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Short, honest write-ups of jobs we've done — what the site was like, what we brought, how it went. Every story is published with the owner's say-so, and locations are only shown when approved.

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

J&B FLEET

Field notes

The kind of work the gear does, day to day.

Full project stories are published here once the site owner has given the nod. Until then, a few notes from recent days on the tools. No client names, no addresses.

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
Thick regrowth and stumps taken out by the root with the grab, loaded straight into the tipper and carted away. One machine, one truck, one visit.

Narrow trench running along a fence line with the skid steer working in the distance — Service trench along a fence line
A narrow bucket on the U17-3 keeps the trench tidy and the spoil in a single windrow, so backfilling is quick once the pipe's in.

Open cleared block at dusk with a new fence line and plant trailer ramp in the foreground — Block cleared and ready for the next trade
Cleared, levelled, loose material removed — handed over ready for the fencer or the builder.

Isuzu tipper beside removed tree stumps and roots along a fence line — Stump and root removal, loaded out by tipper
Stumps grubbed out, root balls shaken clean and loaded for disposal. The tipper means nothing sits in a pile on your lawn.

Toyota Huski skid steer loaded on a plant trailer in a grassy paddock — Skid steer loaded for transport
Getting the machine to site is part of the quote, not an afterthought.

Kubota U17-3 mini excavator on a levelled hilltop pad with suburbs and the coastline below — Levelling a hilltop building pad
An elevated block with a long view over the suburbs and coastline. The U17-3 levels the pad ready for the build.

Excavator bucket working a rocky trench with a large stormwater pipe laid in the bottom — Drainage trench through rocky ground
Rock and clay under the surface, a wide pipe to bed in. The trench is cut to grade, the pipe laid, and the spoil kept to one side for backfill.

Kubota U17-3 lifting out shrubs from a garden bed beside a white house, with buckets laid out on the lawn — Garden bed stripped out beside the house
Established shrubs lifted out by the roots in a narrow strip between house and fence — tidier and quicker than digging them out by hand.

Trencher cutting a straight service trench across a backyard lawn towards a new home and pool fence — Straight service trench across a backyard
A clean, narrow trench from the house to the back of the block with the trencher. Minimal disturbance to the lawn, easy to backfill and re-turf.

View from the excavator seat over a deep footing excavation beside a rendered wall, trenches lined with black plastic — Footing excavation for retaining works
Deep footings cut along a boundary on a sloping block, trenches lined and ready for the steel and concrete to follow.

Freshly cleared and levelled block of bare earth bordered by trees and neighbouring sheds — Block stripped and levelled
Grass, roots and loose material taken off and the ground levelled out — handed over as a clean, even surface for whatever comes next.

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