Tipper hire, material haulage, and wet hire on excavators and posi-tracks. Machine plus operator, ready when you are.
Wet hire means you get the machine and a ticketed operator on the back of it. No mucking around with dry hire logistics, induction and tickets, or the worry of who is running the gear on your site. We turn up, work the day, and the job moves forward.
Apollo Earthworks runs a fleet of excavators from 1.7T to 30T, posi-tracks, skid steers, tandem tipper trucks and machinery floats. Whatever your site needs, we have the gear and the people to run it.
Builders, contractors, landscapers and owner-builders all use our wet hire service for one reason - it is straightforward and reliable.
All wet hire includes a ticketed operator, fully insured, on a serviced machine.
Cartage of soil, rock, sand, gravel and aggregates. Inbound supply or outbound disposal, all run by our own trucks and operators.
Tandem tipper trucks with experienced drivers. By the hour, day, or week. Whatever your project needs to keep material moving.
From 1.7T tight access machines through to 30T workhorses. Operator included, attachments available, ready to work on your site.
Compact, manoeuvrable and gentle on lawns and driveways. Posi-tracks are a landscaper's best friend for tight residential work.
Every machine in our fleet is regularly serviced and operated by ticketed people. We turn up reliable so your job runs reliable.
1.7T - 30T
Excavators
Full size range with attachments
Tandem
Tipper Trucks
Cartage and material haulage
Posi-Track
+ Skid Steers
Tight access and finishing work
Up to 10T
Machinery Floats
We move our own gear
Whether you need an excavator and operator for a week, or a tipper run of road base to a new build, the process is the same: book it once, get the machine plus operator and float, pay a single fixed rate.
Tell us the machine size, attachments, dates, site address, and scope of work. We confirm availability the same day for standard requests and return a fixed wet-hire or haulage rate with everything included.
We float the machine to site on the agreed start date with all attachments, fuel and operator paperwork (White Card, machine tickets, SWMS). No chasing trucks, no separate freight invoice.
Your site supervisor or builder directs the daily program; our operator runs the machine to spec. You get experienced hands on the levers, not someone learning on your job.
Tandem tippers carry spoil, soil, sand, road base, scoria, or rubble in and out as the program needs. Tipping fees billed at cost with receipts attached if you need them for the build cost record.
Hours, loads, and any variations confirmed at the end of each day so there are no surprises on the final invoice. If the scope changes mid-week, we re-quote in writing before continuing.
Machine floated off, site swept, and the itemised invoice issued the same week. Receipts and load dockets supplied where they form part of your build cost record.
Apollo Earthworks quotes wet hire and haulage as fixed day or week rates. The drivers below explain why a 1.7T excavator and a 20T excavator sit at different price points, and what tips the program one way or the other.
Every quote includes operator, fuel, attachments confirmed at brief stage, and float. No mystery line items.
Compact 1.7T excavators run cheapest per hour; 20T-30T machines sit at the upper end. Posi-Tracks and skid steers price between the compact and mid excavators. We size the machine to the dig - putting a 30T on a residential pad just costs you money.
Rock breaker hammer, auger, ripper, or trenching bucket all carry an attachment fee on top of the base rate. The fee is small relative to the time saved when the job actually needs the attachment. We will tell you straight if it does not.
Floating a machine onto site has a fixed cost regardless of how long it stays. Single-day wet hire bookings carry the same float cost as a week, so the per-day rate looks higher on short jobs. Multi-day programs amortise it across the program.
Tipper haulage is priced per load or per hour depending on the run. Distance to tip site, traffic windows, and weight of material all factor in. Spoil cartage on a tight inner-Melbourne block costs more per cube than the same volume on an outer-suburbs greenfield site.
Week-long wet hire is cheaper per day than single-day bookings because the float and mobilisation costs spread across more working hours. If you have a program that runs three days or more, ask about the weekly rate.
Wet hire means you get the machine plus a ticketed operator, fuel, and transport included. Dry hire is the machine only - you supply the operator. Apollo offers wet hire only, because keeping our operators on the machines protects the equipment and guarantees the job is run by someone who knows it.
Excavator wet hire rates depend on machine size. Compact 1.7T-5T excavators are the most affordable for residential and tight access. 8T-20T machines suit civil and commercial work. 30T machines for bulk excavation are quoted on application. All rates include operator, fuel and float, and are quoted by the day or week for cost certainty.
Yes. Apollo runs tandem tipper trucks for spoil cartage, soil and sand delivery, road base, scoria, crushed rock, and demolition rubble runs. Tipper hire is available standalone or bundled with excavator wet hire and earthworks scope.
Posi-Track is a tracked skid steer that combines the agility of a skid steer with the lower ground pressure of tracks. It is the go-to machine for finishing work, landscaping, soft ground access, and sites where wheel marks are a concern. Apollo's Posi-Track wet hire suits landscapers, builders, and concreters working over sensitive ground.
Yes. Rock breaker hammers, augers, ripper teeth, mud buckets and trenching buckets are available across the fleet. Tell us what the job needs at quote stage and we will confirm what is available and price the attachment in.
Yes. Apollo runs standalone material haulage for builders, concreters, landscapers and DIYers who need soil, sand, road base, scoria, mulch or rubble shifted on or off site. We quote per load or per program depending on volume and distance.
Call 0431 560 908 with the machine size, attachments, dates and site address. We confirm availability, send a fixed quote, and lock in the booking. Float and mobilisation are included in the quoted rate so there are no hidden add-ons on the invoice.
Site cuts, basements, footings, trenching and final trim. If you need the whole earthworks scope delivered rather than just the machine, we run the program end-to-end.
Demo, land clearing, rock breaking and site clean-ups. Once cleared, the same machine can stay on for the dig.
Retaining walls, drainage, driveways and concrete slabs. Wet hire pairs naturally with civil scope when you need extra capacity for a specific stage.
Call Kosta to book wet hire or haulage on your next project.