The Equip Hire Advice Centre

Access Equipment Advice

Straight answers on choosing, sizing, moving and hiring access equipment, written from real hire experience at our Berkshire Park depot.

Charging an Electric Scissor Lift: The Overnight Rule

The most common avoidable problem on electric scissor hires: a flat machine at 10am because charging was an afterthought.

Read guide Updated 23 May 2026

The most common access-hire failure isn’t height — it’s width. The machine arrives and doesn’t fit through the door.

Read guide Updated 18 May 2026

A knuckle boom earns its hire rate when the work point is somewhere a scissor lift can’t park under.

Read guide Updated 13 May 2026

A practical comparison for fit-outs, maintenance, construction and industrial shutdowns.

Read guide Updated 12 May 2026

A practical comparison for builders, electricians, maintenance teams and first-time hirers — with real spec-sheet numbers.

Read guide Updated 1 May 2026

An honest guide — matched to the machines we actually hire out, with the trade-offs stated.

Read guide Updated 26 Apr 2026

Solar work is materials handling as much as access: panels, rails and inverters have to get to height efficiently.

Read guide Updated 27 Apr 2026

“Best” lists are usually ads.

Read guide Updated 22 Apr 2026

Equip Hire’s depot is at Berkshire Park on Richmond Road — Western Sydney isn’t a delivery zone for us, it’s home.

Read guide Updated 16 Apr 2026

Plan the period around when the machine can start being useful and when it can genuinely leave site, then confirm off-hire promptly.

Read guide Updated 14 Apr 2026

Tell us the working height, ground surface and suburb. We will match a machine and quote delivery with it.