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J&B Machinery Hire
Orange Kubota excavator on its trailer, white Isuzu tipper and blue Toyota Huski skid steer lined up on a dirt site at sunset

OWNER-OPERATED MACHINERY HIRE

Machinery hire
that gets
the job done.

Owner-operated solutions, quality equipment and practical support for projects big and small. Wet hire and dry hire are both available.

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WET & DRY HIRE

With an operator, or run it yourself.

OWNER OPERATED

Personal service. Reliable support.

EXCAVATOR • SKID STEER TIPPER

Three machines we own and maintain.

TOWNSVILLE REGION

Local knowledge. Local service.

Find the right gear

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The fleet

Real machines. Ours, not a catalogue.

Excavators, skid steer equipment, transport and the accessories that make a job easier. Practical options, one conversation away.

All equipment
Kubota U17-3 mini excavator on a levelled hilltop pad with suburbs and the coastline below
JB-EX-01

Compact excavator for tight-access digging, trenching, post holes and clearing.

Hire
Wet & dry hire
Periods
24-hour hire · Weekend · Fri–Sun · Weekly · Mon–Sun
Pricing
Quoted for your job
Auger drive300mm auger450mm augerMud bucket300mm bucket400mm bucketRipper attachmentHydraulic grab
Toyota Huski skid steer loaded on a plant trailer in a grassy paddock
JB-SS-01

Nimble loader for trenching, spreading, lifting and moving material around site.

Hire
Wet & dry hire
Periods
24-hour hire · Weekend · Fri–Sun · Weekly · Mon–Sun
Pricing
Quoted for your job
4-in-1 bucket200mm auger300mm auger400mm auger+2 more

Rates are confirmed in your quote so they reflect the job, the period and what's included. Not sure which machine suits? Tell us about the job and we'll recommend one.

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Wet hire — machine + operator

More than a machine. The right hands on the controls.

Tell us about the work and the site. We'll review the machine, operator needs, timeframe and access requirements, then come back to you with options.

  1. 01

    Tell us the job

    Where it is, what needs doing, when you'd like it done and how we get in. Photos help.

  2. 02

    We size it up

    We review the machine, attachments, operator time, access and transport, then come back with options and a quote.

  3. 03

    We turn up and do it

    The right machine turns up with one of us on the controls. You get the outcome, not a learning curve.

Get a wet hire quoteHow wet hire works
Narrow trench running along a fence line with the skid steer working in the distance

On the tools

Service trench cut with the Toyota Huski 5 and trencher attachment — the kind of job wet hire is made for.

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Why J & B

Owner-operated, and it shows on site.

Hillside earthworks with excavated trenches and drainage lining overlooking a coastal suburb

Site context

Hillside earthworks with drainage lining — the kind of access and ground that rewards an operator who has seen it before.

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Direct owner contact

Call or message and you reach Ben or Jess — the people who quote the job, bring the gear and do the work.

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Wet and dry hire options

Wet hire is the machine with one of us operating it. Dry hire is the excavator or skid steer when you'd rather run it yourself. The tipper stays with an operator.

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Practical, job-by-job solutions

Slashing, material removal and supplier pick-ups are quoted for the job in front of us — not from a generic price sheet.

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Gear and attachments for varied work

Augers, buckets, ripper, grab, trencher and spreader bar — the attachments that turn one machine into the right machine.

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Services

Four ways we help a job along.

Wet hire and dry hire, plus slashing and material runs — all quoted for the job in front of us.

Kubota excavator with hydraulic grab loading cleared vegetation into the Isuzu tipper on a sunny site

Quoted per job

Wet Hire — Machine + Operator

The machine arrives with one of us on the controls. You describe the outcome; we handle the digging, loading and tidy-up.

Orange Kubota U17-3 mini excavator loaded on a plant trailer with augers and buckets, parked on grass

Quoted per job

Dry Hire — Run It Yourself

Hire the excavator or skid steer on its own for 24 hours, a weekend or a week.

Cleared strip of ground along a shade-cloth fence beside a shed at sunset

Hourly rate · quoted

Slashing

Overgrown blocks, acreage and fence lines brought back under control. Charged at an hourly rate.

Isuzu tipper beside removed tree stumps and roots along a fence line

Job-by-job quote

Material Removal, Collection & Delivery

Green waste and spoil taken away; soil, gravel, mulch and sand collected from your supplier and delivered to site.

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Field notes

Real sites. Real machinery. Work worth sharing.

A look at the kind of work the gear does day to day. Full project stories are published here once each site owner has given the nod.

Project diary
Kubota U17-3 mini excavator on a levelled hilltop pad with suburbs and the coastline below
Levelling a hilltop building pad above the coast with the U17-3
Kubota excavator with hydraulic grab loading cleared vegetation into the Isuzu tipper on a sunny site
Vegetation clearing — excavator with hydraulic grab loading the tipper
Excavator bucket working a rocky trench with a large stormwater pipe laid in the bottom
Drainage trench through rocky ground, pipe laid and ready to backfill
Narrow trench running along a fence line with the skid steer working in the distance
Service trench along a fence line
Isuzu tipper beside removed tree stumps and roots along a fence line
Stump and root removal, loaded out by tipper
Orange Kubota U17-3 mini excavator loaded on a plant trailer with augers and buckets, parked on grass
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About J & B

Two people. One phone number. The whole job.

J & B Machinery Hire is run by Ben Anderson and Jessica Goulding. Speak directly with the people behind the business — from your first question through to the details of the job.

“The right equipment. The right people. The job done properly.”

Meet Ben & Jess0477 619 318