5 Applications You Didn’t Know You Could Achieve with Your Excavator Hire
It’s common knowledge that excavators excel when it comes to digging and earthmoving requirements on site. However, fitted with the right attachments, your excavator hire can perform a plethora of functions that extend its capabilities well beyond excavation. From demolition to utility rehabilitation, allow us to share 5 things you didn’t know you could achieve with an excavator.
1. Demolition
When paired with suitable attachments, an excavator is primed for all phases of demolition work. Buckets, rippers, and rock breakers, for instance, enable operators to break up footpaths, asphalt and concrete driveways, swimming pools, trails, and paths. They can also assist in demolishing structures, including retaining walls and old buildings, by reducing them to more manageable segments.
2. Grading/compaction
Grading and compacting can be time-consuming tasks that typically require the use of specialised equipment, such as walk-behind compactors. However, these are tasks that can also be carried out by your hired excavator. A ripper will first execute loosening any hard-packed earth. Then leveling and grading can be achieved through attachments like a tilt bucket. Finally, when fitted with a compaction wheel, an excavator can be used to compress soil.
3. Utility rehabilitation
Excavators can be used to maintain underground facilities, like septic tanks, gas and sewer lines, which require refurbishment as they age. Hydraulic grabs and buckets, for example, are effective attachments for utility refurbishment programs, with more compact mini excavators also well-suited to accessing tight areas.
4. Clearing debris and vegetation
Excavators can assist in clearing vegetation and debris, tasks required in preparing land for development. Attachments like hydraulic grabs and rippers can be used to remove plant materials, such as dead or fallen trees, roots, branches, saplings, shrubs, and small rocks. The extended reach of the excavator’s arm also makes them effective at clearing debris in hard to access areas.
5. Fence posts and tree planting
An auger attachment allows you to use your excavator to plant trees and set posts. Modifying the auger’s spinning action facilitates drilling holes perfect for tree planting or for setting specialised rods deep underground when installing fences.
Final thoughts
Although excavators have traditionally been used mainly for earthmoving, the plethora of attachments available enable this machine to execute many different applications.
Are you looking to hire an excavator? Preston Hire’s fleet has been specially designed and manufactured to ensure they’re durable, powerful, and versatile. To speak to a member of our experienced team, call 1800 440 550 or you can contact us through our website.
