Arb machinery hire
Hire from the engineer who maintains it. Chippers and stump grinders out of Unit 11 in Runcorn — serviced, sharpened and checked before every single hire.
Serviced · Sharpened · Checked — before every hire
What you are actually hiring
“Serviced between every hire” gets said a lot. Here it means a specific list of jobs, done by the engineer whose name is on the van, before a machine goes back out:
None of that is exotic. It is just what a workshop does when the machine coming back is its own.
The fleet
Two categories, both arb machinery we work on every week — which is exactly why we are comfortable hiring them out.
Towable machines that go behind a van or a pickup and chip on site all day.
Pictured: a sub-750 kg towable chipper leaving Unit 11 with our hire boards fitted.
Pedestrian grinders that get through a standard gateway and take the stump below ground level.
Pictured: FSI B21 and B23 grinders at the unit, some of them brand new.
full fleet + counts — to confirm
How hiring works
No account application, no portal, no waiting for a quote to be emailed over.
Tell us the job, not just the machine — access, stump size, how much you have got to get through. If a different machine suits it better, we will say so.
You get the machine, the dates and the rate confirmed there and then, and it gets prepped for your slot.
Collect from Unit 11, Dewar Court with a proper handover, or ask about delivery when you book.
delivery area — to confirm
Rates and area
What a hire costs depends on the machine, how long you need it, and whether it is going out on your trailer or ours. Rather than publish a number that is wrong for half the jobs that come in, we quote on the call.
Ring and you will have a price in the time it takes to describe the job.
Rates POA — call for today's rates and availability.
publish rates? — to confirm
Quickest way to book07864 958 846
Unit 11 is in Astmoor, Runcorn, a couple of minutes off the M56 — so Runcorn, Widnes, Warrington, Frodsham and across Cheshire and Merseyside are all easy runs.
delivery area — to confirm
Hire questions
Yes — that is the whole point of hiring from an engineer. Every machine is serviced, sharpened and checked over before it leaves Unit 11, and gets the same treatment when it comes back before the next hire.
Chipper blades are ground here on our own Chippermaster, and stump grinders go out with teeth in working order.
Ring the same number you booked on. You get the engineer who prepared the machine — not a call centre reading a script — so most problems get sorted on the phone.
If it does need to come back, we will tell you straight away rather than leaving you guessing.
Day, weekend or week. Tell us the job and the dates and we will say what fits.
Rates are on application — ring for today's price and availability, because it depends on the machine and how long you need it.
publish rates? — to confirm
Collection from Unit 11, Dewar Court is always an option, and the towable machines go behind a van or pickup.
delivery area — to confirm
The towable chippers are sub-750 kg, so they sit behind a van or a pickup on a standard towbar. Check your own vehicle's towing limit and your licence entitlement before you set off — we will give you the machine's weight so you can.
The kit is trade machinery and it is priced and handed over as such. If you are not an arborist or a groundworker, ring and describe the job — we will tell you honestly whether hiring it is a sensible idea, and what else would do it.
Hire enquiry
Quickest is the phone — but if you are up a tree, leave the details and we will ring you back.
Tell us the jobAccess, stump size, how much material — it decides the machine.
Tell us the datesEven roughly. Availability moves quickly in season.
