5 Benefits Of Digger Hire For Your Construction Project

11 May 2023

Three diggers digging up soil with sun shining in the background

5 Benefits Of Digger Hire For Your Construction Project

Are you considering hiring a digger for your next construction project? A digger is one of the best and most versatile pieces of machinery found on a construction site. Designed to undertake heavy construction work such as landscaping, digging foundations, demolition, transporting materials and so on.

Before you decide on whether or not to hire a digger, it’s important to understand the top 5 benefits of digger hire first. To learn about these in more detail, continue reading to discover how a digger hired from DP Skip Hire can offer value to you and your next construction project.

1) Cost Effective

Hiring a digger is more affordable than purchasing one or hiring additional manual labour. Allowing you to reduce the amount of manual labour you require has many positives which includes saving time and money in the long run. When hiring a digger, hiring costs are generally widespread depending on the length of the contract and there is no hassle about having to sell the digger, as it will be simply returned to the hiring company once the construction project and the contract has ended.

2) Less Maintenance

Before a digger is delivered out for hire, it goes through a checking process by our experienced technicians to ensure each vehicle is regularly serviced, reliable, well-maintained and in good working condition. At DP Skip Hire, we also ensure our diggers have a full tank of fuel before being delivered. This means you don’t have to refill the tank regularly, depending on how much fuel is used. Once you’re finished with the digger, you can either refill it yourself or we can do it and send you an invoice for the cost needed to refill it.

3) Flexible

Our hiring contracts are open and flexible to our customers for any length of time. The minimum length for most of our digger and plant machinery is 24 hours (one day). For bigger machinery used on construction sites, the minimum length is one week. We are proud to operate 7 days a week to fully support and satisfy our customers with their hiring needs.

4) Easy To Operate

Diggers are quite easy to operate. When you hire a digger from us, we can give you instructions on how to operate it safely and effectively. However, there is no requirement for special training to operate this machinery. In saying that, we recommend that you take some time to familiarise yourself with using the digger if it is your first time or have someone else more experienced to use it. By law, there are no regulations that suggest the requirement of a valid driving licence in order to operate a digger on private property. However, a valid driving licence is advisable if you intend on operating it on public roads.

5) Large Selection

We have a wide range of diggers in varying sizes and types suitable for most construction projects. From micro diggers for small landscaping work to 8 and 14 tonne mini diggers for bigger construction work. With our mini diggers, there is also the option for extra attachments such as augers and hydraulic breakers if you require them for your construction project. Alongside our digger sizes, we also have three bucket sizes for our mini diggers including 12”, 24” and 36”.

Digger Hire From DP Skip Hire

Now you know the top 5 benefits of digger hire, the next step is to arrange your booking with DP Skip Hire and decide which size of digger you need and for how long. To arrange your booking today, call us on 01782 551222, email [email protected] or make an enquiry online. We would be happy to take your requests into account and get your upcoming construction project well and truly underway!

Cheryl Fonad

12:26 04 Jun 20

Great, efficient service! Would definitely recommend

A Google User

14:34 27 May 20

Excellent service, quick and reliable, friendly staff. I would definitly recommend and use the service again in the future

stew bett

15:34 14 May 20

Booked a skip arrived on time and collected within a few hours when I called them to collect. Definitely will be using again great service all round.

David Bailey

11:46 22 Apr 20

Complete and utter waste of time. Called on the supposed day of delivery at 10am as skip had not yet arrived, nor had I had any communication since booking online. Each person I spoke to simply didn't have a clue as to what was going on, didn't have my name, address or number, couldn't find my booking (despite taking payment) and that I'd have to wait for the Transport Manager after making 3 calls. I'd booked the skip days in advance and booked a day off work to complete a project. Finally after 3 calls, they'd located said skip but couldn't give me a time of delivery, stating "some time in the afternoon". I duly cancelled, called around other businesses and had a skip delivered within the hour. Won't be using again.

Daren Weightman

15:20 17 Apr 20

Excellent Service, delivered on time and collected within an hour or so after calling office which was a day earlier than expected. Both drivers very pleasant. Would not hesitate to recommend and use again

Steve Hughes

16:11 16 Apr 20

Ordered a skip from guys at dp skip hire using the online form.. Very easy to use... Helpful with my email queries...arrived on time... Couldn't ask for a better service.. Highly recommended

Adele Kelly

12:13 14 Apr 20

I booked a skip on a Sunday for next-day delivery which was a bank holiday. I received an email from Jon immediately after booking letting me know that it might be a couple of days later owing to the impact of Covid-19 which was totally understandable. The skip still arrived on the bank holiday which was hugely appreciated and we're awaiting collection now. Would highly recommend and would definitely book again, excellent service.

Callum J Slater

19:39 22 Mar 20

Great service. Uses these guys a couple of weeks back when I was having my drive done. Quality products, great service, reasonable priced and easy to deal with. Will help you out when needed too. No job too big or small for these guys. Highly recommend and will be using again. 👍🏻

Scott Corser

11:22 19 Mar 20

Excellent service, very helpful office staff assisting with permit. Definitely use them again!!!

Ben Suleman

11:51 18 Mar 20

Absolutely disgusting customer service especially the one who pick up the phone

jinkazama monkey

06:39 04 Oct 19

Been using these guys a lot for our farm, they always answer the phone promptly, they call in advance if requested, the drivers are polite and helpful and their pricing is better than other companies in the area. This is how you run a business.

Robert SALT

13:39 30 Jul 19

Prompt delivery and collection same day. The driver Ryan was brilliant, nothing was too much trouble.

Rocket Roy

06:18 20 Jul 19

07.01 and the skip truck comes up the street on a weekend, no consideration from the driver whilst loading revving the old diesel truck unnecessarily high waking literally everybody up in the street... Might of taken the driver and extra minute or two without the revs being so high, but no if he's up were all up!

Paul Towey

21:01 18 Jul 19

Excellent fast efficient reliable everytime (thankskev)

Jac

16:38 13 Dec 18

Used them a few times now:Skips: Dropped off an hour after booking late on a Friday. Picked up first thing Monday morning. Their top soil is a BARGAIN! And extremely good quality. Aggregates:- slightly pricier than others, but with the free delivery, even on a single bag, this makes up for it and is probably why. (Others want 15quid to deliver)All in all, I personally can't really fault them!