

NPORS-qualified operators. £5 million public liability, £10 million employers' liability and contractors' all-risks cover with NFU Mutual - certificates usually with you the same working day, site-specific RAMS once we've seen your site information. VAT invoicing. Senior staff hold SMSTS site management certification and the company has acted as Principal Contractor under CDM. One contract covering machine and operator, so there's no split liability between a hire desk and an operator agency.

Site compliance

Every machine carries a current LOLER thorough examination certificate, lifting chart and fully automatic hydraulic quick hitch. The 6t excavator runs boom check valves and a lift load sensor with overload alarm for lifting operations. Machine-specific site packs - thorough exam certificates, service records and risk assessments - are available with the RAMS on request, and Stage V emission-compliant machines can be supplied where site conditions require them.

Why site agents rate the iDig kit

Both our Volvo excavators (3t EC27D, 6t EC55C) run iDig 2D dual-grade laser level control - dig depth and grade live in the cab. Formations come out at the level on the drawing, falls run true, and there's no over-dig quietly eating your concrete and stone quantities. On drainage and footings it routinely saves a labourer on the staff.

Rates

Same published rates for everyone - from £295 plus VAT a day (1t micro) to £450 (14t), operator included, on weekly hire; short hires priced per day on the rates page along with dumpers, rollers, attachments, breakers and typical fuel consumption figures. Trade terms available on longer bookings and repeat work - ring to talk numbers.

Telehandler and roller working a driveway construction job Excavator loading a dumper on a bulk excavation in chalk

Contractor questions, answered straight

Do you supply machine and operator to contractors?

Yes - it's a core part of the business, from a day's cover to full-week bookings. NPORS tickets, RAMS and certs before we're on site.

How fast can you turn around RAMS and certs?

Standard documents usually same working day; site-specific method statements once we've seen your site information.

Will your operator work to our setting out?

Yes - to your engineer's or foreman's setting out, drawings and levels. The iDig laser control cuts formations to the figures on the drawing.

What does it cost?

The published rates - from £295/day with operator on weekly hire, everything on the rates page. Trade terms on longer bookings.

Can you cover short-notice gaps?

Often. We're local, we know our machines, and the answer on the phone is a straight yes or no. 07545 265075.

Send the programme dates, machine size and postcode to [email protected] or ring Rory on 07545 265075 - price and availability back the same day, usually within the hour during working hours.

NPORScertified operators
SMSTSsite management
CDMprincipal contractor experience
LOLERcertified lifting kit
NFU Mutual£5m public liability