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91 listings available
Musaffah
Abu Dhabi Municipality
Musaffah
Al Ain City
Al Ain City
Musaffah
Al Ain City
Al Ain City
There are 88 excavators listed for hire in Abu Dhabi today, from 37 suppliers, 1 of them verified. The fleet is dominated by three brands: Caterpillar with 30 listings, Hyundai with 29 and Komatsu with 18, with JCB, Zoomlion, Doosan, Bobcat and Sumitomo making up the rest. Most of the machines are parked in Mussafah, a small group is in Al Ain, and one each is on Abu Dhabi Island and in the wider municipality.
Excavators for the whole country are on the UAE excavator hire page; every other category available in the emirate is on the Abu Dhabi rental hub.
EquipmentsFinder is a listings marketplace rather than a hire company. Each excavator in the grid is posted by the supplier that owns it, with the brand, model, year and any published rate, and the supplier's phone and WhatsApp numbers are shown on the listing. The renter pays nothing to use the site and no commission is added; the rate agreed with the supplier is the whole cost.
A typical enquiry states the machine class wanted, the start date, the hire length, the site location and whether an operator is needed. Suppliers in Mussafah can usually confirm availability the same day, and a low-bed move to the city or the islands is a short run.
Where the listing is tagged with a subcategory, it appears under one of three headings today: track excavators with 6 listings, mini excavators with 2 and wheel excavators with 2. The remaining machines are listed under the general category, so the model name is the quickest way to tell the class.
Compact machines for trenching services, landscaping and work inside villa plots and compounds. They fit on a small trailer, can be unloaded by hand ramps and are the usual choice for utility connections along residential streets in Khalifa City and Al Ain.
The standard tracked excavator is the workhorse of the Abu Dhabi listings and the class most of the Caterpillar, Hyundai and Komatsu machines belong to. Bulk excavation, foundation digs, loading tippers and stockpile work in KIZAD and on island developments are all crawler jobs.
Two wheeled excavators are listed at present. They drive between locations on the road, which suits municipal and roadworks contracts that move along a route, and they leave less damage on finished surfaces than tracks.
No long-reach machines are tagged separately in Abu Dhabi today. They are used for dredging, canal cleaning and deep slope trimming; a supplier holding one for the coastal and marina work on the islands can be reached by posting a request.
Excavators are sized by operating weight, and the weight governs dig depth, bucket capacity and the loading height into a tipper. A compact unit is right where access is tight or the ground is finished; a mid-size crawler covers most building foundations and service trenches; a heavy class suits bulk earthworks and loading the larger tippers that run on the E11 corridor. Oversizing costs more in hire and transport without finishing the job faster. Ground varies from sabkha and reclaimed fill on the coast to harder ground inland towards Al Ain, which decides whether a breaker is needed.
Most listings include a general-purpose bucket. Rock breakers are common on jobs where hard ground or old concrete has to be removed, augers suit fence posts and shallow piles, and grapples are used for demolition sorting and handling pipe. Attachments are quoted by the supplier and are not always included in the base rate, so state what the machine will be doing when asking for a price.
Five Abu Dhabi excavator listings currently publish a daily rate, running from AED 900 to AED 1,500 with a typical rate around AED 1,400. Six listings publish a monthly rate, from AED 14,000 to AED 26,000 with a median of AED 20,000. These published figures are for the general and mid-size classes; mini excavators tend to sit below them and heavy machines above.
The rest of the fleet is priced on request. The rate depends on the class, the hire term, fuel, and whether an operator is supplied; 1 listing currently states that an operator is included. Delivery and collection are quoted by distance from the supplier's yard, and VAT should be confirmed on the quote.
Mussafah accounts for 81 of the 88 listings, which makes it the place to compare machines and brands side by side. Suppliers there serve the city, the islands and the industrial zones along the Abu Dhabi to Dubai road.
No excavators are tagged to KIZAD or Ruwais today. Both are served from Mussafah on low-bed trailers, and for a hire of several weeks the transport is a small part of the total.
One machine is based on Abu Dhabi Island and one is tagged to the municipality. Work in the city centre usually needs a compact or mid-size machine and a plan for moving it in at off-peak hours.
Four excavators are listed in Al Ain city, which saves a long transport run for jobs in the garden city and the farms around it. Al Dhafra has no listings today and is served from Mussafah or Al Ain.
When the listings do not show the class needed, or when prices from several yards are wanted, post a request with the machine size, dates and site location. Verified suppliers across the UAE see the request and reply with a quote.
Published daily rates on the Abu Dhabi listings currently run from AED 900 to AED 1,500, with a typical rate around AED 1,400. Monthly rates run from AED 14,000 to AED 26,000, with a median of AED 20,000. Most listings are quoted on request, and transport, fuel, operator and VAT are usually on top of the base rate.
Decide the dig depth, the bucket size and the tipper you are loading into, then choose the operating weight class that covers them. Compact machines suit tight villa plots and service trenches, mid-size crawlers cover most foundations, and heavy machines suit bulk earthworks. Tell the supplier the ground conditions so a breaker or special tracks can be arranged.
It depends on the supplier. One Abu Dhabi excavator listing currently states that an operator is included; the others leave it to be agreed when you contact the supplier. Operators need a valid licence for the machine class. Ask whether the operator's hours, accommodation and overtime are inside the rate before confirming.
Yes. Five of the current listings publish a day rate, and short hires are common for trenching and small digs. A one-day hire is usually charged as a minimum day plus delivery and collection each way, so for jobs in Al Ain or the western region a longer hire is often better value.
Suppliers are based mainly in Mussafah, with four machines in Al Ain and one each on Abu Dhabi Island and in the municipality. They deliver across the emirate on low-bed trailers, with the charge based on distance. KIZAD and Ruwais have no listings today and are served from the Mussafah yards.
Caterpillar leads with 30 listings, Hyundai has 29 and Komatsu 18. JCB has 3, Zoomlion and Doosan 2 each, and Bobcat and Sumitomo 1 each. Model years shown on the listings cluster around 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2023, so most of the fleet is recent enough to have good parts support in the emirate.