Renovating in Oundle tends to produce one thing in quantity, and that is heavy waste. Stone, lime rubble, old concrete and clay soil come out of period properties by the tonne. Grab hire in Oundle deals with it in one visit. Our grab lorries carry up to 16 tonnes of inert waste, loaded by a 6 metre hydraulic arm in around 15 to 20 minutes, with no barrowing and no skip sat outside your house for two weeks.
BSH Recycling is a family owned waste firm with depots in Bourne, Lincolnshire and Peterborough, just down the A605 from Oundle. We have been in waste management for over 20 years, and we serve Oundle, Barnwell, Warmington and the Nene Valley villages with grab hire, skips and commercial collections.
Two local realities make grab hire a good fit here.
First, the waste is heavy. Stone and lime mortar rubble from older buildings weighs far more per cubic yard than modern mixed waste. Our biggest inert skip carries 8 tonnes. A grab load carries 16. When you are stripping out a stone outbuilding or breaking up an old yard, the maths leans towards the grab quickly. As a rough guide, anything over about 6 tonnes of inert material is usually cheaper per tonne on a grab.
Second, the streets. Parts of Oundle are narrow, and a skip on the highway needs a permit from the council before it can be placed. A grab lorry needs neither permit nor parking space for a fortnight. It pulls up, loads and leaves, often inside half an hour. For homes in the town centre that is frequently the deciding factor.
One thing to check first. The lorry is a 32 tonne, 8-wheeled vehicle and needs 11ft of clear access width, free of low branches and overhead lines. On the older lanes it is worth measuring before you book rather than on the day. Our operators are trained and certified, and if a lift is not safe they will say so up front.
Inert material only:
Mixed renovation waste, timber, plaster and plastics need a skip instead. Most Oundle renovation jobs need both at some point, so run two piles, muck in one, mixed in the other. Clean inert waste is cheaper to dispose of and nearly all of it gets recycled.
The arm extends 6 metres at full stretch and lifts over walls and fences of roughly 10ft where the lorry can pull alongside. That suits Oundle’s walled gardens and rear plots well, because a spoil heap behind a stone boundary wall can usually be lifted from the street side without a single barrow run through the house.
Loading takes 15 to 20 minutes with clear access. Payment is card or BACS at the point of hire. We do not take cash on arrival.
Everything we grab around Oundle is processed at our own registered waste transfer stations. Stone, rubble and concrete get crushed and most of it returns to use as recycled 6F5 hardcore and aggregates. Across the business we divert up to 99.9% of waste from landfill, and we hold ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 certification along with FORS accreditation.
You get waste documentation with every load. That covers your legal duty of care as the waste producer, which applies to homeowners as well as builders. If spoil from your job gets fly tipped by a cheap unlicensed carrier, the liability lands on you. Using a licensed firm with its own transfer stations closes that risk.
Here is a combination Oundle customers use a lot. The same lorry that removes your rubble can deliver aggregates on the same booking. We supply topsoil and recycled 6F5 across the Nene Valley, ideal for sub bases, drives and paths. On a driveway renovation the lorry takes the old surface away and the base stone arrives without a second delivery charge. Mention it when you book and we will price the round trip.
Call 01778 394044, or send an enquiry through our contact page. Tell us the material, the rough amount and what the access looks like. Photos help, especially of the entrance. Next day service is normally available from our Peterborough depot.
We cover Oundle and the villages around it, including Barnwell, Ashton, Cotterstock, Glapthorn, Warmington, Nassington and Elton, plus Thrapston and Peterborough. The full list is on our areas covered page.
And if your project needs a skip alongside the grab, we deliver skips across the Oundle area from 2 to 40 cubic yards, next day as standard. One local firm for the whole job.
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.