Buckhurst Plant Hire | Nationwide Transport

Powering the UK’s Overhead Infrastructure

Supplying reliable plant and utility equipment to many leading overhead line contractors nationwide.

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Nationwide Hire for over 25 years

Buckhurst Plant Hire was established in 1997 by the Walsh family. Beginning in a small yard, the company has grown and is now operating from several depots with over 3000 pieces of machinery.

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Offering Operated Plant Hire

Providing operated plant hire on many machines, including excavators, tractors, telehandlers and more. All of our operators are reliable and fully qualified with the relevant tickets and experience.

              
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News and Events

August 15, 2025

New Utility Equipment at an Overhead Lines Project in North Wales
Earlier this week, one of our latest fleet additions, a Marshall 10 tonne twin-axle plant trailer with a Palfinger PK 12.501 SLD 5 loader crane, was delivered on long-term hire to a valued customer in Deeside, North Wales. This utility...
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August 4, 2025

A Unique Delivery for Operation Market Harborough
It’s not every day that we’re asked to move pieces of kit like this. Our transport team completed a specialist move to deliver a military tank for Operation Market Harborough, which took place over the weekend of 1, 2 and...
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July 22, 2025

New Winches Added to the Fleet
Earlier this month, several of our winch maintenance workshop team headed to Germany for their technical training sessions, alongside our UK distributor, Trenchless Sales UK Ltd.Two days of hands-on training, technical insights and, of course, the official handover of the...
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