Advice & Guides
Hire, buying and running it properly: trailers and towing, tools, plant, vehicles, storage, removals, clearance and the trades. Plain answers, UK law included.
Tools
Best Wet and Dry Vacuums for Trades
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Plant hire
Excavator Attachments Explained
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Card machines
What Barbers Pay in Card Fees: A Worked Example
Flatpay offers a card reader at no upfront cost.
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Trades
What You Can Hire to Treat Damp, and When to Call Someone
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Repair
LOLER and PUWER Inspections Explained
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Vehicle hire
Van Sizes Compared: Short, Medium and Long Wheelbase
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Vehicle hire
Van Licence Categories Explained
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Card machines
What Reward Credit Cards Cost a Business to Accept
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Removals
Moving a Boat by Road: Tow It or Hire a Specialist
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Storage
Self Storage Contracts and Notice Periods
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Plant hire
Plant Delivery and Collection: What You Are Paying For
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Plant hire
Will It Fit? Digger Access Widths and Gateways
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Specs and comparisons
Check the numbers before you hire or buy, then see who near you has one.
1014 product fact sheets
Weights, sizes, power and payloads for the trailers, plant, tools and vans UK firms hire and sell.
259 makes
Who builds what, where they are from and which models they are known for.
Size guides
Skips, storage units, containers and vans: the dimensions and what fits in each.
Side-by-side comparisons
Two models or sizes, every shared figure lined up and the differences spelled out.
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