Photo credits

Photography on Hire Counter comes from Wikimedia Commons and Geograph Britain and Ireland, used under the licences below. Images have been resized and recompressed for the web.

Cat excavator and a tracked dozer on a roadside groundworks site
Yellow Caterpillar excavator digging up dirt by Jamar Penny · Unsplash License
Excavators at work on a housing development
New housing under construction at Pontefract - geograph.org.uk - 6348642.jpg by derek dye · CC BY-SA 2.0
Telehandler working beside open foundations
JCB telehandler, Chantier Wurth, rue des Romains, Sandweiler-102.jpg by Jwh · CC BY-SA 3.0 lu
A plant hire yard lined with mini diggers and dumpers
Plant hire depot - geograph.org.uk - 8295380.jpg by Bill Harrison · CC BY-SA 2.0
Kubota mini digger, side view
Kubota-excavator-KX 71-3-P6076724.jpg by Ermell · CC BY-SA 4.0
JCB mini digger on gravel in Norfolk
-2020-08-03 JCB 8026 CTS excavator, Trimingham, Norfolk (1).JPG by Kolforn · CC BY-SA 4.0
Takeuchi midi digger on a cleared site
Dornbirn-Takeuchi TB 1140 excavator-01ASD.jpg by Asurnipal · CC BY-SA 4.0
Thwaites 1 tonne hi-tip dumper
Thwaites 1 ton Dumper Front.jpg by Vauxford · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bomag BW80 twin drum roller on a street job
Bomag Tandem Roller 02.JPG by Cherubino · CC BY-SA 4.0
JCB telehandler on a groundworks site
JCB telehandler, Chantier Wurth, rue des Romains, Sandweiler-103.jpg by Jwh · CC BY-SA 3.0 lu
Kubota mini digger inside a fenced compound
Kubota KX36-2 excavator in Farga Rossell.jpg by Андрей Романенко · CC BY-SA 4.0
JCB mini digger working outside a building
150516 JCB 804 Minibagger.jpg by Ansgar Koreng · CC BY 3.0 de
Kubota mini digger on a street works dig
Kubota excavators 44.jpg by Zarate123 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Kubota KX057-4 midi digger
Kubota KX057-4 excavator Summer Street downtown Saint Johnsbury VT September 2017.jpg by Artaxerxes · CC BY-SA 4.0
Takeuchi midi digger loading a tipper lorry
Mercedes Actros 4141 K Vlado bau.jpg by Srđan Popović · CC BY-SA 4.0
Thwaites 3 tonne swivel skip dumper
Thwaites 3 tonne dumper - IMG 7436.jpg by BulldozerD11 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Thwaites 6 tonne straight-skip dumper
2007 Thwaites 6 Tonne Dumper 4.4.jpg by Vauxford · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bomag tandem roller
Bomag Road Roller BS 180.jpg by Cirdan · CC BY-SA 3.0
JCB 531-70 telehandler with pallet forks
JCB 531-70 Telehandler (15761521233).jpg by Bob Adams from Amanzimtoti, South Africa · CC BY-SA 2.0
Micro digger in a tight courtyard
Pechory - Sacristy with Library - 2026-07 - p03.jpg by Александр Сигачёв · CC0
Mini digger on a hillside track
JCB Mini Digger above the Wholehope Burn - geograph.org.uk - 7126231.jpg by Geoff Holland · CC BY-SA 2.0
Midi digger loading a tipper on a street job
Mercedes Actros 4141 K i Takeuchi TB 1140.jpg by Srđan Popović · CC BY-SA 4.0
A row of site dumpers
Thwaites Dumpers.jpg by Vauxford · CC BY-SA 4.0
Twin drum roller on block paving
Bomag Tandem Roller 03.JPG by Cherubino · CC BY-SA 4.0
Telehandler beside pallets on a building site
JCB telehandler, Chantier Wurth, rue des Romains, Sandweiler-101.jpg by Jwh · CC BY-SA 3.0 lu
Mini digger on a site with spoil heaps
Mini-digger at work behind Tesco, Warwick - geograph.org.uk - 6397951.jpg by Robin Stott · CC BY-SA 2.0
Mini digger beside drainage pipes
Takeuchi TB125 r.jpg by Norbert Schnitzler · CC BY-SA 3.0
Plate compactor on a gravel sub-base
