Excavator Hire – Melbourne

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Melbourne, VIC 3000

Don't miss out on the best excavator hire companies in Melbourne! Our top picks are sure to be the perfect partner for your project. Refine your search by size, hire terms, attachments, and even mine-specification to find exactly what you're looking for.

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Logo of QLD Civil Solutions
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Nunawading, VIC
  • Track Mounted Excavator
  • Grader
  • Drill And Blast
26 Machines
6 Services
13 Locations
QCS deliver’s multidisciplinary civil works such as earthworks, flood remediation, bridge structures and transmission lines. With involvement in major civil construction projects such as L5 ...
Logo of Kaw Excavation & Machine Hire
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Greensborough, VIC
  • Track Mounted Excavator
  • Mini Loader
  • Excavation
4 Machines
1 Service
1 Location
KAW Excavation & Machine Hire, based in Greensborough, offers a wide range of services including excavation, earthmoving, trenching, site cuts, and equipment hire. With extensive industry ex...
Logo of KMS Earthworks & Civil
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Craigieburn, VIC
  • Track Mounted Excavator
  • Tipper
  • Excavation
2 Machines
1 Location
KMS Earthworks & Civil provides comprehensive earthworks and civil construction services across the VIC region. We specialize in excavation and detailed earthworks projects, delivering high-...
Logo of Jantecgroup
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Croydon, VIC
  • Track Mounted Excavator
  • Wheeled Skid Steer
  • Excavation
1 Machine
1 Service
1 Location
Jantecgroup is an owner-operated business with extensive industry experience, specializing in excavation services. Located in the Croydon region, we are committed to delivering dependable an...
Logo of Fineline Concreting & Earthmoving
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Melbourne, VIC
  • Track Mounted Excavator
  • Posi Track
  • Earthmoving
2 Machines
2 Services
1 Location
Fineline Concreting & Earthmoving is a leading provider of top-quality concreting and earthmoving services across Melbourne. Our skilled team is dedicated to delivering projects that meet th...
Logo of BLM civil
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Langwarrin, VIC
  • Track Mounted Excavator
  • Earthworks
  • Excavation
2 Machines
1 Location
BLM Civil is an owner-operated business providing top-tier excavation and earthmoving services across Victoria. With extensive industry experience, we are committed to delivering dependable ...
Logo of Bellco Excavations
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(1)
Ferntree Gully, VIC
  • Track Mounted Excavator
  • Sucker Trucks
  • Drainage and Pipelaying
6 Machines
7 Services
1 Location
Bellco Excavations is an owner-operated business with 10 years of industry experience, serving the South East region of Victoria from our base in Upwey. Specialising in pipe installation and...
Logo of Keystone Hire
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Rippleside, VIC
  • Track Mounted Excavator
  • Tracked Dozer
  • Civil Engineering Consultants
2 Machines
1 Location
Keystone Hire is a premier provider of plant hire services throughout Victoria, delivering quality, reliability, and efficiency in every project. With both in-house and external hire capabil...
Logo of CRE Group
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(1)
Toorak, VIC
  • Track Mounted Excavator
4 Machines
1 Location
CRE Civil Group is a civil resourcing and engineering contractor with a broad range of experience and skills. With the ability to provide personalised service to clients and their represen...
Logo of YellowX
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Melbourne, VIC
  • Track Mounted Excavator
  • Tipper
  • Earthmoving
6 Machines
5 Services
2 Locations
With over 20 years of experience, YellowX has built up a solid reputation for its expertise in all things earthmoving and excavation in the Greater Melbourne region. Our expert operators are...

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Excavators for hire in Melbourne

iseekplant offers an extensive selection of excavators suitable for commercial, residential, agricultural, mining and civil project requirements.

Whatever the type of job, our suppliers have you covered.

  • Civil Jobs – usually between 5-tonne and 30-tonne excavators are found on sites conducting infrastructure development, roadworks, or improving drainage systems. A very common civil-sized machine would be 20 tonnes.
  • Residential Jobs – on residential construction sites, usually 1-tonne to 10-tonne excavators assist in preparing the land, digging foundations, and landscaping.
  • Commercial Jobs – for larger commercial developments, you’ll often see a 14-tonne working on the groundwork, but anything up to 30 tonnes can be used in the case of digging massive basements or footings.
  • Agricultural Jobs – anything under about 30 tonnes can be found doing agricultural work. Many farmers own smaller excavators they use every day and hire in the bigger ones when building dams or clearing land.
  • Mining Projects – You need the big guns – heavy-duty mine spec excavators. These start at 30 tonnes and go to 200 tonnes.

Common excavator sizes available in Melbourne

Our suppliers provide reasonable hire rates and a wide range of machine sizes to choose from.

  • 3 tonne excavators – classed as a mini excavator and are great for tight-access jobs
  • 8 tonne excavators – generalist machines suitable for most types of B2B hiring jobs in commercial and civil construction
  • 15 tonne excavators – anything from 13 tonnes to 16 tonnes are your classic civil-sized excavators with an extensive range of attachments
  • 22 tonne excavators – the most prolific civil-sized machine in Victoria. Many of these machines are fitted with GPS or UTS machine control and have heaps of attachments
  • 30 tonne excavators – the top end of the civil-sized machines, perfect for breaking up rock or bulk earthworks operations

Choose from wet or dry hire

Many of our Melbourne-based suppliers offer wet and dry hire machines and earthmoving equipment at reasonable hire rates. When you post a job on iseekplant, be sure to explain exactly the type of hire you need because it can vastly affect hourly rates.

Excavator hire locations near to Melbourne

Melbourne excavator hire suppliers can be found in high concentrations in the Dandenong area, southwest in Werribee and south East in Frankston, then North to Melton as these are areas where the suppliers can have large yards for their fleets.

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