Hampshire · Wiltshire · Berkshire

Operated Plant Hire & Groundworks

RH Digger & Driver Hire supplies excavators, telehandlers and many other machines to contractors and private clients. Always with experienced NPORS operators and within 50 miles of Andover. A 3-tonne digger and driver is from £330 plus VAT a day, with machines from 1 to 14 tonnes from £295. We also take on complete groundworks: foundations, drainage, driveways and earthworks tenders. Owner-run by Rory Hay.

Call Rory — 07545 265075 Rates & machines

A machine and an operator. One call, one price.

We're not a hire yard. Every machine goes out with an operator who knows it, that's the whole business. A number of our excavators run iDig 2D laser level control, so footings, falls and finished levels are cut accurately first time.

And because our group includes Hay & Co, our design and construction arm delivering landscapes and external works for country houses and estates across the South of England, the standard of finish is set by people who understand the whole construction process and the importance of a solid foundation.

Volvo EC140 14-tonne excavator with operator working in Hampshire

What we do

Volvo excavator and dumper on a driveway job in Hampshire

Digger & driver hire

1 to 14-tonne excavators with operators. iDig 2D machine control. All rates published.

from £295 + VAT / day

Operated telehandler placing a garden building

Operated telehandler hire

Road-registered agri telehandlers and telescopic pivot-steer loaders. On farm, sites and yards.

from £330 + VAT / day

Groundworks excavation and drainage in progress

Groundworks

Demolition, site preparation, drainage, footings and foundations.

quoted per job

Excavators flailing and clearing along a woodland edge

Environmental

Woodland thinning, habitat restoration, mulching and flailing.

quoted per job

Excavator cutting a drainage run across a site

Land drainage

Surface water schemes for agriculture, domestic and sites. Attenuation ponds.

quoted per job

Excavator loading a dump truck on an earthworks job

Driveways & earthworks

Bulk excavation, driveways and tracks, lakes and land forming.

quoted per job

Who we work for

For the trade: builders, groundworkers, landscapers and main contractors use us for machine-and-operator cover, from a day's gap to full-duration bookings. RAMS, NPORS tickets and insurance certificates before day one - see plant hire for contractors.

For everyone else: homeowners with bigger projects who want one competent outfit, self-builders working to the engineer's drawing, and farmers and estates needing drainage, tracks, gateways and handling, insured with NFU Mutual like most of our farming customers.

Where we work

Within roughly 50 miles of Andover: all of Hampshire and Wiltshire, most of Berkshire, and into Surrey, Dorset and Oxfordshire — including Andover, Winchester, Salisbury, Newbury, Marlborough and the Test Valley.

Straight answers

Do you hire machines without an operator?

No - operated only. It's how we guarantee our machine and our work.

How quickly can you start?

Usually within a week or two. Ring to check - short-notice cover is sometimes possible.

What does it cost?

From £295 plus VAT a day for a digger and driver on weekly hire (£330 for a 3-tonne machine). Every price is published on the rates page.

Let Rory know your requirements, postcode and rough dates - a straight answer on size, availability and price, usually the same day.

07545 265075   [email protected]

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