Mini digger and driver hire
Covering Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, and surrounding areas
Require some heavy digging but lack the space or access for a large digger?
My mini digger and driver hire service is perfect for you!
Mini digger and driver hire
Covering Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, and surrounding areas
Require some heavy digging but lack the space or access for a large digger?
My mini digger and driver hire service is perfect for you!
Looking for a mini digger and driver hire service in Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, or Bedfordshire?
Then you’ve come to the right place!
Hi, I’m Rob and welcome to my mini digger and driver hire website
At just 70cm wide, my mini digger is small enough to fit through most garden gates and side entrances and able to get to the tight spaces traditional big diggers can’t get to.
I’ve even driven it (very carefully) through a house for one customer whose garden backed onto a railway line!
Who this mini digger and driver hire service is for
Hand digging is back-breaking – especially for people who aren’t used to it – so my mini digger and driver hire service is for anyone who needs some heavy digging in their front or rear gardens (or any other land/property you have) and wants to save themselves the substantial amount wasted time and effort it would take to do it by hand.
I also work closely with builders and other landscapers who need ground dug out but don’t own their own mini digger or don’t have the experience required to make good use of a self-drive mini digger hire service.
Free garden landscaping advice for every customer
Many of my mini digger customers and doing DIY garden projects, and I’m more than happy to help with advice on how best to achieve what you’re looking to do. Whether you’re installing a shed base, laying paying or a driveway, returfing your lawn, or anything else, I can provide advice from my decades of doing it.
Where do I offer this mini digger and driver hire service?
I’m based in Little Paxton, St Neots, and cover all of Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, and surrounding areas. So if you’re in need of some heavy digging, please contact me!
What services do I offer with my mini digger and driver hire?
What my mini digger lacks in size in more than makes up for in agility and accuracy, making it perfect for all the front and rear garden jobs that need doing, even if the space is very limited!
Some of the most common jobs people ask me to do are listed below – but in short, if it needs digging, my mini digger and driver hire service can probably do it!
General scrub clearance
Is your garden completely overrun with general scrub that needs removing? My mini digger will make short work of it! Learn more.
Foundation excavation
Excavation for foundations for house extensions, conservatory bases, summerhouses, greenhouses, log cabins, and sheds etc.
Digging up concrete paths, shed bases, etc.
Armed with my mini digger and a heavy-duty concrete breaker, we can blast through any concrete paths or shed bases and either take it away myself or arrange for it to be taken away by a grab lorry/skip if there's a lot of it!
Trenching for ground source heat pump pipework
If you're installing a ground source heat pump, you need to bury a large amount of pipework in the ground. My mini digger and driver service is perfect for doing this quickly and efficiently with minimal damage to the garden.
Tree stump removal
Don't stop at just cutting trees down - my mini digger is able to dig out the stump and roots, too! Learn more.
Preparations for turf and levels reduced
Laying a new lawn and need the old lawn taken up and/or the garden levelled out beforehand? My mini garden digger and I can strip the old lawn off and turn, turn over the ground, and level it out, ready for the new turf to be quickly rolled out! (FYI - I can also collect and lay the new lawn for you!)
Soil sieving
If you start digging into your garden, quite often you'll find plenty of rubble and roots in the ground, which isn't great for lawns and planting. Using my riddle and rake bucket I can quickly sieve bucketfuls of soil at a time, quickly separating out the rubble and roots, leaving you with lovely soil for turfing or planting.
Trenching for air source heat pump pipework
Air source heat pumps are often installed up to 15m from the house; if this is the case for you, you'll need to bury the pipework from the air source heat pump to your home. My mini digger and driver hire service is perfect for digging a neat, deep trench quickly and efficiently with minimal mess.
Digging out for driveways
Having a new driveway put in, or doing it yourself? My mini digger and I will quickly and efficiently dig out and level out the ground, ready for your new driveway
Trenching for cables and pipes
Perfect for digging deep and neat trenches for electricity cables or water, gas, or oil pipes. Learn more.
Digging out ponds and sunken trampolines
Need a pond digging out, or have a trampoline you'd like to sink into the ground so it's safer to use? My mini garden digger makes easy work of both! Learn more.
