Grab Hire in Basildon
We run 8-wheel grab lorries across Basildon and SS13, SS14, SS15, SS16. Soil, rubble, concrete, green waste and mixed loads, full or half.
Grab Hire prices in Basildon
All prices include VAT and disposal.
Full grab hire prices →Not sure how many loads? Try the muck-away calculator: tonnes and grab loads for your dig, in metres or feet.
Before you book
- What it costs
- From £200 for a half load of soil to £840 for a full load of general waste, VAT included.
- What's included
- The grab lorry and driver, loading by the grab and licensed disposal, with a waste transfer note. A full load is about 16 tonnes or 14 cubic yards.
- Who loads it
- The grab lifts the pile itself, over walls and fences. It needs to be within about 6 metres of where the lorry can stand, with no cables overhead.
- When we come
- The grab can usually come the next working day.
- What could cost extra
- General waste costs more than soil or hardcore, so keep them apart: a half load of hardcore is £216, a half load of general waste £432.
- After you book
- Pay by card when you book online, through Stripe's secure checkout, and your confirmation comes by email. Free to cancel until 4pm the working day before; after that £42, or the booking price if that is less.
Trade accounts are invoiced monthly on 14-day terms once agreed in writing. Our terms
Grab Hire in Basildon: what to know
We cover Basildon's homes, town-centre businesses and the industrial parks at Burnt Mills, across SS13 to SS16.
Regeneration is concentrated in the town centre: East Square has gained a cinema, opened in 2024, and new restaurants, Market Square is being remodelled, and the Eastgate Quarter proposals would add about 2,800 homes around the shopping centre. Estate renewal continues alongside. Craylands, between Fryerns and Pitsea, is being redeveloped as Beechwood Village, and several 1970s estates are being rebuilt at lower densities. Where houses front footpaths under the Radburn pattern, a skip has to stand on a parking court or an adjoining road, not outside the door.
The grab reaches about 6 metres from where the lorry stands, so the pile can stay on the drive, the front garden or the verge. For blocks and conversions, include the stairs, shared entrances and any bin-store access when you enquire. These affect the carrying and the price. Send a photo of the pile and the road and we'll confirm the lorry can get in.
A grab leaves no skip behind, so there is no skip permit to arrange. The lorry still needs a suitable place to stop and room to operate; send photos of the road and any loading restrictions.
Tell us about narrow roads, height barriers or shared car parks when you enquire. A photo of the entrance and the space to park helps us plan which vehicle to send.
Local knowledge: Basildon
Grab Hire across Basildon
- Postcodes
- SS13, SS14, SS15, SS16
- From our yard
- Basildon is 15 minutes from our Wickford yard via the A132. The grab can usually come the next working day.
- We cover
- Eastgate Shopping Centre, Festival Leisure Park, Burnt Mills Industrial Estate, Laindon, Langdon Hills, Vange, Pipps Hill and Gloucester Park
- Access
- Post-war New Town estates (Fryerns, Lee Chapel, Vange, Laindon) with terraces, courtyard layouts and rear-access garage courts where skips often cannot reach the house, plus blocks of flats and a growing stock of new-build estates on the town's fringes.
- Council
- Basildon Borough Council · about 115,955 residents
Nearest tip to Basildon
- Site
- Pitsea Recycling Centre, Pitsea Hall Lane, Pitsea, Basildon, SS16 4UH
- Hours
- 1 Mar-15 Oct 9am-5pm daily; 16 Oct-end Feb 9am-4pm daily
- Rules
- Every visit has to be booked in advance, cars included. Vans, pick-ups and trailers are accepted there with a booking.
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Grab Hire in Basildon: your questions
How much is grab hire in Basildon?
From £200 for a half load of soil to £840 for a full load of mixed waste, including VAT and disposal.
How soon can you send a grab to Basildon?
Often the next working day. Basildon is 15 minutes from our Wickford yard.
Which areas near Basildon do you cover?
All of Basildon (SS13, SS14, SS15, SS16) plus Pitsea, Wickford, Billericay and Benfleet. See every area we cover.
Book grab hire in Basildon
Basildon (SS13, SS14, SS15, SS16), booked from the next working day.