Hiab hire and haulage in Paignton
Paignton sits between Torquay and Brixham and is noticeably flatter than either, which from a lifting point of view is the most useful thing about it. Where Torquay is all gradient, much of Paignton is level ground with proper access.
It has the holiday parks, the industrial estate at Yalberton and a large residential area, and the work divides fairly neatly between the three.
Access
Level ground, seasonal traffic
Setting up is generally easier here than anywhere else in Torbay. Level streets and driveways mean the outriggers go down without a long search for somewhere suitable.
Yalberton and the industrial area on the edge of town have proper commercial access and are quick to work in.
The seafront and the roads towards Goodrington are heavily congested in season, so anything down there is a morning job between June and September.
The work
Holiday parks, trade estates and housing
The caravan and holiday parks around Paignton generate the same pitch-access work as the Cornish resorts: units, hot tubs, plant and equipment placed where no lorry can drive.
Yalberton supplies the trade side, and the residential expansion around the town keeps materials and steel moving.
- Holiday park units, hot tubs and equipment onto pitches
- Deliveries and collections around Yalberton
- Steel and materials into housing sites
- Containers into yards and storage compounds
- Work combined with Torquay or Newton Abbot the same day
The lorry
What turns up in Paignton
One vehicle: a 30TM HMF hiab with 10 metres of reach on a cheesewedge body, carrying up to 10 tons. It brings the load and lifts it into place, so there is no second machine to arrange and nobody waiting about at either end.
Questions
Common questions about Paignton
- Is Paignton easier than Torquay for a lift?
- Generally yes, and it comes down to the ground. Level streets make setting up quicker, which often means less time on site and a lower price for the same job.
- Do you do caravan and holiday park work?
- Regularly, across Torbay and Cornwall both. Placing a unit or a hot tub on a pitch with no vehicle access is routine work for us.
Nearby
We also cover
Some of these are over the county line, which makes no difference to us: we work both sides of the Tamar and there is no surcharge for crossing it. Each is labelled with the county it is actually in.
Devon
Torquay
Built on seven hills, with a harbour at the bottom and hotels up all of them.
Devon
Newton Abbot
A railway town that turned into south Devon's main industrial centre.
Devon
Totnes
One of the steepest and narrowest main streets in Devon, with an arch across it.
Or see every town we cover in Devon.
Enquiry
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