Excavators & Attachments For Hire

Our wide range of excavators and earthmoving excavator attachments are available for hire now across the Illawarra, Highlands and South Coast regions. From 1.7T excavators up to our 25T excavators you can have these machines delivered for Wet Hire or Dry Hire, seven days a week.

Shellharbour Excavators & Attachments For Hire

Donnelley Hire offers a full fleet of excavators ranging from 1.7 T mini-units up to 25 T heavy excavation machines, all ready for hire with or without attachments. Our 1.7 T minis are ideal for tight-access job sites—they come equipped with a 900 mm mud bucket, 300 mm and 450 mm digging buckets, and a single-tyne ripper for edge trimming or root removal  . At the top end, our 23–25 T crawler excavators are built for bulk earthworks, civil construction, and demolition—robust, powerful, and engineered for high-production digging and loading  .

For mid-tier projects, our 8–10 T and 13–14.5 T excavators strike the perfect balance between manoeuvrability and digging strength. These machines excel in detailed earthworks, trenching, and small-scale demolition—whether you’re working on foundations, road entries, or detailed excavation tasks. Their tracked undercarriage ensures stable, efficient digging in soft, uneven, or sloped terrain .

Complementing our machines is a wide array of attachments tailored to your specific job:

  • Auger drives and bits (incl. direct-rock and combo versions) for fence or post-hole drilling,

  • Compaction wheels for backfill trench stability,

  • Sieve buckets that separate soil from debris for cleaner reuse,

  • Tilt buckets (up to ~45° tilt) perfect for slope profiling and trench shaping,

  • Hydraulic grabs, block grabs, hammers, and 5 T mower heads for demolition, material handling, brush clearing, and stump removal  .

We also provide the Brokk 110 remote-controlled robotic excavator—a compact powerhouse tailored for demolition and work in confined or hazardous spaces where traditional machines can’t safely reach  . At Donnelley Hire, our team is available 24/7 to advise on the best machine-attachment combos, provide after-hours support, and ensure scheduled servicing or emergency maintenance. With fast delivery from our Wollongong or Nowra depots, you’ll get the right gear, on time, with full technical backup—no matter how big or tight your project is.

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A construction site with a yellow excavator drilling into the ground, with a worker in a high-visibility vest nearby under a cloudy sky.

GET THE RIGHT ATTACHMENT FOR THE JOB

Maximise the performance of your excavator or skid steer with the right attachment for every earthmoving task. From auger drives and hydraulic grabs to tilt buckets, rippers, and sieve buckets, our attachment range is designed to help you dig, rip, shift, clear, and compact with precision. Whether you’re trenching, backfilling, profiling, or cleaning up, we’ve got heavy-duty options to suit any ground conditions and job size. Available for hire with or without a machine, Donnelley Hire’s attachments give you the flexibility to get more done, faster.

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  • A black mechanical attachment with a cylindrical shape, labeled Digga PDX on the front, designed for construction or industrial use.

    AUGER DRIVE

    An auger drive is a drilling device that rotates a bit to move material out of a hole being drilled.

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  • A large black Earth auger with a motor attached at the front.

    VARIOUS AUGER BITS

    The main drilling component that works in sync with the auger drive to drill holes. We supply two types: Direct Rock and combination versions.

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  • A large industrial wheel with a small pink dog standing on it.

    3.5T COMPACTION WHEEL

    Used for compacting trenches to ensure greater stability for pipe laying. 

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  • Black construction attachment with a red dog silhouette logo, designed for heavy machinery, featuring a curved, open grate design.

    3.5T - 25T SIEVE BUCKETS

    Used for separating soil from debris including roots, bricks, they assist in cutting down on crushing times, and allowing workers to retrieve materials which can be reused on site.

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  • Close-up of a large construction excavator bucket with a red logo, attached to a yellow arm.

    3.5T - 25T Tilt Bucket

    Hydraulic tilting buckets are ideal for slope forming and trenching. Our tilting buckets are able to tilt up to approximately 45 degrees. They are a popular option for jobs that need a flexible grip to push through during tough jobs.

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  • Close-up of an industrial excavator bucket attachment with a hydraulic motor, used for heavy construction or demolition work.

    3.5T - 25T HYDRAULIC GRABS

    Hydraulic Grabs have many purposes in the heavy industry sector. From digging and dredging, loading and unloading, to carrying industrial waste, scrap, steel and concrete. Also used in demolition requirements

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  • Metal sausage stuffer with a chain-powered piston and red handles

    BLOCK GRABS

    A Block Grab is for lifting blocks and bricks and is occasionally used with large excavators. It is also suitable for handling all types of concrete products, such as concrete slabs, kerb stones, and paving blocks.

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  • Yellow and black US Mower EX40 snow blower attachment with a metal auger and chute

    5T MOWER ATTACHMENT

    Ideal for clearing vegetation on hillsides, roadways, ditches, utility right-of-ways, riverbanks, lakes and more.

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  • Yellow Explosive Demolition Wrecking Ball With Ram

    3.5T - 25T HAMMERS

    A hammer is a powerful breaker fitted to an excavator for demolishing hard (rock or concrete) structures. It is powered by an auxiliary hydraulic system from the excavator.

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A yellow road roller compactor on a construction site with dirt and a wooden fence in the background.

WET OR DRY HIRE AVAILABLE
YOUR OPERATOR OR OURS

Whether you’re after a skilled operator or just the machine, we’ve got flexible hire options to suit the way you work. Our wet hire service gives you access to experienced, ticketed operators who know how to get the most out of our gear — ideal for busy job sites, civil contracts, or when you need someone who can jump straight in and deliver.

Prefer to use your own team? All our machines are available for dry hire, fully serviced and ready to go, with the attachments you need to get the job done. From short-term weekend work to long-term civil projects, we’ll build a hire package around your timeframe and job scope — and back it with local support every step of the way.

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