Why a TLB?
A TLB (tractor-loader-backhoe) digs with the backhoe at the back and loads with the bucket in front. One machine and one operator do two jobs. It’s compact enough for most residential stands and complexes, and it drives on its own wheels.
If the job is mostly digging, and there’s a lot of it, an excavator will be faster. For most home and small building jobs, the TLB is the right call.
Caterpillar or JCB?
We run both. They do the same work, so either will get your job done. If your operator prefers one brand, just say so when you ask for a quote.
TLB hire for homeowners
Building a pool, laying a new drain line, or levelling the garden? Wet hire is the easy route. Our operator knows how deep and how neatly to dig, and works around your paving, walls and existing services.
- Show the operator where pipes and cables run before work starts
- Check your estate or complex rules for contractor access and working hours
- Plan where the soil goes: on site, or carted away by tipper truck
TLB hire for contractors
Hire by the hour, day, week or month. We supply well-maintained machines that start in the morning, so your programme doesn’t slip. Add an operator, or put your own on the machine.
Wet hire or dry hire?
Wet hire: the TLB comes with one of our experienced operators. Dry hire: you hire the machine only and supply your own competent, qualified operator.
What we need to quote you
- Where the site is
- What the job is: trench, pool, foundations, levelling, loading
- How long you think it will take, and the start date
- Wet or dry hire
- A photo of the site, if you can send one on WhatsApp