Plate compactor.jpg by Mr.checker · CC BY-SA 3.0
Compact digger ready for a garden job
-2020-08-03 JCB 8026 CTS excavator, Trimingham, Norfolk (2).JPG by Kolforn · CC BY-SA 4.0
Swivel dumper on a commercial site
Dumper truck - geograph.org.uk - 7258777.jpg by Richard Sutcliffe · CC BY-SA 2.0
Telehandler lifting roof trusses on a house build
JCB telehandler - geograph.org.uk - 6577017.jpg by Bob Harvey · CC BY-SA 2.0
Hitachi excavator on an earthworks site
Excavator digging the trench.jpg by NCDOTcommunications · CC BY 2.0
JCB 3CX backhoe loader
JCB 3CX backhoe loader.jpg by Andrey Butko · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bobcat compact track loader on a dig
Bobcat T650 compact track loader (side view).jpg by Dmitry Ivanov. · CC BY-SA 4.0
Tracked dumper for tight access
Dumper Messersi TCH-10DY-MTP-01ASD.jpg by Asurnipal · CC BY-SA 4.0
Towable site bowser
Water Bowser Near The Watch - geograph.org.uk - 2740218.jpg by James T M Towill · CC BY-SA 2.0
Plate compactor on a gravel sub-base
Plate compactor.jpg by Mr.checker · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wacker Neuson reversible plate compactor
Wacker Neuson DPU 6555 (01).jpg by Reise Reise · CC BY-SA 4.0
JCB rough terrain forklift
JCB 940 rough terrain forklift (26424483280).jpg by Bob Adams from Amanzimtoti, South Africa · CC BY-SA 2.0
Electric scissor lift in use indoors
Hy-Brid Lifts PS-1930 scissor lift with worker working while elevated.jpg by Justinjkiss · CC BY-SA 4.0
JCB electric scissor lift
JCB S1930E Scissor Lift at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, hyderabad.jpg by Wasiul Bahar · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rough terrain scissor lift beside a building
Genie GS-5390 scissor lift 20180827.jpg by Santeri Viinamäki · CC BY-SA 4.0
Articulated boom lift
Genie boom lift - Arlington, MA - DSC03076.jpg by Daderot · CC0
Aluminium mobile scaffold tower
Subscription Rooms auditorium mobile Scaffold Tower Stroud Gloucestershire England 01.jpg by Acabashi · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lighting tower on a night shift
USMC-080708-M-MLG-9028.jpg by 1st MLG · Public domain
Towable site welfare unit
A sustainable welfare cabin - geograph.org.uk - 8117511.jpg by Mr Ignavy · CC BY-SA 2.0
Wheeled excavator on a demolition job
SDLG EA770H wheeled excavator removing a wall (20240710143928).jpg by N509FZ · CC BY-SA 4.0
Diamond core drill on a rig
Securing the Runway- Heavy Equipment Operators Remove Bolts in Critical Overhaul (9088799).jpg by U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Amanda Jett · Public domain
Portable petrol generator on site
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York)- IMG 3914 (9896761374).jpg by Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York · CC BY 2.0
Towable diesel generator
DeWitt Clinton Pk td (2019-06-14) 60 - Turf Field Reconstruction.jpg by Tdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Breaker lifting a road surface
Jackhammer.jpg by User Josh Parris on en.wikipedia · Public domain
Site cement mixer
Cement mixer2.jpg by User:Jacks Rache · Public domain
Timberwolf wood chipper clearing a site
3 men and a Timberwolf wood chipper clearing the northern end of Gibbs Plantation - geograph.org.uk - 6133716.jpg by Roger A Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0
Petrol disc cutter in use
Cut-off saw support (15094488926).jpg by US Air Force from USA · Public domain
Temporary mesh fencing around a site
Budapart construction fence 20170630 185343.jpg by Vauia Rex · CC0