Bamboo removal
Got bamboo? Then you've got a problem! Bamboo is one of the most invasive plants out there and it will destroy your garden if left unchecked. I offer a thorough bamboo removal service with my mini digger, including getting all the rhizome root network out to make sure it doesn't return. Learn more.
Rated Excellent on Google from my very happy customers
Far more efficient than hand digging
Why waste your precious free time with back-breaking hand digging when we could achieve so much more in far less time with my mini digger and driver hire service?
More cost-effective than hiring labourers
You could hire a team of labourers to come in and do the digging for a few days… or you could use my mini garden digger and driver hire service and achieve a whole lot more in one day than a team of labourers could in several!
No rear garden access? No problem!
The majority of garden gates, side entrances, etc. are well over the 70cm clearance needed for my mini garden digger. But if you have a particularly narrow gate or no rear garden access at all, we can still possibly get the mini digger in by taking down fence panels – or even through your house!
Get in touch for a chat about your mini garden digger project!
Garden landscaping for over 35 years
Hi, I’m Rob! I’ve been providing garden landscaping services since 1984 as Robert Hughes Garden Landscaping and Construction, and my trusty mini garden digger has saved me countless weeks of back-breaking hand digging in that time.
In recent years I’ve been offering this mini garden digger and driver hire service for builders, other landscapers, and anyone who wants to transform their garden themselves without the heavy lifting.
FAQs about mini digger and driver hire services
How expensive is it?
The price depends on how much work needs doing, but most jobs only take a day and you’ll be amazed how much we can get done in that time! People are always blown away by how effective it is, completely transforming their gardens in a matter of hours.
Is hand digging cheaper?
Getting a mini garden digger and driver to do the work is much faster and much more cost-effective than getting labourers in to hand dig it, and much, much easier and faster than doing it yourself!
Will you damage my lawn?!
In a word – nope! Quite often the jobs people need doing require driving the mini garden digger over their lovely lawns – so I always bring a few really thick wood boards with me and I drive the digger over those, protecting your lawn.
How big is the mini digger?
The body of the mini garden digger is just 70cm wide, easily passing through the majority of garden gates that are usually around 80cm wide or more. The tracks can be extended outwards to make it more stable, too – very cool stuff!
Can I hire the mini digger and drive it myself?
I’ve been driving mini diggers for years and while the controls are simple enough, it takes a long time to become accurate and efficient with them. I can tell you with complete honesty that hiring a mini digger AND driver will not only be more cost-effective, but you’ll get a better, neater result.
Will you make a mess?
You’d be surprised at how neat and tidy the mini digger can be. I have a range of bucket scoops for different types of jobs – e.g. a narrow bucket for digging pipe trenches, a wide toothless bucket for stripping turf, etc. – and these ensure I can be very accurate and tidy with the work. Check out my portfolio to see the mini digger in action!
Can you give us landscaping advice?
Lots of my customers hire me to do the heavy digging so they can then DIY the landscaping element – and I’m more than happy to give advice for that. My main business is garden landscaping and has been for over 35 years so I know a thing or two about it
Can you really dig out big tree stumps?
I certainly can! Armed with a narrow, toothed bucket for digging around the tree stump, some heavy chopping hand tools, and a chainsaw, I can successfully dig out pretty much any tree stump!
Where does all the waste/soil/rubble etc. go?
A lot of what we dig out can usually be lost in the garden itself (e.g. put into bedding for planting), but if there’s no space for it or if it’s rubbish (e.g. rubble, concrete, roots, etc.) then I can arrange for a skip or a grab lorry to take it all away!
Can you provide a labourer, too?
If needed, I can provide a labourer, though many of my customers want to muck in and help, too. I provide the mini digger and operate it, while either you or a labourer work with me to run wheelbarrows etc. if needed.
What kind of work can you do?
Pretty much anything that needs serious digging! Ripping up old turf and turning over the soil in preparation for new turf; digging out trenches for cables and pipework; smashing up concrete with a breaker and then digging it out; digging out for ponds, driveways etc., and loads more!
Let's chat! Get in touch to discuss your mini digger project
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