# Dial-A-Digger Plant Hire

Operated and self-drive plant hire, compact tractor rental, ATV logistics, and authorised machinery dealership serving the South of England.

## Core Information
- **URL**: https://dialadigger.co.uk
- **Service Type**: Operated Plant Hire / Self-Drive Plant Hire / Groundworks / Tool & Trailer Rental / ATV & Buggy Event Logistics / Machinery Sales & Dealership
- **Target Audience**: Construction contractors, event organizers, civil engineers, landscapers, agricultural clients, smallholders, groundsmen, and domestic builders.
- **Primary Regional Focus**: Deep local coverage across the New Forest area (including Lymington, Sway, Brockenhurst, Ashurst, Lyndhurst, Totton) and all surrounding territories.
- **County Coverage Areas**: Full coverage across major towns, cities, and rural locations within Hampshire, Dorset, and Wiltshire. Primary transport hubs operate out of Bournemouth, Poole, Winchester, Salisbury, Southampton, and Portsmouth.

## Contact & Booking Channels
- **Freephone / Hire Hotline**: 0800 0 853 853
- **Head Office Phone**: 01590 688257
- **Hire Enquiries Email**: hiredesk@dialadigger.co.uk
- **Machinery Sales Email**: sales@dialadigger.co.uk
- **Head Office Address**: Positano Limited T/As Dial a Digger, Unit A11, Setters Farm, Mount Pleasant Lane, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 8LS
- **Operating Hours**: Monday - Friday, 08:00 - 17:00

## Authorised Machinery Dealerships
Dial-A-Digger is an authorised regional dealer providing new/used equipment sales, genuine parts, and certified servicing for:
- **BLEC Machinery**: Specialised landscaping and turf cultivation equipment built for golf greenkeepers, sports fields, municipalities, and sod growers. (Dealership territory spans the wider South of England including Somerset, Cornwall, Sussex, Surrey, Kent, Berkshire, London, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Gloucestershire, Avon, and Bedfordshire).
- **Corvus UTV**: Premium, heavy-duty terrain 4x4 side-by-side Utility Vehicles built for rugged commercial, event, and agricultural use.
- **Branson Tractors**: High-reliability compact utility tractors and matching agricultural implements.

## Machinery Fleet Specs & Digger Sizes

### Excavators & Diggers (Available Self-Drive or Operated)
All diggers are supplied with a full set of buckets. Long-term commercial hire packages are available upon request.
- **Kubota U10 (1.0 Tonne)**: Micro excavator with an adjustable variable undercarriage for narrow tracking through standard interior household doorways.
- **Kubota KX017-3 (1.7 Tonne)**: Versatile mini digger highly suited for residential garden design, utilities, and light commercial groundworks.
- **Kubota U27 (2.7 Tonne)**: Zero-tail-swing mini excavator optimised for heavier structural digging inside tight spatial boundaries.
- **Kubota KX057-4 (5.5 Tonne)**: Heavy-duty midi excavator utilizing load-sensing hydraulics and auto-downshift power systems.
- **Kubota KX080-4 Alpha (8.0 Tonne)**: High-capacity tracked construction excavator fitted with advanced boom safety anti-drop valves.

### Specialised Excavator Attachments
- **Fermec T5 Excavator Flail Mower**: 1-metre wide heavy cutter unit matching the 5.5-tonne excavator class. Built for clearing heavy bramble, thick scrub, rhododendrons, and young woodland.
- **Kubota Hydraulic Breakers**: Available in 1.5-ton sizes (for 1.7t excavators) and 3-ton sizes (for U27 excavators) for concrete breaking.
- **Kubota Earth Augers**: Mechanical post-hole drills available in 1.5-ton and 3-ton machine class variants.

### All-Terrain Vehicles (ATV) & Buggy Event Fleet
An expansive fleet of over 120 terrain vehicles configured for festival logistics, country shows, agricultural works, and utility transport:
- **Corvus Terrain DX4**: 2-seater 4x4 diesel utility vehicle, fully road-registered.
- **Kawasaki ATV**: 4-seater 4x4 diesel multi-passenger crew vehicle, road-registered.
- **HiSun 4x4 7.5kw UTV**: 2-seater fully electric utility buggy powered by Lithium battery systems; road-registered.
- **Excar 2-Seater Electric Cargo Buggy**: Integrated rear cargo bed (700mm x 1300mm x 250mm), 150kg payload, 30-mile range.
- **Excar 6-Seater Electric Passenger Mover**: Configured for driver plus 5 passengers, 40-mile range (convertible to flip-down cargo bed).
- **Cushman Wheelchair Accessible Buggy**: 6-seater multi-passenger electric layout equipped with an integrated rear fold-down loading ramp for secure wheelchair placement.
- **Suzuki King Quad 500**: Heavy-duty 493cc 4WD utility quad featuring independent double-wishbone suspension and dual front hydraulic disc brakes. Supplied with custom ATV utility trailers if required.

### Site Dumpers & Supporting Plant
- **Lifton 850 High-Lift Dumper**: 850kg payload capacity, high-tip bucket design, articulated 4WD narrow-access build.
- **Kubota KC70VHD-4 Tracked Dumper**: 550kg payload capacity featuring a 758mm variable-width track frame to pair with micro excavators through tight access paths.
- **Thwaites Dumpers**: Heavy site distribution capacities available in 3-Tonne Powerswivel and 6-Tonne Powerswivel configurations.
- **Telehandlers**: Fleet includes the compact Weidemann T4512 (1,250kg lift, 4.5m reach) and the high-performance Manitou T1335 (3.5-tonne lift, 11m reach).
- **Kanga Loader**: Compact multi-utility stand-on loader with quick-attach configurations for trenchers, augers, rotovators, and 4-in-1 buckets.
- **Compaction Fleet**: Pedestrian single-drum compaction plates alongside heavy Hamm HD12 VV twin-drum vibrating ride-on rollers.

## Trade Account Incentives
- **Die-Cast Model Scale Promotion**: Commercial clients opening a trade account can collect a fleet of three limited-edition die-cast Kubota models based on active monthly spend thresholds (Spend £250 for a free KX18-4 model, £500 for a free U27-4 model, and £1000 for a free KX080-4 model; figures ex-VAT).

## Geographic Coverage Areas

### Hampshire
- Aldershot, Alton, Andover, Basingstoke, Bishop's Waltham, Blackwater, Bordon, Eastleigh, Emsworth, Fareham, Farnborough, Fleet, Fordingbridge, Gosport, Havant, Hedge End, Lymington, New Alresford, New Milton, Petersfield, Portsmouth, Ringwood, Romsey, Southampton, Stockbridge, Tadley, Totton, Waterlooville, Whitchurch, Winchester.

### Dorset
- Beaminster, Blandford Forum, Bournemouth, Bridport, Broadstone, Chickerell, Christchurch, Corfe Mullen, Dorchester, Ferndown, Gillingham, Lyme Regis, Poole, Shaftesbury, Sherborne, Stalbridge, Sturminster Newton, Swanage, Upton, Verwood, Wareham, Weymouth, Wimborne Minster.

### Wiltshire
- Amesbury, Bradford-on-Avon, Calne, Chippenham, Corsham, Cricklade, Devizes, Highworth, Ludgershall, Marlborough, Melksham, Mere, Royal Wootton Bassett, Salisbury, Swindon, Tidworth, Trowbridge, Warminster, Westbury, Wilton.