What we can do
- Levelling and re-shaping lawns and gardens
- Creating flat pads for sheds, sleepouts, decks, trampolines and water tanks
- Stripping turf and topsoil ready for new lawns or landscaping
- Clearing overgrown sections, old garden beds and stumps
- Cutting into banks to create usable flat space (often with a retaining wall)
Hiring the digger with an operator
An experienced operator comes with the machine. You pay for the hours on the hour meter while it runs, so there’s no full day’s hire to cover. Our smallest digger is 800mm wide and fits down most narrow side paths.
Getting rid of the dirt
Levelling usually leaves you with spare soil. We can spread it somewhere else on your section, or load it onto our tipper truck and take it away.
We check for underground pipes and cables before every job. Before We Dig explains how, and what we’ll need from you.
Common Questions
By the hour meter on the digger, which only counts while the machine is running. The minimum charge is $100 to deliver the digger plus 2 hours of machine hire. Past those 2 hours, we charge the extra time in quarter-hour steps.
If you have a gap of about 800mm or more (a standard side path or gate) and 2300mm of headroom, our smallest machine can usually get through. With the canopy off, by arrangement, it fits under 1700mm. Text us a photo of the access and we’ll let you know.
Tracks are much easier on a lawn than wheels. Soft ground will still show some marks. We lay boards where we can and go carefully around paths and paving.