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Mini Digger Hire Birmingham
Mini digger hire in Birmingham starts at about £75 a day for a 0.8t micro. The city’s Clean Air Zone covers the centre inside the A4540 ring road and can affect the delivery lorry rather than the machine itself.
The Clean Air Zone and delivery
Birmingham’s Clean Air Zone charges non compliant vehicles daily inside the A4540. The digger does not pay it, but the lorry delivering it might, and some yards pass that on. If your postcode is inside the ring road, ask whether a CAZ charge is included in the delivery quote. Most established yards run compliant vehicles and it does not arise.
Suburban access
Much of Birmingham’s housing is interwar semi detached with a side passage between the houses. Those passages are frequently 80 to 90 cm, which puts a 1.5t at 98 cm out of reach and makes the 0.8t micro the default for rear garden work.
Delivery
All B postcodes are covered, along with Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, West Bromwich and Dudley.
Machine sizes we deliver
- 0.8t micro, 70 cm wide, digs to 1.7 m, from £75 a day
- 1.5t mini, 98 cm wide, digs to 2.3 m, from £90 a day
- 3t midi, 155 cm wide, digs to 2.8 m, from £130 a day
- 5t and 8t for groundworks and deeper excavation
Full rates including delivery are on the price guide.
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Common questions
How much is micro digger hire in Birmingham?
From about u00a375 a day for a 0.8t micro, machine only. The micro is the usual choice here because interwar side passages are frequently under 90 cm.
Does the Clean Air Zone affect digger hire?
Not the machine, but potentially the delivery lorry inside the A4540 ring road. Most established yards run compliant vehicles, but ask for the delivery charge to be confirmed inclusive.
Will a digger fit down a semi detached side passage?
A 0.8t micro at 70 cm usually will. A 1.5t at 98 cm usually will not, since Birmingham side passages are commonly 80 to 90 cm.
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What we are honest about
- We are a comparison and enquiry service, not a plant hire yard. We match your job to depots that deliver to your postcode.
- Delivery is priced by distance from the nearest depot, so a postcode at the edge of a yard's radius costs more than one next door.
- Published rates are guidance from UK yard prices, not a quote.
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