Digger & excavator hire

Digger hire for groundwork, excavation and landscaping

Make excavation and earthmoving jobs more efficient with professional digger and excavator hire. Ideal for excavating foundations, digging drainage trenches, removing soil, preparing landscaping projects and carrying out heavy groundwork. At National Tool Hire we work with specialist plant hire suppliers throughout the UK, so you can be sure of a high-quality, well looked-after machine being delivered directly to your site and collected once you’re done.

Whether you need a compact micro digger for a domestic garden project or larger tracked and wheeled excavators for commercial groundwork, we can help you find the right machine for your project.

Hire the right digger for your project

The size and type of excavator you need will depend on the work you're carrying out, the depth you need to dig, the available access and the ground conditions:

Micro and mini diggers are particularly useful for domestic projects and smaller construction jobs. Their compact dimensions make them easier to use where access is restricted, including gardens, driveways and smaller building plots.

For larger excavation and groundwork projects, tracked excavators provide greater digging capability and stability. Larger machines are suitable for commercial construction, substantial foundations, site clearance and heavy earthmoving.

Wheeled excavators can be particularly useful where machines need to travel over harder surfaces or between different areas of a site.

Our current tracked excavator range runs from a 0.8-tonne micro excavator through to larger machines, while wheeled excavators are also available. 

What can you use a digger for?

Digger hire can be used for a wide range of construction, landscaping and groundworks tasks, including:

• Digging foundations
• Excavating for extensions
• Digging drainage trenches
• Installing utilities
• Removing soil and spoil
• Garden landscaping
• Levelling ground
• Preparing driveways
• Creating ponds
• Site clearance
• Demolition work
• Excavating for patios and terraces
• Preparing construction sites 

Attachments can also increase the versatility of an excavator. Depending on the machine and supplier, options can include buckets, breakers and other specialist attachments.