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Mini Digger Hire Edinburgh
Mini digger hire in Edinburgh starts at about £80 a day. Access is the defining constraint here: New Town and tenement gardens are often reached through a shared close or a narrow pend, which rules out anything above a 0.8t micro.
Tenement and New Town access
A great deal of Edinburgh’s housing stock is tenement or Georgian terrace, and rear gardens are commonly reached through a shared stair or a pend archway. Those openings are frequently under 100 cm and sometimes under 80 cm. The 0.8t micro at 70 cm is the machine that gets in; a 1.5t usually does not.
Ground conditions
Much of the city sits on volcanic rock and boulder clay. Clay digs heavy and slow when wet, and shallow rock is common on the higher ground around Blackford and Craiglockhart, so budget more time than the machine’s dig depth alone suggests.
Delivery across EH
Central EH1 to EH3 delivery needs a drop point the lorry can legally stop at, which on a controlled parking street usually means arranging a suspension. Suburban EH postcodes are straightforward.
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 mini digger hire in Edinburgh?
From about u00a380 a day for a micro and u00a395 for a 1.5t mini, machine only. Central delivery can cost more if a parking suspension is needed.
Can a digger get into a tenement back green?
Usually only a 0.8t micro at 70 cm. Pends and shared closes are often under 100 cm, and sometimes under 80 cm. Measure the narrowest point before booking.
Is the ground hard to dig in Edinburgh?
Frequently. Boulder clay digs heavy when wet and shallow volcanic rock is common on higher ground, so allow more time than dig depth alone suggests.
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- 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.
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