TLB hire with an operator
Describe the work, the site and how long you need the TLB. Headcore puts your request in front of plant hire companies that serve your area.
Free to post. Nothing reaches suppliers until you review and post it.
- Reaches matching companies within minutes
- Anonymous to suppliers until you choose to reveal
- You choose who to talk to
What details help?
All optional. Mention what you know.
- The work. Trenches, loading, backfilling or levelling, and roughly how much.
- With or without an operator. Whether you need an operator, fuel and transport to site, or the machine on its own.
- How long. Days or weeks, and the date you need it on site.
- The site. The town, access for a truck or lowbed, and the ground conditions.
See an example request
Illustrative, not a real request.
We need a TLB with an operator for three days to dig and backfill trenches for a new water line.
- Starting next Monday
- Midrand, Gauteng
How Headcore helps with this hire
Keep your usual plant hire company in the mix. Headcore helps you find additional companies that can supply this.
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Describe the work
Start in your own words: what the TLB must do, how long and where. You review the request before anything is posted.
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Reach plant hire companies
Plant hire companies that serve your area see the request. Each decides for itself whether to respond.
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Choose who to speak with
Compare how they would approach it, reveal your company only to the ones you choose, and deal with them directly.
Before you hire a TLB
With an operator, or without
Most TLB work is hired with an operator, and often with fuel. Say whether you need both, or only the machine.
What decides the cost
The hours you need, the operator, fuel and getting the machine to site. TLB hire is often charged by the hour, with a minimum a day.
What the TLB will do
Digging trenches, loading trucks, backfilling or levelling. Say roughly how much, so suppliers can say how long it takes.
The site
Access for the machine, the ground conditions, and buried services such as cables and pipes.
Questions buyers ask
What does it cost to post a request?
Posting a request is free. A supplier pays one token when it decides your request is worth answering. What you agree about the work is between you and the supplier.
Who sees my request?
Companies that do this specific work, within reach of your site. They see the job. Whether they also see your company name is your choice: you can stay anonymous until you pick who to talk to.
What if nobody responds?
Your request reaches companies that do this work within minutes. Each decides for itself whether to respond, so we cannot promise responses. If the work cannot wait, contact your usual suppliers as well.
How is TLB hire usually charged?
Often by the hour, with a minimum number of hours a day, or by the day. Say how long you expect the work to take, and suppliers respond to the job as described.
Can I ask for a machine with an operator?
Yes. Say whether you need an operator, fuel and transport to site. Suppliers respond to the job as you describe it, and you agree the terms with the one you choose.
Who brings the machine to site?
Say in your request whether you need it delivered. Many hire companies bring a machine on a lowbed or drive it to site, and some charge for that separately. Suppliers say in their response how they would do it.
What if the job runs longer than planned?
Say in your request whether the dates might move. Extending the hire is agreed between you and the supplier you choose, not with Headcore.
Does Headcore hire out equipment?
No. Headcore is a matching system: it puts your request in front of companies that do this work, and you deal with the supplier directly. Keep your usual suppliers; use Headcore when they cannot help, or when the job is outside what they do.
Start with what you know.
A sentence or two is enough. Nothing reaches suppliers until you review and post it.
Start your request