The Equip Hire Advice Centre
Straight answers on choosing, sizing, moving and hiring access equipment, written from real hire experience at our Berkshire Park depot.
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We maintain a hire fleet, so we know where used machines hide their problems. If you’re buying — from us or anyone — check these. The paperwork first Logbook and service history.
A step-by-step size guide that avoids the common mistake of choosing height before access.
The comparison everyone runs on a napkin — done properly.
Pickup may be available for Equip Hire’s 19ft electric scissor lifts when hired with a suitable Brian James trailer — and it can beat two
Both handle ground a standard slab scissor can’t. They solve different problems.
The repair bill for a wheel-rutted lawn or cracked pavers can exceed the machine hire. Tracked machines exist to prevent exactly that.
Most hire problems aren’t machine problems — they’re site problems discovered on delivery day.
Short answer: no high risk work licence is required for scissor lifts in NSW — but that doesn’t mean anyone can just hop on.
A practical cost guide that explains the variables instead of guessing a single number.
Delivery is the least-understood line on an access hire quote. Here’s how we price and run it.
Tell us the working height, ground surface and suburb. We will match a machine and quote delivery with it.
