Skid steer loader hire in Airlie Beach and the Whitsundays

Skid steer loader hire from Hank’s Equipment Hire covers Airlie Beach, Cannonvale, Proserpine, Bowen and the wider Whitsunday Coast. The hire fleet runs a Caterpillar 216b3, a 635kg rated wheeled skid steer with forks and a spreader bar available for hire for lifting and site spreading work. Delivery is available across the region and quoted on distance to the worksite.

The skid steer loader on hire is a Caterpillar 216b3. It’s a 2,581kg wheeled machine with a 635kg rated operating capacity and a 2,854mm maximum lift height, and at 1,580mm wide it fits through standard double gates and most side accesses.

Machine specs

• Rated operating capacity: 635 kg
• Operating weight: 2,581 kg
• Maximum lift height: 2,854 mm
• Machine width: 1,580 mm
• Cab height: 1,950 mm
• Wheeled (not tracked)
• Standard auxiliary hydraulic flow

Attachments for hire

• Forks
• Spreader bar

The forks-and-spreader-bar setup covers pallet handling, building-material lifts, and levelling surfaces.

The Caterpillar 216b3 handles material lifting and load moving work across the Whitsundays. The 635kg rated capacity, 2,854mm lift height and wheeled chassis suit firm-ground job sites with pallets to move and supplies to place.

Pallet handling on the job site

Builders, plumbers and landscapers use the 216b3 for unloading material deliveries, transferring stock around a site, and moving pallets between yard and workface. The forks carry standard timber and steel pallets up to the rated 635kg lifting capacity.

Lifting materials to working height

The 2,854mm maximum lift puts pallets of bricks, blocks, tiles and bagged products at first-storey working height. Bricklayers, tilers and roofing contractors use the 216b3 to feed materials to crews working on scaffolding or low platforms.

Levelling with the spreader bar

The spreader bar attachment is used to level all kinds of surfaces by allowing the skid steer to maneuver materials across the ground to level high and low spots.

Site clean-up and load transfers

The wheeled chassis moves quickly across hard ground, sealed driveways and firm yards. Builders and site supervisors use the 216b3 to shift staged materials, transfer pallets between locations on site, and clear staging areas at end of build.

Hank’s Equipment Hire delivers the Caterpillar 216b3 across the Whitsunday Coast. Self-tow can be arranged for customers with an appropriately rated trailer and tow vehicle, but delivery is the standard path for most hires.

Delivery across the Whitsundays

Delivery is available across Airlie Beach, Cannonvale, Proserpine, Bowen and the wider Whitsunday Coast. Costs are quoted on distance to the worksite. Deliveries beyond the Whitsunday region can be arranged anywhere in Queensland on request.

Self-tow by arrangement

Customers with a suitable machinery trailer and a tow vehicle rated for the load can arrange pickup from Airlie Beach in advance. A trailer is not included with the 216b3 hire, so self-towing customers need to bring their own machinery trailer with electric brakes and a 7-pin flat plug.

What you need to hire

Hires require a current Australian driver’s licence at handover. The minimum hire period is one day, with day rates, weekly rates and long-term rates available.

Call Hank’s on 0434 085 029 to check availability and get a quote on the Caterpillar 216b3.

The phone is on around the clock. Voicemails receive a return within one hour. Quotes cover day rates, weekly rates and long-term hire, plus delivery from Airlie Beach to the worksite.