Plant hire is the service of providing various pieces of heavy machinery, tools and other equipment of a range of sizes depending on the job. This normally entails renting out large construction vehicles for a set amount of time.

Instead of purchasing expensive equipment and machinery outright to undertake jobs, Plant Hire North Wales can be used in order to hire the required equipment. Plant hire companies usually offer a great, wide range of tools that suit a great range of tasks. Whether you are having something built in or on your property, or clearing some much needed space; a Plant Hire company can give you some really insightful information and supply you with the vital equipment you and your builders will need for a successful outcome. Some of the different types of equipment and machinery you could expect to come across on a project and at a Plant Hire company are uncovered within this lens.

Dumper Trucks 

Dumper Trucks are vehicles that are used when large volumes of rubble and earth are needed to be moved from one place to another. They can be extremely useful to any site manager as it helps save masses of time in moving rubble, earth or wasted materials from one place to another.

A Dumper Truck is commonly regarded as the most efficient, cost effective and easiest way to move large volumes of waste, as they generally have the capacity to store large amounts of volume, meaning you can usually get most of the excess waste away from the construction area, allowing you and your project team to get on with the real hard work. When you approach a Plant Hire company, you should have done your homework on what type of Dumper Truck you are going to need. They come in a wide range of varieties, each of which suited to different types and sizes of jobs.

A good company will be able to help you when deciding which type you are going to require, as the wrong choice of machine could be unnecessarily high in maintenance costs and poor in performance for the job.

There is a lot of Construction North Wales work taking place throughout the area where you may see dumpers in action.

Forklifts

Forklifts are also an important piece of equipment associated with plant hire companies in North Wales. Forklifts will mostly be used within warehouses or large depots to help move standing objects around, with the assistant of a pallet. Forklifts can transfer heavy, large items from one place to another with ease and can lift it to a desired level or height. Forklift trucks can be important to people in various areas of work involving transportation of big or heavy items. The hiring of a forklift can prove to be very worthwhile if the occasion requires one. If you are planning to operate the forklift yourself, it is important that you learn the basics and get some professional training.

There are classes and tutorials available that can take place at your place of work or construction. If you have an accident with someone operating the forklift who has not been trained, you may face legal problems in the future. This machinery can be hard to operate for someone with no experience, and above all dangerous in some occasions. As it is with most construction and heavy duty equipment, there is a wide range of different types of forklift that range from electric and gas power, to different design types that are suitable for different types of lifting and construction.

Not all plant hire companies will have a great range of forklifts, so check out nearby plant hire companies to find out what they have available, and what type of forklift you will require.

Cherry Pickers

These can be used when access to places out of reach can’t safely be accessed to undertake the type of work required. A cherry picker may be used as an alternative to a ladder to safely get to the desired area quickly and safely. Quite often a cherry picker will not need extensive use, but it is important for the odd job that requires work at an out of reach area. There is a huge choice of kit available in the cherry picker market, which means that there should be something suited to every type of job!

If you have a small job that requires a smaller cherry picker, then there should be no problem getting hold of one and using it quickly, efficiently and safely should you visit a reputable Plant Hire company that can offer help and advice. Again, with the larger Cherry Pickers, you should do your research on what type of machine is required for the type of job you need one for, to get an idea of the size and type that is needed. Cherry Pickers come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, with all of them having the basic function of raising and lowering a compartment for a person, or group of people to be transported in, to allow them to work on the required area of construction.

To hire a cherry picker and get some advice on if you require one and what type of machine would be most suitable for the job, contact North Wales Plant Hire.

Cranes

Cranes

Cranes can be a useful tool when large, bulky goods must be shifted from one place to another, often several stories high. Cranes can move goods that must bypass building, for example, getting bulky goods from one side to the other of a large building. These can be essential to certain projects and are relatively easy to get a hold of. Not every plant hire company will have Cranes available for hire, but many of which will, meaning a short look around the businesses within the industry will leave you with a good idea where to hire one.

The fact that there are a massive range of different types of cranes, speaks for itself when thinking about how many different types of jobs and reasons you’d need a crane. There are small cranes available for hire from most plant hire companies, which are suited to a construction site that is working on a smaller building or a site that is moving around smaller quantities and weight. The size of crane can go up and up and up, with some huge ones that are often required on the construction of large buildings, such as high apartment, flat and office buildings, and commonly on sky scrapers.

The difference in cranes does mean something. Different cranes are suited to different jobs. Some cranes are designed to be planted into the ground, whereas others are attached to a vehicle area where the crane operator sits and moves the crane, whilst operating it in a controlled manner. Usually, there is another person using recognised hand signals to help the crane operator move the heavy goods it has picked up, towards the desired area.

Generators

On building sites, it can be a terrible waste of time and money should there be a power problem or faulty electronics. It is good practice to have back up ready to help generate power or electricity in this occasion. For this, a generator can be a huge relief for any plant manager, as a generator can allow work to resume during problematic times. There are also various occasions where mains electricity is not available, meaning the need for a good generator is an important addition.

Generators

Generators are always on hand for any odd occasion when power is faulty and are a great way to help save time and money in a hard time.

Backup generators are commonly used throughout various different establishments, may it be hospitals, commercial buildings, houses, construction sites and many more. Some of the equipment that requires a steady, ongoing electric power can be saved through the use of a generator during an outage, including medical equipment, heaters, refrigerators and lighting. Generators are commonly bought and hired by people requiring back up power, sometimes its a good idea to have a generator ready to use, just for emergency measures.

Sometimes when there is a power outage, it is common for various people and construction sites to quickly try and get a hold of a generator from a plant hire company, and they have lost time and money simply not being prepared for it. The key is to have a generator on site, ready to back up and power outages to cater for the equipment and appliances that simply cannot be left untouched if there is a problem.

Excavator / Diggers

Excavators, also known as Diggers, are machines used to dig holes or move large volumes of material, such as earth. These pieces of equipment are extremely useful and common amongst building sites as they are very easy to operate and very effective with undertaking labour that by hand, would take a great amount of time more. Excavators can be used to dig holes, lay pipes and move materials, and prove to be a valuable resource on any building site.

Depending on what the job entails, will depend on the type of excavator you will require. A common machine used is the ‘mini diggers’ which are used across thousands of different construction sites and many different industries. Small Track or ‘mini’ excavators are useful where space is tight where there is still some heavy work to be done, this has proved crucial to a great many construction projects. Depending on the type of job that you need to do, will depend on the type of excavator you will hire. By approaching a reputable and reliable plant hire company, you are enabling yourself to receive some useful guidance and help, as they can advise you on what type of excavator will be most suited to your job.

North Wales Plant Hire have a range of excavators that are available for immediate hire, so give them a call to see if they can help you, with what you need!