Moving bulk soil or rubble in Wisbech? Grab hire is the fastest way to get it off site. One of our grab lorries lifts up to 16 tonnes of inert waste in a single visit, loaded by a 6 metre hydraulic arm in about 15 to 20 minutes. No barrows, no skip permit, no second trip.
BSH Recycling is a family owned waste firm with depots in Bourne and Peterborough, and we have served the Fens for over 20 years. Grab hire in Wisbech runs from our Peterborough site, around 30 minutes away, which means realistic next day service rather than a lorry coming from halfway across the county. We know the area and we know fen ground, which matters more for grab work than you might think.
Here is something we have learned from years of working around Wisbech, Elm and the Marshland villages. Fen soil is heavy. Silt and clay hold water, and a cubic metre of wet fen clay can weigh nearly two tonnes. People regularly underestimate the tonnage of a soil heap out here, order one skip, then need two more.
That is exactly the situation grab hire solves. The lorry takes 16 tonnes in one load, double what our biggest inert skip carries, and the weight is our problem rather than yours. For garden landscaping, foundation digs and agricultural jobs around Wisbech, it usually means one visit instead of three.
Soft ground is the other local factor. Our grab lorries are 32 tonne, 8-wheeled vehicles, and our operators are trained to assess standing ground before loading. On drove roads and field accesses they will position the lorry sensibly. They have done it plenty of times before.
Grab hire is for inert material only:
Mixed waste, timber and plastics need a skip instead. If a job produces both, keep two piles. Clean muck costs less to dispose of than muck contaminated with general waste, so separation puts money back in your pocket.
A few things to check before you book:
Access. The lorry needs 11ft of clear width, free from low branches and power lines. Most droves and yards around Wisbech are fine. Tighter residential streets in town are worth measuring.
Reach. The arm extends 6 metres and lifts over walls and fences up to roughly 10ft, provided the lorry can pull alongside. A soil heap behind a boundary wall is usually no problem.
Payment. Card or BACS at the point of hire. We do not take cash on arrival.
Timing. With clear access, loading takes 15 to 20 minutes. Book before mid morning and we can often collect the same day.
Everything we collect around Wisbech is processed at our own registered waste transfer stations. Soil and rubble are sorted and crushed, with much of it recycled into 6F5 hardcore and other aggregates that go back into local driveways and sub bases. Across the business we divert up to 99.9% of waste from landfill.
We are ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 certified and FORS accredited. That comes with proper paperwork, which is worth having. Waste carriers without licences are still common in this part of the world, and if your spoil ends up fly tipped on a fen drove, the council traces it back to you, not them. Using a licensed firm with its own transfer stations closes that risk off completely.
The same lorry can deliver as well as collect. We supply topsoil and aggregates across the Wisbech area, including recycled 6F5 for tracks, yards and sub bases. Farmers and growers use this a lot, muck away and stone delivery in one booking. It saves transport cost and a second wait. Just tell us what you need when you call.
Call 01778 394044, option 2, or use our contact page. Tell us the material, the rough amount and what access is like. A photo of the heap and the entrance saves everyone time.
We cover Wisbech and the villages around it, including Leverington, Wisbech St Mary, Elm, Emneth, Walsoken, Outwell and Upwell, plus March, Chatteris and over towards King’s Lynn. Check the full list on our areas covered page.
And if the job needs a skip instead, or one of each, that is easy. We deliver skips across the Wisbech area from 2 to 40 cubic yards, next day as standard. One local firm, one number, 01778 394044.
The BSH Recycling Grab Lorries are 32 tonne, 8 wheeled vehicles can carry a maximum of 16 tonnes, ideal for transporting and unloading large quantities of inert material quickly. With a 6-meter arm, the Grab Lorry Operator can retrieve material for locations with tight access without the need to manual load skips.
The main purpose of the BSH Recycling Grab Lorry is to remove large quantities of inert material from site.
You will need 11ft to allow our vehicles access. It will also need to be free from low hanging branches, power lines and manhole covers to prevent obstruction.
Services must be paid for at the point of hire, either by debit/credit card over the telephone or BACS payment. BSH Recycling DO NOT accept cash upon arrival.
At full extension, the grab arm can reach 6 meters to retrieve waste from hard to access locations.
If the BSH Recycling Grab Lorry is able pull alongside the obstacle, it is able to reach material over a height of approximately 10ft, however, this can be affected by additional factors.
If the material is accessible and free from obstruction, it may take approximately 15-20 minutes to load a grab lorry however this can fluctuate, depending upon the material, access and additional factors.