HIAB hire in Oldham
Close to the yard, and the ground rarely lies flat
Oldham is one of the nearest boroughs to us. We are at Miles Platting, so Failsworth and Chadderton are a short run up the A62 or round the M60, and the middle of Oldham is barely further. That closeness changes what we can offer. A lot of Oldham work goes in the same day it is asked for, and short jobs that would not be worth a long journey are perfectly worth doing here.
The thing that really shapes an Oldham job is the ground. The borough climbs eastwards onto the Pennines, and from Sholver and Moorside up through Lees, Grotton and the Saddleworth villages the yards, driveways and site compounds sit on a slope. A HIAB lifts from wherever the lorry is standing, and the lorry has to be level before the boom goes anywhere. So on a sloping site the first decision is not how to lift the load, it is where to put the lorry and what to pack under the legs.
The buildings split into two kinds. There are the old mills, plenty of them now split into workshops, engineering units and storage, with narrow entries, setted yards and loading openings on the first or second floor. Then there are the newer estates, along Broadway and around Chadderton and Hollinwood, where the units are modern and the yards are wide but the space between parked trailers is tighter than it looks.
Around the borough
The Oldham work we get asked for
- Container deliveries, collections and repositioning within a yard
- Machinery in and out of mill conversions and engineering units
- Plant moved between sites across the borough
- Cabins, welfare units and site offices set down and levelled
- Deliveries onto the newer estates around Broadway and Chadderton
- Lifts on sloping yards and driveways on the eastern side
- Steel, timber and site materials placed where the crew need them
- Pods and garden buildings lifted over a wall or fence
- Tanks and vessels into farm and industrial buildings out towards Saddleworth
- Short same day jobs, being close to the yard
We travel out to you, we are not based in the town
To be straight about it, we do not have a depot in Oldham. Our lorries, our drivers and our secure yard are all in Manchester and we drive out. On Oldham work that is barely a disadvantage, because the run is short, and it means the vehicle that turns up is ours and the driver on it is one of ours.
Every lorry goes out with one of our own drivers. Email us with what the load is, where it is now, where it has to end up and what the ground is like, and we will tell you which vehicle we would send and how long we would need.
Common questions
HIAB hire in Oldham, answered
How quickly can you get to Oldham?
Quicker than almost anywhere else we go. Our yard is at Miles Platting, so Failsworth and Chadderton are twenty minutes and the middle of Oldham is not much more. If you get in touch in the morning with something straightforward there is a fair chance we can do it that day, and if not that day then the next one.
Is travel from Manchester charged separately?
No. Distance is part of the price rather than a line on its own, and on an Oldham job there is very little distance in it. What moves the price here is usually the time on site and which vehicle the job needs, not the miles.
The yard is on a slope. Is that a problem?
It is not a problem, but it is something we need to know before we set off. A HIAB has to stand level to lift safely, so on sloping ground the question is where the lorry can be put and what has to go under the legs. Tell us it slopes and roughly which way and we will plan for it rather than find out on arrival.
Can you lift into an old mill building?
Often, yes, and it is common work around Oldham. Mill conversions tend to have a narrow entry, a cobbled or setted approach and an opening on an upper floor rather than at ground level. What decides it is where the lorry can stand and what is in the way overhead. Email us and describe the building.
Can you come out to Oldham on a Saturday morning?
Yes, up to half twelve on a Saturday. It suits jobs where a unit is closed for the weekend or a car park has to be empty before anything can move. Book it in during the week if you can, because Saturday slots go first.
Do you go further out than Oldham itself?
Yes. Up through Shaw and Crompton, out over Saddleworth to Uppermill, Delph and Diggle, and across into Rochdale and Tameside. We also run nationally through England, Scotland and Wales.
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