Looking to rent a long reach excavator, also called a long-arm or long-stick excavator? We rent ours with an operator, not bare. Some jobs need reach for a few days: a pond to clean out before the dirt work starts, a channel to dig from the top of the bank, a culvert outlet across a creek, an excavation next to a building you can’t get a machine beside. Buying or renting a long-reach machine for that is hard to justify. Hiring ours is easy.
We supply a Cat 324E with a 60-foot long-reach front, a 1-yard bucket and our operator. You tell us what to dig and where the spoil goes; our operator works to your superintendent’s plan and your site’s safety rules.
Good jobs for it
- Ponds, lagoons and detention basins dug or cleaned out from the bank.
- Ditches, channels and creek work where the machine has to stay out of the water.
- Culvert and bridge work, reaching across the waterway to the inlet or outlet.
- Slopes and embankments shaped from the top or the toe.
- Over-the-fence and tight-site digging next to buildings, walls and roads.
What it isn’t for
Our long-reach front carries a 1-yard bucket and has less lifting capacity than a standard boom. It’s the wrong machine for setting heavy pipe, manholes or boxes, for rock, or for mass excavation where production matters more than reach. We’ll tell you if a standard machine would do your job better.
What we need for a quote
- Location and access to the site
- What’s being dug, how deep, and how far from where the machine can sit
- Whether there’s water, and where the spoil goes
- Dates, and how many days you expect
- Your site safety requirements and any orientation
We call in utility locates through SD811 or Wyoming 811 unless your contract has them covered. Ask for our certificate of insurance with the quote.
Where we work
Western South Dakota and Northeast Wyoming, from our yard in Summerset on I-90. See long reach excavation for the service in full, or Northeast Wyoming for jobs over the state line.
