Same-day and next-day grab hire from our Walsall yard. Six-wheel and eight-wheel grab lorries for builders, groundworkers, landscapers, developers and homeowners. Anything from a single driveway dig-out to ongoing muck-away on a housing development. Fixed price, licensed disposal, full paperwork.
What it is
Grab hire removes large quantities of soil, hardcore, concrete and construction waste in a single visit. A grab lorry combines a tipper body with a hydraulic grab arm mounted behind the cab. The driver loads the material straight into the vehicle using a clamshell bucket. No manual loading, no chain of skips, no permit.
Grab hire vs skip hire
Most customers compare grab hire against skip hire before booking. The right answer depends on the job. Here's the honest split.
Grab hire
Skip hire
Material
The grab arm will lift almost anything loose. Licensed inert tips won't take everything, so if your dig is mixed, tell us at quote stage and we'll route it through a transfer station.
We remove
Advance notice
Specialist disposal routes apply. Let us know at quote stage so we can arrange the right paperwork.
We can't take
Not sure what category your material falls into? Send us a photo at quote stage and we'll advise before booking.
The fleet
Two vehicles, picked to the access. The 8-wheeler is the workhorse and the most cost-effective per tonne on any open site. The 6-wheeler turns inside a smaller envelope for narrow lanes, mews and suspect surfaces.
Our standard vehicle for most commercial projects: housing developments, groundworks, bulk muck-away, site clearances. The most cost-effective option for any open-access job.
Used where access is restricted: driveways, garden projects, city-centre sites, smaller developments. Narrower turning circle, lighter footprint.
Common projects
Most of the diary runs on repeat-trade. The rest is single-load domestic and landscaping work, on the same pricing and same paperwork.
Broken concrete, tarmac and sub-base lifted in a single visit, leaving the area ready for the installer.
Excavated spoil from foundations and footings cleared quickly, so there's no need to leave skips on the driveway.
Drainage, foundations, service trenches and site preparation. Booked against the dig schedule three or four times a week on a housing site.
Useful for removing excess soil and importing aggregates on the return journey. One mobilisation, two jobs.
Brick, concrete and hardcore from small demolition projects, often removed and recycled through approved routes.
Ongoing muck-away and aggregate supply scheduled around programme requirements.
Access
Most grab issues come down to access. The wrong call is the one that ends with an 8-wheeler reversing back out of a cul-de-sac because the customer "thought it would fit". We ask the right questions on the phone.
Where required, we'll review access on Google Street View before attendance, and send a tracker over for free on anything we're unsure about.
Why contractors use J9
They keep coming back because we keep things straightforward. Clear price, clean paperwork, no surprises at month-end.
Our trucks. Our drivers. Our depot. No brokered loads, no third-party comms chain.
Environment Agency Upper Tier registered. Waste Transfer Notes issued as standard.
Most Black Country jobs can be attended same-day when booked before 11am.
Quoted price is what you pay. No weight surcharges, no creative line items.
Per-load weighbridge tickets and audit paperwork for civils and commercial accounts.
Pricing
Most grab hire jobs fall in this range. Three things move the final price: distance, material and notice. No hidden charges, no unexpected tipping fees.
Walsall, Wednesbury, West Brom and Bilston are cheapest, because the lorry is back inside the hour. Coventry, Stafford and eastern Lichfield run higher because haulage takes longer.
Clean inert tips at the lowest gate fee. Mixed inert costs more. Anything with vegetation, plasterboard, plastic or timber jumps a tier, because it goes via a sorting transfer station first.
Scheduled work on the 8-wheeler is the standard rate. Same-day in peak hour, or jobs that need the 6-wheeler, carry a small premium.
Coverage
Same-day collections inside the Black Country when booked before 11am. Scheduled work anywhere from Coventry to Cannock.
How the process works
Send us your postcode, material type and an estimate of the quantity.
Fixed price and an available collection slot, usually a 2-hour window.
Driver phones 20 minutes ahead, loads the material, sheets the vehicle and leaves the site tidy.
Material taken to an approved facility. Waste Transfer Notes issued where required, stored for the statutory two years.
FAQs
Most jobs range between £180 and £280 inc. VAT, depending on location, waste type and quantity. We quote a fixed all-in price including haulage, loading, tipping and Waste Transfer Note.
An eight-wheel grab typically carries up to 16 tonnes, which is roughly 8–10m³ of loose soil or hardcore. A six-wheel vehicle typically carries around 10 tonnes.
Yes. The grab arm can usually reach up to 6 metres from the side of the vehicle, typically over a 1.8m fence or a low wall. The usual constraint is overhead trees, cables and conservatory roofs, not the wall itself.
In most cases, no. The vehicle is loaded and removed during the same visit. If you're closing a road or operating in a controlled parking zone, additional notification may be needed. We'll advise when you book.
Yes. Soil is one of the most common materials we collect. Topsoil, subsoil and clay all routed through licensed inert facilities.
Yes, and this is often the cheapest way to manage a dig. We tip your muck-away at the licensed facility, then load recycled Type 1, road planings, grano dust or whatever you've ordered straight onto the same lorry from our Walsall yard, and drop it on the way back.
Environment Agency Upper Tier Waste Carrier, FORS Silver, CHAS approved. £10m public liability, £10m employer's liability. Full paperwork pack issued on request before the first job runs.
Many jobs across Walsall and the Black Country can be attended the same day, subject to availability. Best booked before 11am. Scheduled work anywhere across the West Midlands within 24–48 hours.
Yes. Grabaway, grab hire and grab lorry hire are all names for the same service: a tipper lorry fitted with a hydraulic grab arm that loads and removes inert waste in a single visit. "Grab and go" is the same thing, it describes the way the job runs, with the driver attending, loading and leaving on one trip rather than dropping a skip and coming back.
Same-day collections across the Black Country when booked before 11am, subject to availability. Scheduled work available throughout the West Midlands.
From our Walsall yard we cover the full West Midlands: Walsall, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Dudley, West Bromwich, Wednesbury, Smethwick, Bilston, Sutton Coldfield, Solihull, Coventry, Cannock, Lichfield, Tamworth and Stafford. Same-day grab hire is standard inside the Black Country, with scheduled grab lorry work across the wider area.
