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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 Hs Earthmoving
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Craigieburn, VIC
  • Track Mounted Excavator
  • Tipper
  • Earthmoving
6 Machines
5 Services
2 Locations
HS Earthmoving is a trusted, owner-operated business with over 10 years of experience in providing top-quality earthmoving services across Melbourne and regional Victoria. Our fully insured ...
Logo of Infield Plant Hire
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Hastings, VIC
  • Track Mounted Excavator
  • Truck Mounted Water Cart
  • Excavation
2 Machines
1 Location
Infield Plant Hire is an owner-operated business with extensive industry experience, proudly serving the construction sector. We specialise in providing high-quality equipment and exceptiona...
Logo of Bryco Civil Construction P/L
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Pakenham, VIC
  • Track Mounted Excavator
  • Jet Rodders
  • Drain Camera Inspection
2 Machines
1 Location
Bryco Civil Construction P/L is an owner-operated business with extensive industry experience, offering expert underground infrastructure solutions. We specialise in non-destructive digging ...
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 JL Excavation & Earthmoving
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(14)
Campbellfield, VIC
  • Track Mounted Excavator
  • Mini Loader
  • Excavation
5 Machines
2 Services
1 Location
Leaders in all things excavation and waste management, here at JL Excavation & Earthmoving we are renowned for our variety of quality machinery coupled with highly competent operators. With ...
Logo of GR Dirtworx
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(1)
Lalor, VIC
  • Track Mounted Excavator
  • Tracked Dozer
  • Earthmoving
4 Machines
1 Service
1 Location
GR Dirtworx is a Victorian-based dozer contractor servicing the east coast of Australia. With a focus on delivering exceptional earthworks solutions, we specialise in a wide range of project...
Logo of A-Line Electrical & Communications
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Ocean Grove, VIC
  • Track Mounted Excavator
  • Tipper
  • Earthmoving
2 Machines
1 Location
A-Line Electrical & Communications is an owner-operated business offering industry expertise and high-quality equipment hire. We provide reliable services across various projects, including ...
Logo of UHI Hire
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(1)
Sunshine West, VIC
  • Track Mounted Excavator
  • Scissor Lift - Diesel
  • Piling
14 Machines
5 Services
3 Locations
UHI Hire is a subsidiary of UHI Machinery, leveraging the extensive machinery resources of its parent company to offer reliable and cost-effective machinery services to our customers. With b...
Logo of Mini Plant Hire
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(1)
Clayton, VIC
  • Track Mounted Excavator
  • Mini Loader
  • Earthworks
22 Machines
2 Locations
Located in Clayton and Beaconsfield Mini Plant Hire offers excavation hire services. As a family owned and operated business Mini Plant Hire focuses on providing mini excavators for hire and...

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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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